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Klein Spitzkopje (Kleine Spitzkoppe) granite stock, Swakopmund, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia

Located 30 km from Usakos next to the main road to Swakopmund. Remnant of a ring complex that has extensively occurring miarolitic cavities with superb crystals.



References:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 839.
- Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Extra Lapis English No. 9.
- Cairncross, B. (2005). Famous mineral localities: Klein Spitzkoppe (Namibia). The Mineralogical Record. 36: 317-335.




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


Mineral List:
Albite
'Allanite'
Arsenopyrite
'Axinite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Biotite
Bixbyite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chenevixite
Chrysocolla
Columbite
Covellite
Descloizite
Euclase
Euxenite-(Y)
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Galena
Gibbsite
Goethite
Hematite
Hydroxylherderite
Magnesite
Malachite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Opal
Phenakite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Shattuckite
Siderite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Talc
Topaz
Vanadinite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Zircon


68 entries listed. 48 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
Namibia
 
  • Erongo Region
    • Swakopmund District
      • Swakopmund
        • Klein Spitzkopje (Kleine Spitzkoppe) granite stock

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