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Erongo Region, Namibia

The Erongo is the largest of the late-mesozoic alkaline complexes of central-west Namibia. Situated on the fringes of the Namib Desert between Usakos and Omaruru, rising to 2319m and 40km diameter.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alluaudite
'Alluaudite-Na□'
Almandine
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Demantoid
Ankerite
Anorthite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
'Arandisite'
Arfvedsonite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arseniosiderite
Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Babingtonite
Barbosalite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bermanite
Berndtite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
β-Uranophane
Beusite
Beyerite
'Biotite'
Bismite
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bixbyite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
'Brabantite'
Brannerite
Brazilianite
Brockite
Brookite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Changoite
Chenevixite
Chernovite-(Y)
'Chevkinite'
Childrenite
'Childrenite-Eosphorite Series'
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
'Clay'
Clinobisvanite
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Collinsite
'Columbite'
Columbite-(Fe)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Cookeite
'Copiapite Group'
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Cyrilovite
Dalyite
Danburite
'Davidite'
Delafossite
Descloizite
'Desert Rose'
Diamond
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Diopside
Dolomite
Dufrénite
Dumortierite
Dyscrasite
Elbaite
var: Siberite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Ernstite (TL)
Euclase
Eucryptite
Eudialyte
Euxenite-(Y)
Eylettersite
Fairfieldite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
'Ferrisicklerite-Sicklerite Series'
Ferronigerite-2N1S
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Fluorkenopyrochlore (TL)
Fluor-schorl
Foitite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Frondelite
'Gadolinite'
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gibbsite
Giniite (TL)
Goethite
Gold
Goyazite
Grandidierite
Graphite
Grossular
'Gummite'
Gypsum
Haiweeite
Halite
Hastingsite
'Hectorite'
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Herderite
Hetaerolite
Heterosite
'Heterosite-Purpurite Series'
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Hureaulite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Idaite (TL)
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
'Jahnsite'
'Jahnsite Group'
Jarosite
Jeremejevite
Joosteite (TL)
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Karibibite (TL)
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kryzhanovskite
Kyanite
Laueite
Laumontite
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
'Limonite'
Lindströmite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Lithiophilite
'Lithiophilite-Triphylite Series'
Löllingite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Maldonite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Marcasite
Meionite
Melanterite
Mélonjosephite
Metahaiweeite
Metanováčekite
Metasideronatrite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite Group
Milarite
Mimetite
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monetite
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Montmorillonite
Morinite
Mottramite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nacrite
Natrojarosite
Nepheline
Nontronite
Nordenskiöldine
Olivenite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Oxyplumboroméite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Phoenicochroite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Pollucite
Prehnite
Pseudomalachite
Pucherite
'Pumpellyite'
Purpurite
Pyrite
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrochlore Group
'Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)'

Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Raspite
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Russellite
Rutile
Sampleite
Sarcopside
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Schröckingerite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
Shattuckite
Sicklerite
Siderite
Sideronatrite
'Sideronatrite-2M'
Sillimanite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sodalite
Spessartine
var: Emildine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stanĕkite (TL)
Stannite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stewartite
'Stilbite'
Stolzite
Strengite
Strunzite
Talc
'Tantalite'
Tantalite-(Fe)
'Tapiolite'
Tavorite
Tenorite
Thorite
'Tiger's Eye'
Tinsleyite
Titanite
var: Keilhauite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Achroite'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Watermelon Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Tyuyamunite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Uranotungstite
'Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)'
Ushkovite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Varulite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Walpurgite
Waylandite
Weeksite
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)
Whitlockite
Wittichenite
'Wolframite'
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
'Xenotime'
Xenotime-(Y)
Zeolite Group
'Zinnwaldite' ?
Zircon
var: Hafnian Zircon
Zwieselite


384 entries listed. 285 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

Cairncross, B. and Bahmann, U., (2006): Famous Mineral Localities: The Erongo Mountains Namibia. Mineralogical Record: 37(5): 361-470.

Bezing, L. von., Bode, R., and Jahn, S., (2008): Namibia, Minerals and Localities. (in English).

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