Latitude: 21°49'29"S
Longitude: 15°11'39"E
Isolated granite massif elevating from a peneplain (~1000 m above sea level), 1728 m high. The Groot Spitzkopje is also called "Matterhorn of Africa". The biotite granite intruded during a late stage of the Damara orogeny (about 530 Ma, the neighboring Kleine Spitzkopje granite intruded ~ 400 Ma later). The Spitzkopje area is world famous for its pegmatite minerals, especially topaz.
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