| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Neptunite |
| Formula: | KNa2Li(Fe2+)2Ti2[Si4O12]2 |
| Comments: | Often twinned.
Note: Most manganoneptunites turned out to be neptunites; the occurrence of neptunite has not been reliably confirmed (Blaß et al., 2014; Kolitsch et al., 2016).
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| Habit: | Short prismatic to blocky. |
| Colour: | Black; small crystals are dark red. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Aegirine | ⓘ5 photos of Neptunite associated with Aegirine at this locality. |
| Natrolite | ⓘ4 photos of Neptunite associated with Natrolite at this locality. |
| Villiaumite | ⓘ4 photos of Neptunite associated with Villiaumite at this locality. |
| Monazite-(Ce) | ⓘ4 photos of Neptunite associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality. |
| Tuperssuatsiaite | ⓘ3 photos of Neptunite associated with Tuperssuatsiaite at this locality. |
| Vinogradovite | ⓘ2 photos of Neptunite associated with Vinogradovite at this locality. |
| Analcime | ⓘ1 photo of Neptunite associated with Analcime at this locality. |
| Labuntsovite-Mn | ⓘ1 photo of Neptunite associated with Labuntsovite-Mn at this locality. |
| Pectolite | ⓘ1 photo of Neptunite associated with Pectolite at this locality. |
| Microcline | ⓘ1 photo of Neptunite associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Neptunite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (31 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 881857 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:881857:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1bbbf60e-9900-4e20-9123-531198e2c0cd |
| References |
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Kolitsch, U., Blaß, G., Jahn, S., Cámara, F., von Bezing, L., Wartha, R. R., Tremmel, G., Sturla, M., Cerea, P., Skebo, M. and Ciriotti, M. E. (2016): Aris - mineralogy of the famous alkaline phonolite. AMI - Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana, Cremona, Italy, 95 pp. |
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Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia