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Cyprine from
Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


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Cyprine

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Cyprine

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Cyprine

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Cyprine

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Cyprine

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Cyprine

Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cyprine
Formula:Ca19Cu2+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10](OH)(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cyprine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:948980
Long-form Identifier:1:3:948980:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cyprine
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
References
HÃĨlenius, U.; Hatert, F.; Pasero, M.; Mills, S. J. (2015) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (5). p.1223-1230. doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.5.16
Panikorovskii, Taras L., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Avdontseva, Evgenia Yu., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Pekov, Igor V., Britvin, Sergey N., HÃĨlenius, Ulf, Krivovichev, Sergey V. (2017) Cyprine, Ca19Cu2+(Al,Mg,Mn)12Si18O69(OH)9, a new vesuvianite-group mineral from the Wessels mine, South Africa. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (2) 295-306 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2592
 
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