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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


    61 entries listed. 48 valid minerals.

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

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