Kafubu emerald mining area has been known for more than 50 years, has been the subject of many publications (Zwaan & al, 2005, Hsu & al, 2014) and is home of some of
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This study provides the first quantitative geochemical, petrological, and mineralogical data on major rock types and minerals in the Kafubu area. Highly magnesian talc-chlorite ± actinolite ± magnetite metabasites hosting emerald mineralization are
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This study provides the first quantitative geochemical, petrological, and mineralogical data on major rock types and minerals in the Kafubu area. Highly magnesian talc-chlorite ± actinolite ± magnetite metabasites hosting emerald mineralization are identified as metamorphosed komatiites. These rocks contain 3000–4000 ppm Cr, and provided the …
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for emerald mineralization. In the Kafubu area, thick (up to 200 m) metabasite layers are intercalated in the mica schist–quartzite sequence. Deposition of the Muva Supergroup is
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The Kafubu emerald mines are located in central Zambia, 45 km southwest of Kitwe, the nearest town. A relatively new emerald occurrence was discovered in the Musakashi area to the northwest of ...
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The entire Zambian emerald output, amounting to about 15% of the world market, comes from the Kafubu Area. The Kafubu Emerald Area ( Fig. 1) covers approx. 200 km 2 and includes several doz- ens ...
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— Although emerald deposits were discovered in the Kafubu area of Zambia as early as 1928, the geological setting was only researched and reported after 1982 [5,6,7,8], then mentioned it was …
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— Apart from emerald and amethyst the other gemstones found in Zambia include aquamarines, garnets, quartz, agate, rose quartz, amazonite, tourmalines etc. Small-scale mining currently takes place on dozens of claims in the Kafubu area, with mechanized mining activity mostly concentrated on the Kagem, Grizzly (Gemcanton), …
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— After new occurrences were discovered in the 1970s, the Kafubu area became a significant producer of fine-quality emeralds. Because of the dramatic …
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— Although emerald deposits were discovered in the Kafubu area of Zambia as early as 1928, the geological setting was only researched and reported after 1982 [5][6][7][8], then mentioned it was ...
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— All Kamakanga emeralds contain at least two kinds of common mineral inclusions that are described above, and the characteristic mineral inclusions are …
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— Highly magnesian talc-chlorite ± actinolite ± magnetite metabasites hosting... 8â 10 wt.% K2O, 3â 4 wt.% fluorine, 0.12â 0.74 wt.% Li2O, 1700â 2900 ppm Rb, ..... rently the deepest active mine in the Kafubu area, with good emerald production.
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Emerald mineralization in the Kafubu area, Zambia Antonín V. Seifert 1– Vladimír Žáček – Stanislav Vrána – Vratislav Pecina 1 – Jiří Zachariáš 2 – J. C. (Hanco) Zwaan 3 1 Czech ...
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— During the past 50 years Zambia emerged as a major emerald producer for the industry with its deposit near the Kafubu river. Interestingly in that area, unlike many other emerald mining areas ...
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— Zambia is one of the most significant emerald sources worldwide, second only to Colombia. Kagem emerald mine is located in the Ndola Rural Emerald Restricted Area and lies south of Kitwe and west …
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The emerald mining district near the Kafubu River covers a total area of about 600 km 2, the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development has subdivided it into more than 400 mining areas of ...
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In the Kafubu area, field studies at numerous mines and exploration pits indicate the existence of a major field of beryllium-bearing pegmatites and GEMS & GEMOLOGY SUMMER 2005 5 BOX A: EMERALD FROM THE MUSAKASHI AREA, NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE, ZAMBIA By Antonín V. Seifert, Stanislav Vrána, Bjorn Anckar, and Jaroslav …
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— Economic emerald mineralization is confined almost entirely to phlogopite reaction zones adjacent to Be-bearing quartz-tourmaline veins that metasomatically altered Cr-bearing metabasite host...
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Kafubu area (near the Kafubu River in the Ndola Rural Restricted Area) have produced emeralds of uniform color and size, which supported the cut- ... (Coats et al., 2001). The emerald deposits are distributed over ~200 km2 within 13°02'–13°11'Slatitudeand28°03'–28°11'Elongi-tude,onbothsidesoftheKafubuRiver. …
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— The Kafubu area is loc a ted geolog ic ally at the center of the tra n sconti nenta l P a n-Af- ... The Kafubu emerald deposits occur within metamorphic rocks of the Muva Supergroup.
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Emerald mineralization in the Kafubu area, Zambia. Jiri Zacharias. 2004. download Download PDF View PDF chevron_right. Free PDF. Trapiche Tourmaline From Zambia. Franck Notari. ... Emerald mineralisation in Colombia: fluid chemistry and the role of brine mixing. David Banks. Mineralium Deposita, 2000.
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— Emerald mineralisation in the Kafubu area, including the Kagem deposits, belongs to a group referred to as 'schist-hosted emeralds', in which emeralds occur …
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The Kafubu emeralds have relatively high specific gravity (2.69 – 2.77) and refractive index values, especially relatively to emeralds from Colombia. Beryl and emerald mineralisation in the Kafubu area typically forms as subhedral to euhedral hexagonal crystals that often grow in aggregates of multiple gemstones.
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— Kagem emerald mine in Zambia is deemed the largest open-pit emerald mine in the world, with extremely high economic value and a large market share. To meet the market demand for tracing...
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— LOCAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING The emerald mineralisation of the Kafubu area is contained entirely within the rocks of the Muva Supergroup (Fig. 2). There are 10 …
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— Emerald mineralisation in the Kafubu area, including the Kagem deposits, belongs to a group referred to as 'schist-hosted emeralds', in which emeralds occur predominantly in phlogopite or other types of schists. The origin of schist-hosted emerald deposits is controversial, but is known to require specific
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— Emerald samples from the Kafubu area range in intensity of colour from light to dark green. The colour is unevenly distributed and …
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— Kagem emerald mine in Zambia is deemed to the largest open-pit emerald mine with extremely high economic value and market share in the world. To meet the market demand for tracing the origin of …
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The emerald mineralisation is formed by the metasomatic alteration of the metabasites containing Cr by fluids ... The Kafubu Emerald Area in Zambia is an important producer of gemstone-quality ...
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Classic schist-hosted emerald deposits are generally attributed to interaction between invading pegmatitic magma or vapor phases with preexisting metasediments, metavolcanics, and/or ultrabasic rocks. Detailed studies of the Habachtal (Austria) and Leydsdorp (South Africa) emerald deposits indicate that the emerald formation was not …
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— Open pit Kagem mine, Kafubu Mining Area, Zambia (source: Gemfields). The article describes the origins of the Zambian emerald, a growing competitor to the long-prized Colombian emerald. History of Mining in the Kafubu Mining Area. The first discovery of beryl mineralization in this area dates back to 1928. Emerald production did not occur …
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DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.41.2.116 Corpus ID: 130873500; Emeralds from the Kafubu Area, Zambia @article{Zwaan2005EmeraldsFT, title={Emeralds from the Kafubu Area, Zambia}, author={Johannes C. Zwaan and Anton{'i}n V. Seifert and Stanislav Vr{'a}na and Brendan M. Laurs and Bj{"o}rn Anckar and William B. Simmons and Alexander U. Falster and …
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— Emerald deposits in the Kafubu area occur within rocks of the Mesoproterozoic Muva Supergroup (1800-1100 Ma), composed of both metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks. In the Kagem mine area, the Muva Supergroup overlays a basement complex that's about 1,800 to 2,050 million years old. It consists of talc …
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