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Muscovite from
Fairview Mine, Bickenhall Farm, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairview Mine, Bickenhall Farm, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1007613
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1007613:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘBarberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘSheba Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘZwartkoppie anticline, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘNew Consort Mine, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘBarberton Barite Drilling Project No. 2 borehole, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘBien Venue deposit, Barberton, Mbombela Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
45.7km (28.4 miles) ⓘNkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
51.1km (31.8 miles) ⓘMalalane, Nkomazi Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
66.0km (41.0 miles) ⓘTokwane pegmatites, Mbabane, Hhohho Region, Eswatini
85.4km (53.1 miles) ⓘDorstbult Plantation, Carolina, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
References
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
Mutobvu, Tyson, Pretorius, Hendrik, Muller, Charles Johannes, Mabala, Mahlomola Isaac (2024) Probabilistic Modelling of Geologically Complex Veins of the Barberton Greenstone Complex at Fairview Mine, South Africa. Minerals, 14 (4) doi:10.3390/min14040343
 
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