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Bixbyite-(Mn) from
Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
02904700017368979444355.jpg
Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Bixbyite-(Mn)

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bixbyite-(Mn)
Formula:Mn23+O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite4
Manganite4
Braunite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bixbyite-(Mn) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:614669
Long-form Identifier:1:3:614669:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bixbyite-(Mn)
2.5km (1.5 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine, Black Rock, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘHotazel Mine, Hotazel, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘMiddelplaats Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
33.7km (20.9 miles) ⓘMamatwan Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
99.9km (62.1 miles) ⓘBishop farm, Western Belt, Gamagara Ridge, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
South African Micromount Society, Kalahari Manganese Fields - KMF, by Dixon, R., and Bezing, L. Von., (1989) Locality datasheet ML 02
Beukes, N.J., Burger, A.M., Gutzmer, J. (1995) Fault-controlled hydrothermal alteration of Palaeoproterozoic manganese ore in Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese field. South African Journal of Geology: 98(4): 430-451. ( https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/EJC-9437daaea )
Moore, Thomas P. (2001) What's New in Minerals - Tucson Show 2001. The Mineralogical Record, 32 (3) 245-257
 
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