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Melanite from Namibia

Namibia
 
  • Otjozondjupa Region
    • Okahandja Constituency
Gunthorpe, R. J., & Buerger, A. D. (1986). Geology and economic evaluation of the Otjisazu alkaline igneous complex, central South West Africa/Namibia. In Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa (pp. 2255-2260).
    • Otjiwarongo Constituency
Orris, Greta J., Grauch, Richard I. (2002) Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences. Open-File Report 2002-189. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr02189
Le Roex, A. P., & Lanyon, R. (1998). Isotope and trace element geochemistry of Cretaceous Damaraland lamprophyres and carbonatites, northwestern Namibia: Evidence for plume—lithosphere interactions. Journal of Petrology, 39(6), 1117-1146. doi.org/10.1093/petroj/39.6.1117
Harris, C. (1995). Oxygen isotope geochemistry of the Mesozoic anorogenic complexes of Damaraland, northwest Namibia: evidence for crustal contamination and its effect on silica saturation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 122(3), 308-321. doi.org/10.1007/s004100050130
Milner, S. C., Le Roex, A. P., & O'CONNOR, J. M. (1995). Age of Mesozoic igneous rocks in northwesternNamibia, and their relationship to continental breakup. Journal of the Geological Society, 152(1), 97-104. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.152.1.0097
Prins, P. 1981. The geochemical evolution of the alkaline and carbonatite complexes of the Damaraland igneous province, South West Africa. Annale Universiteit van Stellenbosch, Serie A1, Geologie, 3, 145-278.
Van Zijl, P.J. 1962. The geology, structure and petrology of the alkaline intrusions of Kalkfeld and Okorusu and the invaded Damara rocks. Annale Universiteit van Stellenbosch, Serie A, 37, 237-339.
  • ǁKaras Region
    • ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency
Cooper & Reid (1998): Nepheline Sovites as Parental Magmas in Carbonatite Complexes: Evidence from Dicker Willem, Southwest Namibia. Journal of Petrology 39, 2123-2136.
Reid D.L. and A.F. Cooper. (1992). Oxygen and carbon isotope patterns in the Dicker Willem carbonatite complex, southern Namibia. Chemical Geology (Isotope Geoscience Section), 94, 293-305. doi.org/10.1016/0168-9622(92)90004-T
Cooper, A.F. and D.L. Reid. (1991). Textural evidence for calcite carbonatite magmas, Dicker Willem, southwest Namibia. Geology, 19, 1193-1196. doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1991)019<1193:TEFCCM>2.3.CO
Reid, D. L., Cooper, A. F., Rex, D. C., & Harmer, R. E. (1990). Timing of post–Karoo alkaline volcanism in southern Namibia. Geological Magazine, 127(5), 427-433. doi.org/10.1017/S001675680001517X
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Cooper, A. F. (1988). Geology of Dicker Willem, a subvolcanic carbonatite complex in South-West Africa.
Jour Pet 39:2123-2136
Jackson, M.P.A. 1976. High-grade metamorphism and migmatization of the Namaqua metamorphic complex around Aus in the southern Namib Desert, South West Africa. Bulletin, University of Cape Town, Department of Geology, Chamber of Mines Precambrian Research Unit, 18.
 
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