Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

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Mineral List:

Actinolite ☐Ca   2 (Mg,Fe 2+   )   5 (Si   8 O   22 )(OH)   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Rob Lavinsky Aegirine NaFe 3+   [Si   2 O   6 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Aegirine-augite (Na,Ca)(Fe 3+   ,Fe 2+   ,Mg,Al)Si   2 O   6 Description: In sodic fenites associated withpegmatitic carbonatites. In fenites. Reference: [Journal of Microtextural Mineralogy, 52 (4), 2000, pp. 17-20.] Albite Na[AlSi   3 O   8 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Albite var: Oligoclase (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si   2 O   8 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] 'Allanite' Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Alleghanyite Mn 2+ 5 [(OH)   2 |(SiO   4 )   2 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Elmar Lackner Anatase TiO   2 Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Andradite var: Melanite Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Anglesite PbSO   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 109.] Anhydrite CaSO   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Ankerite Ca(Fe 2+   ,Mg,Mn 2+   )(CO   3 )   2 Reference: [Chetty, D., and Frimmel, H.E. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 364-376.] 'Apatite' Description: In pegmatitic carbonatites and in associated sodic fenites. Reference: [Journal of Microtextural Mineralogy, 52 (4), 2000, pp. 17-20.] Apatite-(CaF) Ca   5 [F|(PO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [] Apatite-(CaOH) Ca   5 [OH|(PO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Apatite-(CaOH) var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH) Ca   5 [(OH,O)|(PO   4 ,CO   3 )   3 ] Reference: [No reference listed] Aragonite CaCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Arsenopyrite FeAsS - (Fe   0.90 Co   0.10 )AsS Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Asisite (TL) Pb   7 [O   4 |SiO   4 |Cl   2 ] Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 643-650.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Thomas Witzke Austinite CaZn[OH|AsO   4 ] Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV] Austinite var: Cuprian Austinite Reference: [No reference listed] Azurite Cu   3 [OH|CO   3 ]   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi prospect), Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Kristalle and Crys Barysilite Pb   8 Mn 2+   [Si   2 O   7 ]   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Baryte BaSO   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Bastnäsite-(Ce) (Ce,La)[F|CO   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Bayldonite Cu   3 Pb[OH|AsO   4 ]   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Betekhtinite Cu   10 (Fe,Pb)S   6 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Biotite Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Bixbyite (Mn 3+   ,Fe 3+   )   2 O   3 Reference: [Anthony, J. W. et al. (1997): Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3, 66] Bornite Cu   5 FeS   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; Chetty, D., and Frimmel, H.E. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 364-376.] Bournonite PbCuSbS   3 Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Brucite Mg(OH)   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Brushite CaHPO   4 ·2H   2 O Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Cahnite Ca   2 [AsO   4 |B(OH)   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © 2009 ROM Calcite CaCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Geoffrey Krasnov Calderite (TL) (Mn 2+   ,Ca)   3 (Fe 3+   ,Al)   2 [SiO   4 ]   3 Type Locality: Otjosondu, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [CM 17 (1979), 569; HB2/1 (1995)] Otjosondu, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © C.Boutry Cancrinite Na   6 Ca   2 [(CO   3 )   2 |Al   6 Si   6 O   24 ] · 2H   2 O Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Cassiterite SnO   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Celsian Ba[Al   2 Si   2 O   8 ] Reference: [No reference listed] Cerussite PbCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Alan Goldstein 'Chalcedony' Reference: [Cairncross, B. (2004): Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa, 292 pp. ] Chalcocite Cu   2 S Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Chalcopyrite CuFeS   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Chondrodite ? (Mg,Fe 2+   )   5 [(F,OH)   2 |(SiO   4 )   2 ] Description: Reported by Palfi & Wartha (2001) but possibly doubtful. Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)   2 H   2 Si   2 O   5 (OH)   4 ·nH   2 O Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Clinohumite (Mg,Fe 2+   )   9 [(F,OH)   2 |(SiO   4 )   4 ] Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Clinozoisite {Ca   2 }{Al   3 }[O|OH|SiO   4 |Si   2 O   7 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Colusite Cu   26 V   2 (As,Sn,Sb)   6 S   32 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Conichalcite CaCu[OH|AsO   4 ] Description: As "Barthite." Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 808.] Copper Cu Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Covellite CuS Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Crednerite CuMnO   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Crocoite Pb(CrO   4 ) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Cuprite Cu   2 O Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © R. Lang 2008 Cuspidine Ca   4 [(F,OH)   2 |Si   2 O   7 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Damaraite (TL) Pb   3 [O   2 |OH|Cl] Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine (1990): 54: 593-598.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © 2005 M. Kampf Daubréelite Fe 2+   Cr 3+ 2 S   4 Reference: [CanRockhound v.4, n.2] Defernite Ca   6 (CO   3 )   2-x (SiO   4 )   x (OH)   7 (Cl,OH)   1-2x (x=0.5) Habit: laths to 1cm. Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co. Descloizite Pb(Zn,Cu)[OH|VO   4 ] Reference: [No reference listed] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Tony Peterson Digenite Cu   9 S   5 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Diopside CaMg[Si   2 O   6 ] Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Dioptase Cu   6 (Si   6 O   18 )·6H   2 O Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Dioptase Dolomite CaMg(CO   3 )   2 Reference: [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © C. Thomson. 2003 Duftite PbCu[OH|AsO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Enargite Cu   3 AsS   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Epidote {Ca   2 }{Al   2 Fe 3+   }[O|OH|SiO   4 |Si   2 O   7 ] Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] 'Feldspar Group' Reference: [] Fluorite CaF   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Rob Lavinsky Fluorite var: Yttrofluorite (Ca,Y)F   2-3 Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Forsterite Mg   2 [SiO   4 ] Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Gahnite ZnAl   2 O   4 Description: In fact spinel. Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323. ] Galaxite (Mn,Fe,Mg)(Al,Fe)   2 O   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Galena PbS Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Ganophyllite (K,Na,Ca)   2 Mn   8 (Si,Al)   12 (O,OH)   32 ·8H   2 O Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Germanite Cu   13 Fe   2 Ge   2 S   16 Reference: [Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.] Glaucochroite CaMn 2+   [SiO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Goethite α-Fe 3+   O(OH) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © C. Thomson. 2003 Greenockite CdS Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Gypsum Ca[SO   4 ] · 2H   2 O Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Harkerite Ca   24 Mg   8 Al   2 Si   8 (O,OH)   32 (BO   3 )   8 (CO   3 )   8 (H   2 O,Cl) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © e-Rocks.com Hausmannite MnMn   2 O   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Hedyphane Pb   3 Ca   2 [Cl|(AsO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Helvite Mn 2+ 4 Be   3 [S|(SiO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Hematite Fe   2 O   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Hematite var: Martite Description: Replaces titanomagnetite in pegmatite carbonatites replaced by fluorite. Reference: [Journal of Microtextural Mineralogy, 52 (4), 2000, pp. 17-20.] Hematophanite Pb   4 Fe   3 O   8 (OH,Cl) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © 2008, JGW Hemimorphite Zn   4 [(OH)   2 |Si   2 O   7 ] · H   2 O Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 23:606; Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Jan 1948).] Hillebrandite Ca   2 [(OH)   2 |SiO   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Holdawayite (TL) Mn   6 (CO   3 )   2 (OH)   7 (Cl,OH) Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 632-642.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © 2008, JGW Hollandite Ba(Mn 4+   ,Mn 2+   )   8 O   16 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Iron var: Kamacite (Fe,Ni) Reference: [CanRockhound v.4, n.2] Jacobsite Mn 2+   Fe 3+ 2 O   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Jaffeite (TL) Ca   6 [(OH)   6 |Si   2 O   7 ] Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [American Mineralogist (1989): 74: 1203-1206; Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Jerrygibbsite Mn 2+ 9 [(OH)   2 |(SiO   4 )   4 ] Reference: [] Johninnesite (TL) Na   2 Mn 2+ 9 Mg   7 (OH)   8 [AsO   4 ]   2 [Si   6 O   17 ]   2 Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine (1986): 50, 667-670; Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Brent Thorne 2009 Jordanite Pb   14 (As,Sb)   6 S   23 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Kaolinite Al   2 Si   2 O   5 (OH)   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kentrolite Pb   2 Mn 3+ 2 [O   2 |Si   2 O   7 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] 'K Feldspar' Reference: [Journal of Microtextural Mineralogy, 52 (4), 2000, pp. 17-20.] Kombatite (TL) Pb   14 [O   9 |(VO   4 )   2 |Cl   4 ] Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [Neues Jahrbuch Min., Mh. (1986): 519-522; Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © JBS 2007 Kutnohorite Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO   3 )   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kyanite Al   2 [O|SiO   4 ] Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Lautite CuAsS Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Lead Pb Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Leadhillite Pb   4 SO   4 (CO   3 )   2 (OH)   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 109.] Leucophoenicite Mn 2+ 7 [(OH)   2 |(SiO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [Dunn, P.J., Francis, C.A., and Innes, J. (1988) A mcgovernite-like mineral and leucophoenicite from the Kombat mine, Namibia. American Mineralogist: 73: 1182-1185; Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Lorettoite Pb   7 O   6 Cl   2 Reference: [Red asisite from the Kombat Mine has been erroneously sold as "chubutite" or "lorettoite". ; Red asisite from the Kombat Mine has been erroneously sold as "chubutite" or "lorettoite".] Ludjibaite Cu   5 [(OH)   2 |PO   4 ]   2 Habit: Botryoidal Colour: Blue-Green Description: Ref: Peter Tandy, Natural History Museum (London) Reference: [SMLS Journal 184 (July/August 2003) p.4] Magnetite Fe 2+   Fe 3+ 2 O   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Magnetite var: Titaniferous Magnetite Fe 2+   (Fe 3+   ,Ti)   2 O   4 Description: In pegmatitic carbonatites : crystals up to 13 cm diameter. In fenites. Reference: [Kogut, A. I., Hagni, R. D. & Schneider, G. I. C. (1998): Geology, mineralogy, and paragenetic sequence of the Okorusu carbonatite-related fluorite ores, Namibia. In: Ed. Hagni, R. D., Proc. 9th Quadrenn. IAGOD Symp., 1994, 555-573.; Journal of Microtextural Mineralogy, 52 (4), 2000, pp. 17-20.] Malachite Cu   2 [(OH)   2 |CO   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Manganberzeliite (Ca,Na)   3 (Mn 2+   ,Mg)   2 [AsO   4 ]   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] 'Manganese Oxides' Reference: [Kogut, A. I., Hagni, R. D. & Schneider, G. I. C. (1998): Geology, mineralogy, and paragenetic sequence of the Okorusu carbonatite-related fluorite ores, Namibia. In: Ed. Hagni, R. D., Proc. 9th Quadrenn. IAGOD Symp., 1994, 555-573. ] Manganite Mn 3+   O(OH) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Manganocummingtonite [ ][Mn 2+ 2 ][Mg   5 ][(OH)   2 |Si   8 O   22 ] Reference: [Lapis 33 (11), 12.] Manganosite MnO Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Massicot PbO Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Meionite Ca   4 [CO   3 |(Al   2 Si   2 O   8 )   3 ] Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Melanotekite Pb   2 Fe 3+ 2 [O   2 |Si   2 O   7 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Microcline K[AlSi   3 O   8 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Mimetite Pb   5 [Cl|(AsO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [] Minium Pb   3 O   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 109.] Molybdenite MoS   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Molybdophyllite Pb   2 Mg   2 [(OH)   2 |Si   2 O   7 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] 'Monazite' Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Monazite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)   0.33 (Al,Mg)   2 Si   4 O   10 (OH)   2 ·nH   2 O Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Mottramite Pb(Cu,Zn)[OH|VO   4 ] Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 814; Mineralogical Record: 28: 109.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Charles Creekmur Muscovite KAl   2 [(OH)   2 |AlSi   3 O   10 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Nambulite (Li,Na)Mn   4 Si   5 O   14 (OH) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Rob Lavinsky Natronambulite (Na,Li)(Mn,Ca)   4 Si   5 O   14 OH Reference: [von Knorring, O., T.G., Sahama, and R. Törnroos (1978) Second find of nambulite. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 346-348.] Nepheline (Na,K)[AlSiO   4 ] Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Orthoclase K[AlSi   3 O   8 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Pearceite [(Ag,Cu)   6 (As,Sb)   2 S   7 ][Ag   9 CuS   4 ] Reference: [Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.] Phlogopite KMg   3 [(OH,F)   2 |AlSi   3 O   10 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Plancheite Cu   8 [(OH)   4 |Si   8 O   22 ] · H   2 O Reference: [MinRecord 28:125] Plumboferrite Pb   2 Fe 3+ 11-x Mn 2+ x O   19-2x , x = 1/3 Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Polybasite [(Ag,Cu)   6 (Sb,As)   2 S   7 ][Ag   9 CuS   4 ] Reference: [Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.] Pyrite FeS   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Pyrobelonite PbMn 2+   [OH|VO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Pyrochroite Mn(OH)   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Pyrolusite MnO   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Pyromorphite Pb   5 [Cl|(PO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 109; Raade, G. (2005): Ca-reicher und zonierter Pyromorphit vom Berg Aukas, Namibia. Mineralien-Welt 16 (6), 58-59. (in German) ] Pyrophyllite Al   2 Si   4 O   10 (OH)   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] 'Pyroxene Group' Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Pyrrhotite Fe   7 S   8 , (-4M), also given as Fe   1-x S (x = 0 - 0.2) Description: In pegmatitic carbonatites and in associated sodic fenites.. Reference: [Journal of Microtextural Mineralogy, 52 (4), 2000, pp. 17-20.] Quartz SiO   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Quartz var: Citrine Reference: [various added photos] Renierite (Cu,Zn)   11 (Ge,As)   2 Fe   4 S   16 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Rhodochrosite MnCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Rhodonite MnSiO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Ribbeite (TL) (Mn 2+   ,Mg)   5 [(OH)   2 |(SiO   4 )   2 ] Type Locality: Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © 2008, J. Weissman Richterite Na[CaNa][Mg   5 ][(OH)   2 |Si   8 O   22 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Brent Thorne 2009 Rutile TiO   2 Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Sahlinite Pb   14 [O   9 |(AsO   4 )   2 |Cl   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Sakhaite Ca   12 Mg   4 [Cl|(OH)   2 |(CO   3 )   4 |(BO   3 )   7 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Schorl [Na][Fe 2+ 3 ][Al   6 ][(OH)   3 |OH|(BO   3 )   3 |Si   6 O   18 ] Reference: [MinRecord 28:124] Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)   3 P Reference: [CanRockhound v.4, n.2] Sérandite Na(Mn 2+   ,Ca)   2 [HSi   3 O   9 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Siderite FeCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Silver Ag Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Smithsonite ZnCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Jacques Malassé Spessartine Mn 2+ 3 Al   2 [SiO   4 ]   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Sphalerite (Zn,Fe 2+   )S Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Spinel MgAl   2 O   4 Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Okahua, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Christian Bracke Strontianite SrCO   3 Reference: [Kogut, A. I., Hagni, R. D. & Schneider, G. I. C. (1998): Geology, mineralogy, and paragenetic sequence of the Okorusu carbonatite-related fluorite ores, Namibia. In: Ed. Hagni, R. D., Proc. 9th Quadrenn. IAGOD Symp., 1994, 555-573.] Sussexite (Mn 2+   ,Mg)   2 [(OH)(B   2 O   4 (OH))] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] 'Synchysite' Description: Inclusions. Reference: [Kogut, A. I., Hagni, R. D. & Schneider, G. I. C. (1998): Geology, mineralogy, and paragenetic sequence of the Okorusu carbonatite-related fluorite ores, Namibia. In: Ed. Hagni, R. D., Proc. 9th Quadrenn. IAGOD Symp., 1994, 555-573.] Taenite (Fe,Ni) Reference: [CanRockhound v.4, n.2] Talc Mg   3 Si   4 O   10 (OH)   2 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Tennantite (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)   12 As   4 S   13 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Tennantite var: Argentiferous Tennantite Reference: [Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.] Tephroite Mn 2+ 2 [SiO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Tetrahedrite (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)   12 Sb   4 S   13 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Thorite (Th,U)[SiO   4 ] Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Titanite CaTi[O|SiO   4 ] Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Troilite FeS Reference: [CanRockhound v.4, n.2] Tsumcorite Pb(Zn,Fe 3+   )   2 [AsO   4 ]   2 · 2(H   2 O,OH) Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 109.] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © viccloete Tungstenite WS   2 Reference: [Kampunzu, A.B., Cailteux, J.L.H., Kamona, A.F., Intiomale, M.M., and Melcher, F. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 263-297.] 'Unnamed (Mcgovernite-like Mineral)' (Mn,Mg,Fe 3+   )   273 As 3+ ~12 As 5+ ~30 Si   ~42 O   324 (OH)   252 Reference: [Dunn, P.J., Francis, C.A., and Innes, J. (1988) A mcgovernite-like mineral and leucophoenicite from the Kombat mine, Namibia. American Mineralogist: 73: 1182-1185.] Vanadinite Pb   5 [Cl|(VO   4 )   3 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 109.] Abenab West Mine, Grootfontein, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Joseph A. Freilich LLC Vesuvianite Ca   10 (Mg,Fe)   2 Al   4 Si   9 O   34 (OH)   4 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.; American Mineralogist, Volume 73, pages 888-893, 1988] Willemite Zn   2 [SiO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 28: 117.] Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus), Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © C.Thomson. 2003 Wiserite (Mn,Mg)   14 [Cl|(OH)   8 |(Si,Mg)(O,OH)   4 |(B   2 O   5 )   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 423; American Mineralogist: 74: 1374-1376.] Witherite BaCO   3 Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Wollastonite Ca[SiO   3 ] Reference: [A. Wohlschläger, U. Kolitsch and E. Libowitzky (2001): Large "gahnites" from near Okahua, Namibia: only Fe- and Zn-bearing spinels. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 146, 323.] Wulfenite Pb[MoO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.] Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine), Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia © Debbie Woolf Xenotime-(Y) YPO   4 Reference: [Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189.] Zircon Zr[SiO   4 ] Reference: [Mineralogical Record: 22: 421.]

189 entries listed. 166 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:

Namibia   Otjozondjupa Region Grootfontein District Berg Aukas (Berg Aukus) Grootfontein Abenab Mine Abenab West Mine Hoba meteorite Guchab-Rodgerberg area Guchab prospect Rodgerberg Mine Kombat Kombat Mine Olifantsfontein (Annshope) Olifantsfontein Mine Okahandja District Okarundu Otjoruharui 251 farm Troye 253 farm Okakarara District Omatak District Otavi Auros Baltika Mine Finsterbergen prospect Friesenberg prospect Gross Otavi Mine (Gross Otavi prospect) Harasib Prospects Karavatu Mine Khusib Springs Mine (Khuiseb Springs Mine) Lucas Post Nosib mine Otavi prospect Rietfontein mine Rohrers Tschudi mine Uitsab Mine (Uitsab prospect) Uitsab North Uitsabpad Uris 481 farm Alt Bobos mine Uris Mine Wolkenhaben Otjiwarongo District Okahua Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine) Otjosondu

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