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Kalkfeld complex, Kalkfeld, Damaraland District, Kunene Region, Namibia

Latitude: 20°49'10"S
Longitude: 16°7'57"E
Carbonatite complex (calcite carbonatites and nephelinites) hosted in quartzite.

The quartz crystals of the quartzite show numerous solid microinclusions of halides and carbonates precipitated from pristine hydrous carbonate melts (carbonatite-derived fluid trapped under closed-system conditions).

Mineral List

Albite
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Baryte
Biotite
Burbankite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite

Carbocernaite
Chalcocite
'Chlorite Group'
Cryolite
Eudialyte
Fluorite
Halite
Hematite
Magnetite
'Monazite'
Nahcolite
Nepheline
Phlogopite
Pyrite
'Pyrochlore'
Quartz
Rouvilleite
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sylvite
Titanite


30 entries listed. 23 valid minerals.

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References

- American Mineralogist, 1999, Vol. 84, 1117-1125.
- Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 09-1139.

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