Ankerite from Kunene Region, Namibia

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Namibia
Kunene Region Epupa Epembe Complex ⓘ Nb-Ta-P-(LREE) carbonatite deposit	Unger, G., Zimmermann, R., Gloaguen, R. (2018) 3D Modeling of the Epembe (Namibia) Nb-Ta-P-(LREE) Carbonatite Deposit: New Insights into Geometry Related to Rare Metal Enrichment. Minerals 8(12), 600. [https://doi.org/10.3390/min8120600].
ⓘ Swartbooisdrif Dikes	Menge, G. F. W. (1986). Sodalite carbonatite deposits of Swartbooisdrif, South West Africa/Namibia. In Mineral deposits of Southern Africa (pp. 2261-2268). Verwoerd, W. J. (1967). The carbonatites of South Africa and South West Africa. Government Printer, South Africa., 6.
ⓘ Carbonatite outcrops	Boyce, Adrian J. (2006): Evolution of sulfide mineralization in ferrocarbonatite, Swartbooisdrif, northwestern Namibia: constraints from mineral compositions and sulfur isotopes. Canadian Mineralogist 44, 877-894. Drüppel, K., Hoefs, J., & Okrusch, M. (2005). Fenitizing processes induced by ferrocarbonatite magmatism at Swartbooisdrif, NW Namibia. Journal of Petrology, 46(2), 377-406. Thompson, R., Smith, P., Gibson, S. A., Mattey, D., & Dickin, A. (2002). Ankerite carbonatite from Swartbooisdrif, Namibia: the first evidence for magmatic ferrocarbonatite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 143(3), 377-396. von Seckendorff, V., Drüppel, K., Okrusch, M., Cook, N.J., and Littmann, S. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 430-450. Drüppel, Kirsten Wagner, Thomas
Orotumba (Oroutumba) ⓘ Sodalite mine	von Seckendorff, V., Drüppel, K., Okrusch, M., Cook, N.J., and Littmann, S. (2000): Mineralium Deposita 35, 430-450.
Khorixas ⓘ Lofdal-Bergville REE deposit	Wall, F., Niku-Paavola, V.N., Storey, C., Müller, A. & Jeffries, T. (2008) Xenotime-(Y) from carbonatite dykes at Lofdal, Namibia: unusually low LREE:HREE ratio in carbonatite, and first dating of xenotime overgrowths in zircon. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 861-877.