Palabora Mine

Baddeleyite
crystal, 1
Brucite
with small pyrite cystals, 2
Condrodite (red) (orange)
associated with calcite, magnetite and iowaite (dark brown)
[close up], 3
Iowaite
on calcite and magnetite, 4
Mesolite (white)
on crytalline prehnite, 5
Mesolite
with fluorapophyllite on prehnite, 6
Scolecite balls
on fluorapophyllite, 7


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1 Palabora Mine (10 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: David Minster in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 114.

2 Palabora Mine (3 cm), specimen: Museum of the Geological Survey, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113.

3 Palabora Mine (3 mm), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113

4 Palabora Mine (largest crystal is 3 mm), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 216.

5 Palabora Mine (4,7 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113.

6 Palabora Mine (8 mm crystal), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore München 1995, p. 223.

7 Palabora Mine (9,1 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 113.