BismiteMesopotamia 504, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas District, Kunene Region, Namibia
Photo: Brent Thorne Mesopotamia Mine
A Cu Mine in the socalled Mesopotamia Copper Valley, West of Khorixas, on the land of Mesopotamia 504 Farm. Polymetallic hydrothermal quartz-vein deposit of Cu, Bi, W, Pb, V and Ag. Specimens from this locality have often been labelled "from Khorixas".
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References
- von Knorring, O. and Sahama, T. G. (1981): Namibite, a new copper-bismuth-vanadium mineral from Namibia. Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen: 61: 7-12.
- Dunning, G.E. & Cooper. J.F. (1998): Namibite, a summary of world occurrences. Mineralogical Record. 29: 163-166
- Niedermayr, G.(2001): Mesopotamia 504 - die Typlokalität des Namibit. In: S. Jahn, O. Medenbach, G. Niedermayr, G. Schneider: Namibia - Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle (1 and 2nd Edition, in German), 97-99
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