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Sandawana mines, the Glossary

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The Sandawana Mines are a mining complex in Mberengwa District, Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, primarily known for its emeralds.[1]

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  1. 13 relations: Emerald, Granite, Lithium, Mafic, Mberengwa District, Midlands Province, NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper), Pegmatite, Rio Tinto (corporation), Sedimentary rock, Spodumene, Ultramafic rock, Zimbabwe.

  2. Buildings and structures in Midlands Province
  3. Geography of Midlands Province
  4. Lithium mines in Zimbabwe
  5. Rio Tinto (corporation) subsidiaries
  6. Surface mines in Zimbabwe

Emerald

Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Lithium

Lithium is a chemical element; it has symbol Li and atomic number 3.

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Mafic

A mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron.

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Mberengwa District

Mberengwa, originally known as Belingwe, is a district in Midlands province in Zimbabwe.

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Midlands Province

Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe.

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NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper)

NewsDay is a Harare-based Zimbabwean independent daily newspaper published since 2010.

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Pegmatite

A pegmatite is an igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than and sometimes greater than.

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Rio Tinto (corporation)

Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP).

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.

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Spodumene

Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl(SiO3)2, and is a commercially important source of lithium.

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Ultramafic rock

Ultramafic rocks (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed of usually greater than 90% mafic minerals (dark colored, high magnesium and iron content).

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.

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See also

Buildings and structures in Midlands Province

Geography of Midlands Province

Lithium mines in Zimbabwe

Rio Tinto (corporation) subsidiaries

Surface mines in Zimbabwe

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandawana_mines