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Namibia

Known as South-West Africa prior to 1968 (former German colony at the turn of the 18th/19th century).



References:
- Anhaeusser, C. R. and Maske, S., eds. (1986): Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa. 2 Vols, 2376 pp. Geological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg.
- Bahmann, U. and A., Eds. (2001): Namibia – Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle, Bode-Verlag, Haltern, Germany, 224 pp. (in German)
- Schneider, G. (2004): The roadside geology of Namibia. Sammlung Geologischer Führer Vol. 97, Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlag, Berlin, 294 pp.
- Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2007): Namibia. Mineralien und Fundstellen. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag, Haltern, 856 pp. (in German)
- Schneider, G. (2008): The roadside geology of Namibia. Sammlung Geologischer Führer Vol. 97, 2nd, revised ed., Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlag, Berlin, 294 pp.

- http://www.mme.gov.na/gsn/ (Geol. Survey of Namibia)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite ?
Agardite-(Ce)
Ajoite
Åkermanite
Alamosite
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Algodonite
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Alleghanyite
Alluaudite
Almandine
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
Analcime
Anatase
'Ancylite'
Ancylite-(Ce) ?
Andradite
var: Demantoid
var: Melanite
Andyrobertsite (TL)
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH) ?
Apophyllite-(NaF) ?
Aragonite
var: Plumboan Aragonite
var: Zincian Aragonite
'Arandisite'
Arcanite
Archerite
Arfvedsonite
Arisite-(Ce) (TL)
Arisite-(La) (TL)
Arnhemite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenbrackebuschite (TL)
Arsendescloizite (TL)
Arseniosiderite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite (TL)
Ashoverite
Asisite (TL)
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
var: Cuprian Austinite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Barbosalite
Bartelkeite (TL)
Barysilite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bayldonite
Beaverite
Benstonite
Bermanite
Berndtite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
β-Uranophane
Betekhtinite
Betpakdalite
Beudantite
Beyerite
Biehlite (TL)
Bindheimite
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bixbyite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Bournonite
Brabantite
Brazilianite
Brianyoungite
Briartite
Brochantite
β-Roselite
Brucite
Brunogeierite (TL)
Brushite
Burbankite
Cacoxenite
Cahnite
Calcioancylite-(Ce)
Calcioandyrobertsite (TL)
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Calderite (TL)
Caledonite
Calvertite (TL)
Canasite ?
Cancrinite
Carbocernaite
Carminite
Carnevallite
Carnotite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite
'Chevkinite'
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite

'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite ?
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chudobaite (TL)
Cinnabar
Claudetite
'Clay'
Clinobisvanite
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinoclase
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Collinsite
Columbite
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Colusite
Conichalcite
Connellite
'Copiapite Group'
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Coronadite
Corundum
Covellite
Crednerite
Cristobalite
Crocoite
Cryolite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Cuprotungstite
Cuspidine
Cyrilovite
Dalyite
Damaraite (TL)
Danburite
Datolite
Daubréelite
Defernite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase
Dittmarite
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Cobaltoan Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
var: Zincian Dolomite
Domeykite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Duftite (TL)
var: Duftite-alpha
Dumortierite
Dundasite
Ekatite (TL)
Elbaite
var: Siberite
Elyite
Enargite
Enstatite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Ernstite (TL)
Euclase
Eucryptite
Eudialyte
Eudialyte Group
Eylettersite
Eyselite (TL)
Euxenite-(Y)
Fahleite (TL)
Famatinite
Fayalite
Feinglosite (TL)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferrilotharmeyerite (TL)
Ferrisicklerite
'Ferrisicklerite-Sicklerite Series'
'Ferro-aluminotschermakite' ?
Ferronigerite-2N1S
Ferropargasite
Fleischerite (TL)
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Foitite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Fraipontite
Frondelite
Furutobeite
'Gadolinite'
Gahnite
Gaitite (TL)
Galaxite
Galena
Gallite
Gallobeudantite (TL)
Ganophyllite
'Garnet Group'
Gartrellite
Gebhardite (TL)
Gerdtremmelite (TL)
Germanite (TL)
Germanocolusite
Gibbsite
Giniite (TL)
Glaucochroite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Goyazite
Grandidierite
'Grandite'
Graphite
Gratonite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Hardystonite
Harkerite
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Hedyphane
Helmutwinklerite (TL)
Helvite
Hematite
var: Martite
Hematophanite
Hemimorphite
Herderite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
Heterosite
'Heterosite-Purpurite Series'
'Heulandite'
Hidalgoite
Hillebrandite
Holdawayite (TL)
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Hureaulite
Hydrocerussite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Idaite (TL)
Ilmenite
IMA2009-041 (TL)
Iodargyrite
Iron
var: Kamacite

Itoite (TL)
Ixiolite
Jacobsite
Jaffeite (TL)
'Jahnsite'
Jamesite (TL)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jeremejevite
Jerrygibbsite
Johillerite (TL)
Johninnesite (TL)
Joosteite (TL)
Jordanite
Kaersutite
Kahlerite
Kalistrontite
Kalsilite
Kanemite
Kaolinite
Karibibite (TL)
Kasolite
Kegelite (TL)
Kentrolite
Kenyaite
Keyite (TL)
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kirschsteinite
Kombatite (TL)
Koritnigite (TL)
Korobitsynite
Köttigite
Krieselite (TL)
Kryzhanovskite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Labuntsovite-Mn
Lammerite
Langite
Larsenite
Laueite
Laumontite
Lautite
Lavendulan
var: Zinclavendulan
Lead
Leadhillite
Legrandite
Leightonite
Leiteite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucophoenicite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Litharge
Lithiophilite
'Lithiophilite-Triphylite Series'
Löllingite
Lorettoite
Lovozerite
'Lovozerite Group'
Ludjibaite
Ludlockite (TL)
Lukrahnite (TL)
Luzonite
Magadiite ?
Maghemite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesiokatophorite ?
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Maikainite
Makatite
Malachite
Maldonite
Manganberzeliite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganoneptunite
Manganosite
Marcasite
Margarite
Massicot
Mathewrogersite (TL)
Mawbyite
Mawsonite
Mcconnellite
Meionite
Melanotekite
Melanterite
Melilite
Mélonjosephite
Metacinnabar
Metakahlerite
Metanováčekite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Minrecordite (TL)
Mitridatite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdofornacite (TL)
Molybdophyllite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monetite
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Morinite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Mundrabillaite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Nadorite
Nahcolite
Nambulite
Namibite (TL)
Namuwite
Narsarsukite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natronambulite
Natrophosphate
Nenadkevichite
Nepheline
Nontronite
Nordenskiöldine
Norsethite
O'Danielite (TL)
Ojuelaite
Olivenite
var: Zincian Olivenite
'Olivine'
Omongwaite (TL)
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Otavite (TL)
Otjisumeite (TL)
Ottemannite
Ovamboite (TL)
Oxy-Dravite
Palygorskite
Paradamite
'Parisite'
Parnauite
Patrónite
Pearceite
Pentlandite
Perroudite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Philipsbornite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Pirssonite
Plancheite
Plattnerite
Plumboferrite
Plumbojarosite
Plumbotsumite (TL)
Pollucite
Polybasite
Polydymite
Polylithionite ?
Posnjakite
Powellite
Prehnite
Prosopite
Prosperite (TL)
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochlore
Pyrochroite
Pyrocoproite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophosphite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Queitite (TL)
Realgar
Reinerite (TL)
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Ribbeite (TL)
Richterite
Riebeckite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Rosasite
'Rosenbuschite Group'
Rossmanite
Rouvilleite
Russellite
Rutile
Sahlinite
Sakhaite
Sampleite
Sanidine
Sauconite
Sazhinite-(Ce)
Sazhinite-(La) (TL)
'Scapolite'
Schaurteite (TL)
Scheelite
Schneiderhöhnite (TL)
Scholzite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schultenite (TL)
Scolecite
Scorodite
Segnitite
Seligmannite
Sérandite
'Sericite'
Serpierite
Sewardite (TL)
Shattuckite
Sicklerite
Siderite
var: Zincian Siderite
Sideronatrite
Sidpietersite (TL)
Siegenite
Silver
var: Amalgam
Skorpionite (TL)
Smithsonite
var: Cadmian Smithsonite
var: Cobaltoan Smithsonite
var: Cuprian Smithsonite
Sodalite
Söhngeite (TL)
Spertiniite
Spessartine
var: Emildine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stanĕkite (TL)
Stannite
Staurolite
Stercorite (TL)
Stewartite
Stibiconite
Stibioclaudetite (TL)
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stolzite
Stottite (TL)
Stranskiite (TL)
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Strunzite
Struvite
Sulphohalite
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Sussexite
Swaknoite (TL)
Sylvite
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Y)
Taenite
Tainiolite
Talc
Talmessite
Tangeite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tarbuttite
Tavorite
Tennantite
var: Argentiferous Tennantite
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetrahedrite
Tetranatrolite ?
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thometzekite (TL)
Thorite
Thornasite
'Tiger's Eye'
Tilasite
Tinsleyite
Titanite
var: Keilhauite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Troilite
Trona
Tsepinite-Na
Tsumcorite (TL)
Tsumebite (TL)
Tsumgallite (TL)
Tungstenite
Tungstite
Tuperssuatsiaite
Turkestanite ?
Tyuyamunite
Umangite
Unnamed (F-analogue of Schorl)
'Unnamed (Fe analogue of Zakharovite)'
'Unnamed (Mcgovernite-like Mineral)'
'Unnamed (MSH UK-60)'
'Unnamed (MSH UK-77)'
'Unnamed (Pb-feldspar)'
'Unnamed (Zn Arsenate)'
Uraninite
Uranotungstite
Uranpyrochlore
Ushkovite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Varulite
Vermiculite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
Villiaumite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Walpurgite
Warikahnite (TL)
Weeksite
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)
Whitlockite
Wickmanite
Wilhelmkleinite (TL)
Willemite
Wiserite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
var: Chillagite
Wurtzite
Wüstite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yofortierite ?
Zakharovite
var: Ferroan Zakharovite

Zincgartrellite (TL)
Zincolibethenite
Zincolivenite
Zincrosasite (TL)
Zincroselite (TL)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Hafnian Zircon
Zwieselite


2050 entries listed. 591 valid minerals. 84 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 3 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:
Namibia
 
        • Otjinamewa (Otjionamewa)
        • Brabant 86 farm
        • Etiro 50 farm
      • Kudubis 19 farm
      • Riverplaats 97 farm
        • Naob 69 farm
    • Usakos and Omaruru Districts
      • Khan
    • Wlotzkas Baken
    • Malta Heights (Maltahöhe)
    • Aukum 104 Farm
      • Warmbad
    • Noordoewer
      • Otjihase
      • Otjisongati
        • Aris
      • Orotumba
  • Namib Desert
      • Kombat
      • Olifantsfontein (Annshope)
      • Uris 481 farm

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