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include kidney ore,
martite (pseudomorphs
after magnetite), iron rose and
specularite (specular hematite).
While these forms vary, they all have a rust-red...
- 03396°E / -26.20178; 31.03396
Production Products Iron ore (and
derived specularite)
History Opened 41,000 to 43,000
years ago (oldest mine
known in History)...
- Wilkins, J. (2016). "Early
Evidence for
Brilliant Ritualized Display:
Specularite Use in the
Northern Cape (South Africa)
between ~500 and ~300 Ka". Current...
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interest away from
specularite and
animal products like ivory. One
tribe in
Tsodilo was
particularly influential in the
trade of
specularite until it fell...
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Bomvu Ridge in Swaziland. He
determined that
mining for the
pigment specularite or
specular hematite, pre-dated
mining for ore, and
extended back into...
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heads are
speculated to have been
covered in
white slip, and
glittering specularite at the time of
their use. The
smaller heads, #3–7 have
small perforations...
- and J. Wilkins, 2016.
Early Evidence for
Brilliant Ritualized Display:
Specularite Use in the
Northern Cape (South Africa)
between ~500 and ~300 Ka. Current...
- Yue; Sun, Yongsheng; Li,
Yanjun (2023). "Magnetization
Roasting of
Specularite Ore:
Phase Transformation,
Magnetism and Kinetics".
Mineral Processing...
- Epidote, Galena, 'Garnet', Goethite, Gypsum, Hedenbergite,
Hematite (var:
Specularite), 'Hornblende', Jarosite, Kaolinite, 'Limonite', Magnetite, Malachite...
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hammerstones and crescents.
Other unearthed items include quartz slivers,
specularite, bones, gl****, Iron Age
potshreds and 19th
century porcelain. In 1852...
