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Article: Spectacular minerals from the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa.(Abstract)(Brief Article)
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- Rocks & Minerals
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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The manganese deposits of the Kalahari manganese field are located just south of the great Kalahari Desert on the vast plains of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa (fig. 1). Despite its remoteness, the area has become an important site of pilgrimage for mineral collectors and economic geologists alike. The economic geologist is attracted by the astonishing size of the deposit, which contains more than 13 billion tons of manganese ores, corresponding to about 80 percent of the world's resources of minable manganese ore (Cairncross, Beukes, and Gutzmer 1997). The mineral collector, in contrast, is attracted by a host of spectacular and rare minerals that have been ...
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