 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Photographs January/February: Chalcopyrite on quartz, La Mine de Giraud, La Gardette, Bourg d’Oisan, Isère, France...aquamarine, with schorl and albite, variety cleavelandite, 49er Pocket, Oceanview mine, Pala district,...Scovil photo. September/October: Gold, Mockingbird mine, Mariposa County, California. Collector’s Edge Minerals...Analcime, Connecticut, 159 Anastasenko, G. F., Diamonds of Russia, 508–17 Anatase, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 119;...and Mineral Museum— Home of the Somerville Collection, Barthurst, New South Wales, M. Rheinberger, E |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Department of Geology University of Johannesburg PO Box 524, Auckland Park 2006 Gauteng, South Africa brucec@uj...Descloizite is one of my personal favorite collectible species. Berg Aukas is the acknowledged king of localities...during its tenure, produced tens of thousands of crystals in a wide variety of habits. This thumbnail specimen...specimen (2.8 cm) is one of these. Partly translucent and twinned, this Christmas-treelike cluster is brilliantly...well. It is one of my favorite thumbnails in my collection. I have had the good fortune of photographing |  | Cairncross, Bruce, Windisch, Wolfgang, Smit, Henk, Fraser, Allan, Gutzmer, Jens (2008) The Vergenoeg: Gauteng Province, South Africa Fluorite Mine. Rocks & Minerals, 83 (5) 410-421 doi:10.3200/rmin.83.5.410-421 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | RG E N O E G GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA T FLUORITE MINE he Vergenoeg fluorite mine is located in...the Gauteng Province of South Africa, approximately 80 kilometers northeast of Pretoria. The mine is somewhat...somewhat of an anomaly regarding the production of fluorite mineral specimens—it is located on the largest...virtually devoid of large, aesthetic fluorite crystals. Even so, there is an interesting array of other secondary...addition, the mine has produced spectacular botryoidal and stalactitic goethite and a variety of micromount-sized |  | | Book | | Published by Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) Reg. No. 1953/000441/07...(Oxbow Crescent), Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co...published edition, 2015: Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd Publisher: Pippa Parker Managing editor:...(M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner(s). 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ISBN: 978 1 43170 084 4 |  | | Book | | ~.,..,, •• ,-:' :·.•. •.:~ :';::{~ft:t· Table of Contents Preface Introduction The Early Days- The...EarlyGermanGeologistsand Entrepreneursin South West Africa The People- Mineralogists,Geologistsand Collectors...s Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits Onganja Mine and Surrounding...Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254...275 291 333 345 365 370 383 401 423 Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia |  | | Book | | REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA... MESSAGE FROM THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF MINES AND ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in...exploited. some, such as copper, since the early part of the 19th century. 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