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Arcanite from
Arnhem Cave, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Arcanite
Formula:K2SO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Swaknoite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arcanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arnhem Cave, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22819
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22819:2
GUID (UUID V4):29a5c23a-f350-4edd-8dbb-c1bab107fc13
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Report (issue)
403 c = 6.478 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Arnhem Cave, Namibia. 6.99 (100), 3.705 (89), 10.5 (57), 3.177...19.60 18.20 12.59 Total 99.23 100.00 (1) Arnhem Cave, Namibia; by electron microprobe, NH4 and H2 O by...urine by reaction with cave walls. Association: Mundrabillaite, dittmarite, arcanite, dolomite. Distribution:...Distribution: Found in Arnhem Cave, 150 km east of Windhoek, Namibia. Name: From Suid Wes Africa Karst Navorsing...species. Type Material: Africa. State Museum, Windhoek, Namibia; Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, South References:
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184 c = 6.411 X-ray Powder Pattern: Petrogale Cave, Australia. 4.279 (100), 3.106 (60), 8.60 (30),...61 19.60 18.20 12.59 Total 100.00 (1) Petrogale Cave, Australia; by electron microprobe, average of nine...calcite (Petrogale Cave, Australia); swaknoite, dittmarite, arcanite (Arnhem Cave, Namibia). Distribution:...Petrogale Cave, near Madura, Western Australia. In Arnhem Cave, 150 km east of Windhoek, Namibia. Name:...Name: For Mundrabilla Station, nearby the Petrogale Cave, Western Australia. Type Material: Western Australian
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Australia); swaknoite, mundrabillaite, arcanite (Arnhem Cave, Namibia). Distribution: From the Skipton lava...Australia. In the Arnhem Cave, 150 km east of Windhoek, Namibia. From Gcwihaba Cave, 280 km west of Maun
Report (issue)
Arcanite K2 SO4 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group:...Italy); swaknoite, mundrabillaite, dittmarite (Arnhem Cave, Namibia). Distribution: From the Santa Ana tin mine...the Arnhem, Arun Aas, Baobab, Gâuan Aas, Né-rab-aas, Temple of Doom, and Uisib Caves, Namibia. In the...the Lobatse Cave, Botswana. From Timbavati Cave, South Africa. In the Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy...Hawthorne (1985) Taylorite discredited (=ammonian arcanite). Can. Mineral., 23, 259–260. (5) (1954) NBS Circ
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name that has not been and arcanite on the dolomite walls of Arnhem cave, 150 submitted to the CNMMN...CNMMN. J.P. km eastof Windhoek, Namibia. The NH, and HPO. were derived from the decay of bat guano. The new... T.N. Deriabina (1988) New minerals from at Arnhem cave. Type material is in the State Museum, the burned...burned dumps of the Chelyabinsk coal basin. In Windhoek, Namibia, and in the Transvaal Museum, PreMineralogy...thought that orthorhombic]: A new mineral from Arnhem cave, Nathe mineral may be a natural stablephasethat
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Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland with Gamsberg 11 lnselberge, Helmeringhausen...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House W°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an
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abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Kunlun Mts., near Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autom. region, China, also at Fengtien, Taiwan. Green at Ospinskoye...Dara-i-Pioz In green needles to 7 mm at Tsumeb, Namibia. massif, Alai Mts.,Tajikistan. AM 62, 173, 1977
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discovery locality, at the Alekseev mine, Sutamskii region, Stanovoi Range, Russia. Lipovetskil, A.G. et al...after its discovery locality, in the Andalusia region, Spain. Delaméthene, J.C. (1798):J.de Phys. 46...(1978): Am. Mineral. 63, 424. Named after the Aragon region, Spain, where pseudohexagonal twinned crystal forms...Fe**)sMg](As,V)O4(SiO4)2 (Siz3019)(OH)¢6, orth., Pnamm. Arcanite K)SOu, orth., Pnam. From Lat. arcanum duplicatum...first drew attention to the occurrence. Petrogale cave, Madura, Western Australia, Australia. Named after
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1 1 9 1 1 1 3 1 16 5 2 2 10 9 2 1 19 4 2 2 1 Namibia New Zealand Norway People's Republic of China Portugal...the Malaya Bystraya lapis-lazuli deposit, Baikal Region, Russia. Occu rre11ce: Associated minerals are:...Horhausen, Westfalen, Germany; and the Black forest region, Germany. Ocm rrence: Associated minerals are:...ofBelleterre, GuilletTownship,Abitibi-Temiscaminque region, Quebec, Canada (Lat. 47°30' N, Long. 78°20' W)...37 km east of Otavi and 49 km south ofTsumeb, Namibia (Lat. 19°45' S, Long. 17°45' E). Occurret1ce: A
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Huantaya(*), Chanarcillo(*), and Chanca, Chile; Tsumeb, Namibia. BM DI:96, R:313, P&J:71, ABI:475. 1.1.1.3 Copper...Broken Hill mine, Zambia; Onganja mining district, Namibia. Andacolla, near Coquimbo, and Chuquicamata, Chile;...nm); weakly anisotropic. Bolshoi Anyui R.., Kolyma region, Russia, in gold-bearing alluvium. sm MZ 11(4):88(1989)...VHNjo9 = 260. R = 55.3 (540 nm). Magnetic. Kumak region, Southern Ural Mts., Russia, in quartz veins with...VHNjo9 = 900. R = 58.8 (540 nm). Magnetic. Kumak region, Southern Ural Mts., Russia, in quartz veins with
 
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