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Klein Spitzkopje granite stock (Kleine Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, Karibib 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.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
'Allanite'
Arsenopyrite
'Axinite Group'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Berndtite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Heliodor
'Biotite'
Bixbyite
Cassiterite
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chenevixite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
'Columbite'
Covellite
Euclase
Euxenite-(Y)
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Gibbsite
Goethite
Hematite
Hydroxylherderite
Malachite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Opal
Phenakite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Amethyst

var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Shattuckite
Siderite
Talc
Topaz
'Wolframite'
Zircon


71 entries listed. 40 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

Palache, C., Berman, H., and Frondel, C., (1951): The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 839.

Cairncross, B. (2005). Famous mineral localities: Klein Spitzkoppe (Namibia). The Mineralogical Record. 36: 317-335.

Fluorite: The Collector's Choice. Extra Lapis English No. 9.

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