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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...
- 12th
centuries as they
became wealthier through ownership of cattle.
Specularite mining became widespread during this period.
Neighbouring present-day...
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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...
-
Bomvu Ridge in Swaziland. He
determined that
mining for the
pigment specularite or
specular hematite, pre-dated
mining for ore, and
extended back into...
- Epidote, Galena, 'Garnet', Goethite, Gypsum, Hedenbergite,
Hematite (var:
Specularite), 'Hornblende', Jarosite, Kaolinite, 'Limonite', Magnetite, Malachite...
- and J. Wilkins, 2016.
Early Evidence for
Brilliant Ritualized Display:
Specularite Use in the
Northern Cape (South Africa)
between ~500 and ~300 Ka. Current...
-
hammerstones and crescents.
Other unearthed items include quartz slivers,
specularite, bones, gl****, Iron Age
potshreds and 19th
century porcelain. In 1852...
