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Gatehouseite from
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


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Gatehouseite

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Gatehouseite, etc.

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Gatehouseite, etc.

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Gatehouseite

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Gatehouseite, etc.

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Gatehouseite, etc.

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
09293960017369900432254.jpg
Gatehouseite

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
04247340017369900449867.jpg
Gatehouseite, etc.

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
04565050017503132915548.jpg
Gatehouseite, etc.

N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gatehouseite
Formula:Mn52+(PO4)2(OH)4
Comments:Occurs in the shigaite zone associated with baryte, rhodochrosite and shigaite.
Habit:Acicular
Colour:Yellow
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Shigaite2
Calcite1
Baryte1
Rhodochrosite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gatehouseite data
Locality Data:Click here to view N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:974835
Long-form Identifier:1:3:974835:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Personally communication between Bruce Cairncross and Frank Hawthorne who quatitatively identified a second, virtually identical specimen of gatehouseite
 
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