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Quartz from
Arandis tin mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arandisite3 photos of Quartz associated with Arandisite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Arandis tin mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1111107
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1111107:4
GUID (UUID V4):62a4f918-4215-4220-ab76-51f9fbc91ada
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
10.8km (6.7 miles) Khan Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.0km (8.7 miles) Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
20.7km (12.8 miles) Namib Lead Mine, Rössing Mountains area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
30.6km (19.0 miles) Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
31.8km (19.8 miles) Valencia deposit, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
42.4km (26.3 miles) Hakskeen Farm 89, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
49.7km (30.9 miles) Ebony Farm (Namibfontein 91), Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
52.3km (32.5 miles) Tubas deposit, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
53.7km (33.4 miles) Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
59.4km (36.9 miles) Langer Heinrich uranium project, Langer Heinrich Mountain, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Madagascar and within the Damara sequence in Namibia and morcovcr. within the Narnnqualand metamorphic...mineral mined in the past, lithium, rare-earths. tin. niobium-tiintalum, and uranium minerals arc a l...of the pegmatite deposits, and in particular t o tin and tantalum mineralization. Pegmatites have come...caesium, beryllium, scandium, yttrium, rare-earths, tin, zirconium, hafnium, niobium. tantalum, and uranium...minerals like ceramic feldspar, mica, and high purity quartz, and a large variety of attractive and highly priced
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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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Tertiary Alkaline Lavas from the Kahuzi- Biega Region, Western Rift, Kivu, Zaire: R. T. Lubala, A. B...De Wit 1985; Lamb and Paris under review) I F5 quartz - orenite, si Its tone F4 conglomerate with o...matrix of both chert and single crystal quartz groins, chert - quartz orenite, conformable to unconformable...planar cross bedding ....oLA.. single crystal quartz groins predominant over chert groins tectonic break...quartzchert-arenite, conglomerate facies and a supermature quartz-arenite, siltstone facies. However, sedimentary
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Especially when the mineral species is common, such as quartz (75.1.3.1), many varieties (jasper, onyx) are known...chemistry and structure are identical to those of quartz. 5D. Polytypes Materials whose basic structural...opaque materials imperfectly metallic Gold, copper, tin The luster of diamond, other materials of high index...only with fibrous minerals Columbite, wolframite Quartz Opal, some yellow varieties of sphalerite Nepheline...are distinctive. Chonchoidal fracture, typical of quartz, gives a fracture similar to the interior of a
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Spodumene Quartz Opal Turquoise Lapis Lazuli Jade – Geology and...of glass closely resembling opal in appearance. Quartz, which for many years has been manufactured in...First Edition For two decades, an earlier work of mine – Practical Gemmology – has proved a useful elementary...information on a number of topics, particularly on the quartz gems. Mr J Asscher, Jnr, of Amsterdam checked the...an inner solid region of diameter 2440 km and density about 8 gcm3, and an outer region about 2260 km
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271. ‘ 2 Min.-34 ; ENGINEERING WORKS, 4034 Mine & Smelter Supply Co. Denver 17, Colo. 8 a oO ...Mining Con pany, Limited’s, Bomi Hills iron ore mine over th newly constructed railroad from Monrovia...recoveries. Molybdenum will also be recovered from mine dumps at the Bleiberg Bergwersunion lead-zinc mines...d’Explotations Miniere) and the stripping of the tin deposit in Brittany preparatory to mining and gravity...285-tons per hour of tin ore. The project is backed by Geomines and a United States tin-can manufacturer
 
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