Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibiai
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Omaue Mine | Mine |
Opuwo Rural | Constituency |
Kunene Region | Region |
Namibia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 41' 36'' South , 13° 44' 30'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
5421
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:5421:1
GUID (UUID V4):
6925b577-63f4-4d65-b7f0-6ae9d79a336e
Copper sulfide mineralization in quartz veins within limestones of the Otavi group. Well-developed oxidation zone with secondary copper minerals - world famous for dioptase specimens. Mined (for specimens) and owned since the end of the 1980s by Marius Steiner.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
β Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
β Baryte Formula: BaSO4 Description: Beautiful, small, gemmy, orange baryte crystals were occasionally found associated with dioptase, malachite and quartz. References: |
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
β Chenevixite ? Formula: Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4 Description: See topic http://www.mindat.org/mesg-99-324939.html - 3 references check by Debbie Woolf, none confirm this occurrence, |
β Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
β Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
β Dioptase Formula: CuSiO3 · H2O References: |
β 'Limonite' |
β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
β Mottramite Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
β Plancheite Formula: Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 · H2O Description: Niedermayr, G., Schnaitmann, E. A., BrandstΓ€tter, F. (2008): Das Dioptas-Shattuckit-Vorkommen Kandesei im Kakokoland [sic]. Mineralien-Welt 19, 76-93 (in German) cast some doubt on the occurrence of plancheite (might be chrysocolla). |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Shattuckite Formula: Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
β Tenorite Formula: CuO |
β Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
β | Tenorite | 4.AB.10 | CuO |
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
β | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
β | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
β | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
β | Chenevixite ? | 8.DD.05 | Cu2Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Dioptase | 9.CJ.30 | CuSiO3 Β· H2O |
β | Plancheite | 9.DB.35 | Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 Β· H2O |
β | Shattuckite | 9.DB.40 | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
β | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Limonite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
H | β Chenevixite | Cu2Fe23+(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
H | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
H | β Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
H | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
H | β Plancheite | Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 · H2O |
H | β Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Anglesite | PbSO4 |
O | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
O | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Chenevixite | Cu2Fe23+(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
O | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
O | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
O | β Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
O | β Plancheite | Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 · H2O |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
O | β Tenorite | CuO |
O | β Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Si | β Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
Si | β Plancheite | Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 · H2O |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Anglesite | PbSO4 |
S | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
V | Vanadium | |
V | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chenevixite | Cu2Fe23+(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
Cu | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Cu | β Chenevixite | Cu2Fe23+(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
Cu | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Cu | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
Cu | β Dioptase | CuSiO3 · H2O |
Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Cu | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
Cu | β Plancheite | Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4 · H2O |
Cu | β Shattuckite | Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2 |
Cu | β Tenorite | CuO |
As | Arsenic | |
As | β Chenevixite | Cu2Fe23+(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | β Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | β Baryte | BaSO4 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Anglesite | PbSO4 |
Pb | β Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
Pb | β Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
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Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia