| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Pyrite |
| Formula: | FeS2 |
| Comments: | No analytical details provided in Wartha et al. (2006). A suspected pyrite crystal turned out to be sphalerite with a very thin golden oxidation layer (U. Kolitsch, unpublished SXRD-analytical results).
A natrolite-analcime sample from a phonolite outcrop nearby the two quarries contained tiny cubic pyrite crystals (J. Esche material, visually identified) (Kolitsch et al., 2016).
Blaß et al. (2021, p. 22) has two photos of very small, golden colored octahedral pyrites (max 10 micrometer, in aggregates to 0.1 mm) on unidentified matrix. Analysed by SEM-EDS; Fe:S ratio always 1:2. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 752696 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:752696:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d79ca1ae-c4f0-46ee-a0bc-6c9a563fbc33 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite |
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| 24.0km (14.9 miles) | ⓘOamities Mine, Oamities, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 30.4km (18.9 miles) | ⓘMatchless Mine, Friedenau Farm 16, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 38.7km (24.1 miles) | ⓘOtjihase Mine, Von Francois Farm 60, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 74.4km (46.2 miles) | ⓘNeuras Farm 330, Rehoboth Rural, Hardap Region, Namibia |
| 76.7km (47.7 miles) | ⓘOtjisongati Mines, Okamuvia Farm 144, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
| 81.8km (50.8 miles) | ⓘOnganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia |
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Wartha, R., Palfi, A., Niedermayr, G., Brandstätter, F. and Petersen, O. V. (2006): Der Aris-Phonolith-Komplex und seine Mineralien. In: Jahn, S., Medenbach, O., Niedermayr, G. & Schneider, G., Eds. (2006): Namibia – Zauberwelt edler Steine und Kristalle. 2nd ed., Bode-Verlag, Haltern, Germany, pp. 228-239 (in German) 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. Blaß, G., Desor, J., Heck, V., Kruijen, F., Möhn, G. (2021) Neues aus den Steinbrüchen im Aris-Phonolith. Mineralien Welt, 32 (4) 6-29 |
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Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia