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Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Zn-Pb-V deposit, dicovered in 1913 and mined until 1978.
Famous for excellent and large descloizite crystals.

Ref.:
- Korn, H. & Martin, H. (1937): Geological report on the vanadium deposits of Abenab, Baltika, Uitsab and Berg Aukas. Windhoek xx pp.
- Stieglitz, B. and Stieglitz, H. (1995): Die Vanadium-Erzlagerstätte am Berg Aukas, Namibia. Lapis, 20 (9), 26-32 (in German).
- Raade, G. (2005): Ca-reicher und zonierter Pyromorphit vom Berg Aukas, Namibia. Mineralien-Welt 16 (6), 58-59 (in German).
- Schneider, J., Boni, M., Laukamp, C., Bechstädt, T., and Petzel, V. (2008): Willemite (Zn2SiO4) as a possible Rb–Sr geochronometer for dating nonsulfide Zn–Pb mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia). Ore Geology Reviews 33, 152-167.





Map Reference: 19°34'12"S , 18°15'36"E

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Mineral List:
Anglesite
Aragonite
Beudantite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Descloizite
Dolomite
Enargite
Galena
Goethite
Greenockite
Hematite
Jordanite
Leadhillite
Malachite
Mimetite
Minium
Mottramite
Natrojarosite
Pyrite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Rosasite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Tsumcorite
Vanadinite
Willemite


36 entries listed. 36 valid minerals.

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