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Manganese-iron garnet from Otjosondu, South-West Africa1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

F. H. S. Vermaas
F. H. S. Vermaas*
Affiliation:
Geological Survey, Pretoria, South Africa
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Garnets rich in manganese and iron, associated with bariumfelspars, have been reported by de Villiers from the manganese ores of Otjosondu, South-West Africa, in which they occur as the most abundant silicate mineral. The farm Otjosondu is 80 miles NE. of Okahandja, a railway station on the line between Windhoek and Walvis.

One specimen (referred to as no. 1), of which de Villiers published a chemical analysis, is massive and of a somewhat dark-yellowish colour. The material is traversed by veinlets of hyalophane (Cn9), about 0.5 mm. broad.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 218 , September 1952 , pp. 946 - 951
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1952

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Footnotes

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Published by permission of the Honourable, the Minister of Mines of the Union of South Africa.

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