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Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia

Latitude: 21°40'S
Longitude: 15°40'E
The Erongo Mountain is 20 km north of the town of Usakos. Usakos is 140 km from Swakopmund on the highway between Swakopmund and Windhoek. The Erongo mountain is 65 km in diameter and stretches from Usakos to the town of Omaruru in the north.

NOTE on the mineral list: Foitite has not been reliably confirmed yet from the Erongo region.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
Almandine
Anatase
Andradite
'Apatite'
Arseniosiderite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
β-Uranophane
'Biotite'
Calcite
Cassiterite
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Dolomite
Ferberite
Ferrimolybdite
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Foitite ?
Galena
Goethite
Goyazite
Haiweeite
Hematite
Herderite
Heterosite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylherderite
Ilmenite
Jeremejevite
Magnetite
Metanováčekite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Phenakite
Phlogopite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Smoky Quartz
Raspite
Rhodochrosite
Russellite
Rutile
Scheelite
Schorl
Segnitite
Siderite
Stellerite
Stolzite
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Uranotungstite
Walpurgite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
'Zinnwaldite'


67 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2008): Namibia Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag GmbH, Haltern, 292-332 pp. (in English)

Cairncross, B. and U. Bahmann (2006) Famous Mineral Localities: The Erongo Mountains Namibia. Mineralogical Record 37, 361-470.

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