Latitude: 26°28'S
Longitude: 16°1'E
Carbonatite intrusion SW portion of country.
A 3 km diameter "Inselberg" known as Dicker Wilhelm (also spelt Willem), also known as Garubberg. A mountain rising 600m in the Namib Desert west of Aus.
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References
- Cooper & Reid (1998): Nepheline Sovites as Parental Magmas in
Carbonatite Complexes: Evidence from Dicker Willem, Southwest Namibia. Journal of Petrology 39, 2123-2136.
- Bezing, L. von, Bode, R. & Jahn, S. (2007): Namibia. Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag, Haltern, 398 pp. (in English)
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