Locality type:

Volcanic Vent

Classification

Type:

Gabbro

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Regenstein Vent, Auas Mountains Occurrences, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1432159

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1432159:3

GUID (UUID V4):

ccc3355c-59a9-4209-91b9-52c98582afa7

Nearest other occurrences of Gabbro

91.4km (56.8 miles)

ⓘ Otjisazu Complex, Okahandja Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

References

Gevers, T. W. (1933). Alkali-rocks in the Auas Mountains, south of Windhoek, SWA. South African Journal of Geology, 36(1), 77-88. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA10120750_1737

Ferreira, C. A. M., Jacob, R. E., Marsh, J. S. (1979) Base-Metal Mineralization in Alkaline Pyroclastics - the Regenstein Vent, South West Africa. Transactions of the Geological Society of South Africa, 82.

Fitch, F. J., & Miller, J. A. (1984). Dating Karoo igneous rocks by the conventional K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum methods. In:Erlank, A.J. (ed.) Petrogenesis of the volcanic rocks of the Karoo Province. Geological Society of South Africa, Special Publication, 13, 247-266.

Von Knorring, O., & Franke, W. (1987). A preliminary note on the mineralogy and geochemistry of the Aris phonolite, SWA/Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of SW Africa/Namibia, 3, 61.

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Gabbro from Regenstein Vent, Auas Mountains Occurrences, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Gabbro from
Regenstein Vent, Auas Mountains Occurrences, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia