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Epidote from
Khan Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Epidote associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Khan Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655020
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655020:2
GUID (UUID V4):88b37221-1a54-41d9-aa4a-0364b869e721
References
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AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...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
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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unpublished.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
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.,,., ..,,.... w + ..... . ·. .... . - Namibia Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle ooa Dieses...Erdgeschichte 8 Zur Geschichte des Bergbaus in Namibia 17 Der Brandberg und die Mineralfunde in seiner...blaue Wunder vom Erongo - Auf Aquamarin-Jagd im Innern Namibias 72 Miarolen im Erongo-Granit- ein Eldorado...110 Auf Turmalinsuche in Namibia Die Demantoide von Tubussis in Zentral-Namibia 112 116 Sodalith von...Zeolithe vom Grootbergpaß in Namibia Kamphaugit-(Y) von der Rössing-Mine 120 124 126 136 Das Gahnit-Vorkommen
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Thirty-three, Number Four Articles Jeremejevite from Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...County $12 Museum, Himalaya mine $12 (Brazil), Bosch Collection v.10/#2 Jeffrey mine (Quebec), Alpine Rodingites
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Lange, Tischendorf, and Krause (2004) 15 Strzegom region, Lower Silesia, Poland Biotite-hornblende granites...StrzegomSobótka granitic massif NYF Miarolitic topaz, epidote, chabazite, axinite, beryl, bavenite Janeczek...side of Lugano Lake, Varese Province, Piedmont region, Italy Pink granite in the Baveno Pluton and leucogranitic...(1983); Boriani et al. (1988) 17 Erongo Mountains, Namibia Erongo Granite NYF Miarolitic and rarely...(2006); Pirajno (1990) 18 Klein Spitzkoppe, Namibia Medium-grained Klein Spitzkoppe Granite NYF Miarolitic
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Articles Famous mineral localities: The Erongo Mountains, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....cm, with schorl and feldspar, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Desmond Sacco collection; Bruce Cairncross...on the mineralogical treasures of the Erongo Mountains in Namibia. Uli’s financial support made possible...important assignment at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. His supervisor was Johannes Vaes (1902–1978). Gilbert...Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Tsumeb, Southwest Africa (Namibia). He had a mini-van-like truck loaded with minerals
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polymetamorphism in the Pan African Damara belt of Namibia (South West Africa) *'~ By A. KR/3NER,Mainz, M...Zentralzone des Pan-Afrikanischen Damara-Orogens von Namibia (Siidwest-Afrika) deuten auf eine mehrphasige metamorphe...feldspathaltige Gneise der Khan-Formation (Nosib-Gruppe) aus dem Gebiet der Khan- und Swakop-Fliisse tistlich...Supergroup in the central Pan African Damara belt of Namibia (South West Africa). Calc-granofels rocks of the...Pyroxene-bearing feldspathic gneisses of the Khan Formation (Nosib Group) from the Khan-Swakop River area east of Swakopmund
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cluster of diYergent crystals. 6.5 x 5 cm. Indicolite Mine, Shabry talc-magnesite deposit, Central Urals, Russia...thickness and up to 100 m long are opened by the mine workings. Quartz is grayish green and grass-green...are 8 12. Cluster of quartz crystals with epidote and tremolite inclusions in the termination and...specimens and separate collection prase crystals with epidote inclusions were mined from these pockets and subsequently...silky tint (Fig. 10), and prase containing small epidote inclusions and locally named "ukropnik" (dill-
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camp, the Six Shaft Shear Zone from the Creighton Mine. Three growth stages of chemically and microstr...exposed mylonitic shear zone from the Creighton mine (Figure 1) that is spatially related with magmatic...metamorphic conditions of the South Range within the epidote-amphibolite facies stability field (T = 550° 600˚C...titanite grains from the #4 shear zone of the Garson mine (Figure 1), indicates operation of the shear zone...Shear zone families in the Creighton mine (South Range) Creighton Mine is located at the southwestern margin
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Demantoid Variety 48 Green Dragon Mine − Demantoid from Namibia Branding Signature Colors Design...luxury goods manufacturers’ industry foundation. By region, the study indicated that the U.S. luxury market...remains dynamic, but still poised to slow. The region is expected to grow between -2% to 0% (at constant...of 7% to 9% (at constant exchange rates) for the region. Mainland China is also rebounding, as local consumers...remains difficult. Bain believes the market in that region is set to shrink by -2% to -4%. Hong Kong, Macau
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Nakamura, Volume 103, M. Zafar page and 242 ─T.254, Khan 2008 Metamorphic history and tectonic evolution...Yamamoto*, M. Ayub Khan Khalil**, Eizo Nakamura***, Muhammad Zafar**** and Tahseenullah Khan***** * Department...omphacitic clinopyroxene, quartz, symplectite with rare epidote and phengite. Accessory minerals include abundant...omphacitic clinopyroxene, phengite, quartz/coesite, epidote, and symplectite. In accessory minerals rutile...Yamamoto, M.A.K. Khalil, E. Nakamura, M. Zafar and T. Khan GEOLOGICAL SETUP The Kaghan valley is situated
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Brazil and on the conjugate margin in northwest Namibia (see review by Peate, 1997). However, offshore...Koopmann et al., 2014). The Etendeka Province in Namibia is well known for its association of flood basalts...also known along the Atlantic margin south of Namibia. This is mostly in the form of dolerite dykes (Reid...r Damaraland intrusive complexes in northwest Namibia (Martin et al., 1960; Harris et al., 1995; Trumbull...M9) in the south to 130 Ma (anomaly M4) in the region of the Etendeka province to the north (Koopmann
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ARTICLES: Chalcophanite from the Mou'nt Stewart Mine Leadville, NSW. England, B.M. 1�):9-11 Definition...Nickel, E. 1(2):27 Minerals from. t� Spring Creek Mine, near Wilmington, South Australia. Beyer, B. and...Elliott, P. 2(2):57-70 The minerals of the Magnet Mine, Tasmania. Haupt, J., Bottrill, R. and Sorrell,...Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Birch, W.D. 2(2):47-50 Post-mine sulphates from Teutonic Bore base metal deposit...and Williams, P.J. 2(1):25-27 Sector zoning in epidote from the Jamieson River area, Victoria. Kwak, T
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to the north and '-in to che west. The general region that includes the Chagai District * still known...represent keen observation at a time when travel in the region was slow and difficult. The most complete recent...reported on sulphur and lead deposits of the Chagai region, and W. Ahmed (1960b, 1964) ^escribed iron and...facilitating the project were Inayatullah Khan, Political \gant; Nasibullah Khan, Assistant Political Agent; Mullah...Malik Gul Mohammad, Numerdar of Am.uri; and Jumna Khan, guide, cook, and stadia rodraan. The hospitality
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from the Pan-African Damara mobile belt, central Namibia F. McDermott and C.J. Hawkesworth Department of...study from the Pan-African Damara belt, central Namibia. In: B.K. Nelson and Ph. Vidal (Guest-Editors)...intra-cratonic Pan-African Damara belt of central Namibia. The behaviour of different trace elements allows...gneisses and granitoids from northern and central Namibia yield U - P b zircon concordia intercept ages in...calc-arenites and calcareous conglomerates of the Khan Formation. The Etusis Formation is up to 3000 m
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early Palaeozoic tectono-thermal history of the region. Although chemically similar to that found in carbonatites...monazite and sphene from F a r m Eureka and the K h a n mine respectively are of particular interest in t h a...staurolite; while to the north, scapolite-, garnet-, and epidote-bearing assemblages are, apparently, more common...age. Sphene from the Khan mine pegmatite Field and petrological studies. The Khan pegmatite is situated...modified by more recent field observations. The Khan pegmatite is a tabular body up to 8 feet in width
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the central Damara be!t of South West Africa (Namibia)** By R. E. JACOB, Grahamstown, A. KR6NER, Mainz...mapped only one other small occurrence near the Khan Mine in addition to the Abbabis inlier. In contrast...in the central Damara belt, particularly in the region west of the Witpoort-Husabberg-Pforteberg range...(W-H-P in Fig. 1) and around the confluence of the Khan and Swakop Rivers, the Red Granite-Gneiss sensu...of higher Damaran metamorphic grade. Around the Khan River, between 40 and 70 km northeast of the confluence
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...Ix½ £3 Ixl £5 Ampluoole Ix½ £4 lx2 £7 PbO 161 EPIDOTE Sauland Telcmark Norway 441 MAGNESIOGEDRITE Schisshyttan...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban
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Survey Norman, Oklahoma 73019 Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 14:37 16 October 2014 JOE LOBELL...contributed their knowledge to it. Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 14:37 16 October 2014 Mineral Index...by [The Aga Khan University] at 14:37 16 October 2014 Caddo County Apache, a calcite mine near Apache...alabaster) (Johnson and Denison 1973). Hale Copper mine, in Sandy Creek, NW1/4 NE1/4 and SW1/4 NEU4 sec...1963). Lawton, American Girl mine, Coal lode, Copper Eagle mine, and Starley mine (Parker prospect), a few
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homogeneously dark BSE that contain inclusions of epidote, quartz, K-feldspar, rutile, biotite and phengite...U–Pb isotope data for titanite standards BLR-1, Khan and FCT. Sample Corrected ratios 207 Apparent...ages for Khan: 510 ± 5 Ma (2σ), MSWD = 0.66 Khan 0.0595 0.0020 0.6773 0.0304 0.0828 0.0016 Khan 0.0595...0595 0.0016 0.6676 0.0254 0.0820 0.0015 Khan 0.0570 0.0021 0.6401 0.0293 0.0820 0.0015 0.0244 0.0243 0.0241...Evans (2010): All — allanite, Ph — phengite, Ep — epidote, Qz — quartz, Bt — biotite, Chl — chlorite, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
This article was downloaded by: [The Aga Khan University] On: 24 November 2014, At: 05:18 Publisher:...Stanford, California 94305 Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 05:18 24 November 2014 Abstract...0020-6814/99/403/739-25 $10.00 739 Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 05:18 24 November 2014 740 AHMED...MMT = Main Mantle Thrust; Downloaded by [The Aga Khan University] at 05:18 24 November 2014 BELA OPHIOLITE-MÉLANGE...~50 Ma. Paleogeographic maps of the peri-Tethyan region (Decourt et al., 1993) show that during the late
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with...£8 2x3 £12 236 1129 • ALMAN DINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine grained solid grainlike
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museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...This example hails from the Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine: a legendary Arizona locality. Unlike the vast majority...Caledonite and a dash of azure blue Linarite. The mine is now collapsed and only a memory for the lucky... 53002 CHALCOCITE Lucky Friday Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA This is one
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
albite-oligoclase, scapolite), and retrograde (epidote, quartz, hornblende, calcite) assemblages. The...garnets indicate it to be a ‘‘reduced’’ type skarn. Epidote mimicks that from typical skarns, as it bears a... 1983, 2000; Brown et al., 1989; Weijermars and Khan, 2000; Johnson and Kattan, 2001; Johnson and Woldehaimanot...consists of calcic garnet, wollastonite, vesuvianite, epidote, diopside, calcite, amphibole and scheelite. This...also called the Asir microplate (Weijermars and Khan, 2000). The Asir terrane is the largest of the seven
 
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