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Iowaite from
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa


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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
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Iowaite

Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Iowaite
Formula:Mg6Fe23+(OH)16Cl2 · 4H2O
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Biotite
Calcite
Chondrodite
Clinochlore
Dolomite
Fluoborite
Fluorapatite
Magnetite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Magnetite17
Calcite16
Valleriite10
Cubanite6
Chalcopyrite6
Fluorapatite4
Chondrodite3
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iowaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (20 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:74960
Long-form Identifier:1:3:74960:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Braithwaite, R. S. W., Dunn, P. J., Pritchard, R. G., Paar, W. H. (1994) Iowaite, a re-investigation. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (390) 79-85 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.390.08
Cairncross, B., Dixon, R. (1995) Minerals of South Africa. Geological Society of South Africa. p.1-290.
Gliddon, J. (1996) Minerals of the Palabora open pit. British Micromount Society 43: 2-7.
 
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