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Erongo Region, Namibia

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




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alluaudite
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
Analcime
Andradite
var: Demantoid
Anorthite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
'Arandisite'
Arfvedsonite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arseniosiderite
Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Barbosalite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bermanite
Berndtite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
β-Uranophane
Beyerite
Bindheimite
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bixbyite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Brabantite
Brazilianite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite
'Chevkinite'
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
'Clay'
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Collinsite
Columbite
'Columbite-Tantalite'
'Copiapite Group'
Copper
Cordierite
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Cyrilovite
Dalyite
Danburite
Descloizite
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Diopside
Dolomite
Dufrénite
Dumortierite
Elbaite
var: Siberite
Eosphorite
Epidote
 Ernstite (TL)
Euclase
Eucryptite
Eylettersite
Euxenite-(Y)
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferrisicklerite
'Ferrisicklerite-Sicklerite Series'
Ferronigerite-2N1S
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
var: Yttrofluorite
Foitite
Forsterite
Frondelite
'Gadolinite'
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gibbsite
Giniite (TL)
Goethite
Gold
Goyazite
Grandidierite
'Grandite'
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Herderite
Heterosite
'Heterosite-Purpurite Series'
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Hureaulite
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Idaite (TL)
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
'Jahnsite'
Jarosite
Jeremejevite
Joosteite (TL)
Karibibite (TL)
'K Feldspar'
Kidwellite
Kryzhanovskite
Kyanite
Laueite
Laumontite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Lithiophilite
'Lithiophilite-Triphylite Series'
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Maldonite
Marcasite
Meionite
Melanterite
Mélonjosephite
Metanováčekite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Milarite
Mimetite
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monetite
Montebrasite
Montgomeryite
Morinite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Natrojarosite
Nontronite
Nordenskiöldine
Olivenite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Ottemannite
'Perthite'
 Petalite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Phosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Phurcalite
Pollucite
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Riebeckite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Russellite
Rutile
Sampleite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Segnitite
'Sericite'
Shattuckite
Sicklerite
Siderite
Sideronatrite
Silver ?
Smithsonite
Spessartine
var: Emildine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stanĕkite (TL)
Stannite
Staurolite
Stewartite
Stolzite
Strengite
Strunzite
Talc
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
'Tapiolite'
Tavorite
Tenorite
Thorite
Tinsleyite
Titanite
var: Keilhauite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Tyuyamunite
Unnamed (F-analogue of Schorl)
Uraninite
Uranotungstite
Uranpyrochlore
Ushkovite
Vanadinite
Variscite
Varulite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Volborthite
Walpurgite
Weeksite
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)
Whitlockite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Hafnian Zircon
Zwieselite


720 entries listed. 225 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Namibia
 
  • Erongo Region
        • Otjinamewa (Otjionamewa)
        • Brabant 86 farm
        • Etiro 50 farm
      • Kudubis 19 farm
      • Riverplaats 97 farm
        • Naob 69 farm
    • Usakos and Omaruru Districts
      • Khan
    • Wlotzkas Baken

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