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Rhodesite from
Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


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Rhodesite

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Rhodesite

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Rhodesite

Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine, Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Rhodesite
Formula:KHCa2Si8O19 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bultfontein Mine, KEM JV Mine (Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture mine; Kimberley Underground mine), Kimberley, Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:264332
Long-form Identifier:1:3:264332:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Mountain, E. D. (1957) Rhodesite, a new mineral from the Bultfontein mine, Kimberley. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (239). 607-610 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.01
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.
 
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