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Microcline from
Rubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:708702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:708702:8
GUID (UUID V4):b04d9c69-4d41-4ac3-992d-f01c60df5b88
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
46.8km (29.1 miles) ā“˜Giftkuppe, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
54.3km (33.7 miles) ā“˜Van der Made pegmatite, Schlucht Farm 162, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
59.2km (36.8 miles) ā“˜Davib Mine, Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
63.4km (39.4 miles) ā“˜Sidney pegmatite, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
71.5km (44.4 miles) ā“˜Sandamap pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, DĆ¢ures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
88.2km (54.8 miles) ā“˜Groot Spitzkopje (Groot Spitskopje; GroƟe Spitzkoppe; Gross Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, DĆ¢ures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
SURVEY NAMIBIA 1990 Open File Report MRS 12 2 Abstract Niobium-tantalum mineralisation in Namibia occurs...by-products of Tin-mining operations in central Namibia (Uis, Nainais, De Rust). Prominent niobium-tantalum...pegmatites occur in the Tantalite Valley in southern Namibia and have been mined for a long time on a small...2.2.3.7 Pistelwitz pegmatites 2.2.4 Sandamap - Erongo pegmatite belt 2.2.4.1 Gossow pegmatites 2.2.4...4.8 Davib South 2.2.4.9 Brabant (van der Made, Erongo Schlucht) pegmatite 2.2.4.10 Okawayo pegmatites
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Twyfelfontein 7 AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree ...station Garub near Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 ....Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains...s Onganja Mine and Surrounding Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits
Report (issue)
MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA I 1990 Open File Report MRS 05 2 Abstract A...wide variety of semi-precious stones occur in Namibia, namely amazonite, the beryl varieties, chrysocolla...the most important semi-precious stones found in Namibia. The major deposits of these semi-precious stones...Introduction Since the German colonial period Namibia has been well known for the occurrence of semiprecious...throughout Namibia. 1. AMAZONITE The most important occurrences of amazonite in Namibia are those in
Field Trip Notes
the Geological Society & Geological Survey of Namibia II I -Ā· --Ā· ...... ----Ā·----, Editor: M. Niall...the Geological Society & Geological Survey of Namibia -- - -- .. --- ----ā€¢ ā€¢ Ā·- ā€¢ā€¢ -1 Ā· ~. ,. :...DAMARA OROGEN G.LC. Schneider Geological Survey or Namibia, P O Box 2168, Windhoek 1.0 Day 1 - Monday, 22...Windhoek - Otjihase Mine 1.2 08:00 - 12:00 Otjihase Mine 1.3 12:00 - 12:30 Otjihase Mine - Windhoek 1.4 12:30-...16:00 Windhoek-Karibib 1.6 16:00 - 17:00 Capra Hill Marble Quarry 1.8 Overnight: Karibib 3 4 7 7 7 8 9
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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA - MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAMIBIA FIRST...ENERGY Of the several hundred minerals present in Namibia, around sixty have been exploited. some, such as...base metals and industrial minerals have helped Namibia rank amongst the top five mining countries in Africa...terms of production and reserves. In this context, Namibia is a major producer of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium...unpublished. It is evident that mineral exploration in Namibia, as elsewhere. has changed from serendipitous discoveries
Report (issue)
Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African
Journal (issue)
rarely seem clean. Several dealers hacl the new microcline (var. a mazonite) from Konzo. Siclamo in Ethiopia...Colorado and Russia. Having trave led oft en in Namibia, I was thrilled to see the recently identified...Mineralien Welt 14(6). p.15) and metanovacekite from the Erongo Complex. (Continues on page 2) Occurrence of Irhtemite...Occurrence of irhtemite and adelite at the Mercur Mine, Tooele Co., Utah; the western hemisph ere's first...specimens. not just the spectacular show pieces. The "Erongo Complexā€¢Ā· is huge and you do no t j ust back up
Report (issue)
crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite,...surprise. In 1997, Gary and Mary Freeman began to mine the Orchard pit, a then insignificant pegmatite...nothing more of interest seemed to come out of the region until November 2002, when people from around Mandrosonoro...Madagascar to study some pegmatites in the Betafo region. Observing the exceptional tourmaline rough arriving
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zimbabwe) 4.3.3. Orange River Pegmatite Belt (Namibia, South Africa) AC 4.3.3.1. Radiometric data 4...Radiometric data 4.4.3.2. Mineralogy 4.4.4. Damara Belt (Namibia) 4.4.4.1. Radiometric data 2 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT...Alto-Ligonha Province (Mozambique) 5.4.4. Damara Belt (Namibia) 5.4.5. Older Granites (Nigeria) 5.4.6. Madagascar...and the Tantalite Valley pegmatites (southern Namibia). Large compositional variations through Fe-Mn...Nigeria and some pegmatites in the Damara Belt of Namibia. CGM, AC tapiolite, wodginite and ixiolite accommodate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consideration (e.g. Rongi (Rwanda); Uis (Namibia); Rubikon (Namibia); Hagendorf (Germany)). References are...Homestead pegmatite, Tantalite Valley, Namaqualand, Namibia, Neoproterozoic (Kibaran) in age; (2) the Shori...Western Australia, Australia Volta Grande (Mibra mine), Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil Sao Joao del Rei...tantalite-(Mn) G 14, Nkumua mine, Kanzambi, Shabunda, Kivu, DRC Bionga mine, Shabunda, Kivu, DRC Tanco...(Tecklenberg) pegmatite, SW of Uis, Cape Cross-Uis belt, Namibia a/b/c columbite-(Fe), tantalite-(Fe), tantalite-(Mn)
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systematically present the geology of each country, region and continent on Earth. Each book aims to provide...(Gariep Belt) cropping out in the western borders of Namibia and South Africa. They were split up in the Mesozoic...concerning the tectonic and geodynamic evolution of this region during the Precambrian. Major tectonometamorphic...tectonostratigraphic domains and structures of the region are presented, together with implications for the... They emphasize the enormous potential of this region in terms of base (Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Ni), precious
 
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