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

Carbonatite complex (calcite carbonatites and nephelinites) and quartzite host-rocks.
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).

Ref.:
- American Mineralogist, 1999, Vol. 84, 1117-1125.





Mineral List:
Burbankite
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Cryolite
Eudialyte
Fluorite
Halite
'Monazite'
Nahcolite
Nepheline
Quartz
Rouvilleite
Sylvite
Titanite


16 entries listed. 12 valid minerals.

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