| CABRAL, A. R., MOORE, J. M., MAPANI, B. S., KOUBOVA, M., SATTLER, C.- D. (2011) GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE GENESIS OF THE OTJOSONDU FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT, NAMIBIA: HYDROTHERMAL EXHALATIVE VERSUS HYDROGENETIC (INCLUDING SNOWBALL-EARTH) ORIGINS. South African Journal of Geology, 114 (1) 57-76 doi:10.2113/gssajg.114.1.57 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CONSTRAINTS ON THE GENESIS OF THE OTJOSONDU FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT, NAMIBIA: HYDROTHERMAL EXHALATIVE VERSUS...Department of Geology, University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia e-mail: b.mapani@unam.na M...Africa ABSTRACT The stratigraphic position of the Otjosondu ferromanganese deposit in the Neoproterozoic Damara...the Swakop Group, as previously proposed. The Otjosondu ore comprises ferromanganese silicate-oxide assemblages...and manganese formations. The formation of the Otjosondu ferromanganese deposit is therefore unrelated | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ProterozoicOuter ShelfManganeseandIron Depositsat Otjosondu (Namibia)Relatedto the DamaranOceanicOpening BERNHARDBiJHN...1978; Ferran, 1980). Late The Damara Sequenceof Namibia developed Proterozoiciron-formations associated...1986). Angola Ć - o ā¢ too klā¢ _ Namibia 21' /' OTJOSONDU iliiii?: ii _ . :::: 22* 0 17' 20...SMZ= Southern Marginzone. Mn & FeDEPOSITS, OTJOSONDU, NAMIBIA 1395 OTdOSONDU SEQUENCE SOUTHERN CENTRAL...glaciomarinesedimentswithin the ChuosFormation.The Otjosondu area (Fig. 1) is the only knownoccurrenceof economic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Institute of Mineralogy, Miass, 456317, Chelyabinsk Region, Russia ABSTRACT An unusual garnet representing...metasedimentary rocks in India (Katkamsandi, Netra), Namibia (Otjosondu, Gamsberg, Namaqualend), Greece (Andros Island)...Lake Bolshoe Miassovo (Ilmeny Reserve, Chelyabinsk region, Russia) (Fig. 1) in a NS-trending band of blastomylonites...the Ilmeny Mountains (Ilmeny Reserve, Chelyabinsk region, Russia). Asterisk, location of pit 287. FIG....to 10 mm) grains of pyrochlore, scheelite, and apatite were found as inclusions in coarse-grained scapolite | | | Journal (issue) | ........................pg. 3 Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx .................................we bring you eleven articles about locations in Namibia that do not receive much publicity. It is easy...legendary deposits such as Tsumeb, the Brandberg region and the Erongo Mountains. Alpine clefts, huge soda...Mountains, located in the southwestern part of central Namibia. The Gamsberg Mountain is the most important landmark...Fluorapatite Fluorapatite is quite rare from the region but can be found as complex, colorless crystals | | | Report (issue) | Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho...Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry Editor: Clare Kennedy Galloway Obtainable...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | depositsof Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtrabelt, India, Otjosondu, S.W. Africa and Mount Brandnuten,S. Norway are...spanditegarnet,plagioclase felspar,blanfordite,apatite,accessory biotite and quartz. Both the aboveworkersconfirmedthe...with a mineralassemblage of spandite-orthoclase-apatite hasbeenreportedas a product of regionalmetamorphism...MANGANESE FORMATION OF OTJOSONDU, S.W. AFRICA The manganese ore deposits of Otjosondu,S.W. Africa havebeenshown...accompanied by tephroite,manganoan calciteand manganoan apatite. No primary,high-temperature oxidemineralhas,however | | | Book | Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits...__ Republic of Namibia The President State House WĀ°Ntdhoek FOREWORD Namibia is endowed with an...from near and far. Fine mineral specimen from Namibia are displayed in all the famous natural science | | Abd El-Rahman, Yasser, Gutzmer, Jens, Li, Xian-Hua, Seifert, Thomas, Li, Chao-Feng, Ling, Xiao-Xiao, Li, Jiao (2020) Not all Neoproterozoic iron formations are glaciogenic: Sturtian-aged non-Rapitan exhalative iron formations from the ArabianāNubian Shield. Mineralium Deposita, 55 (3) 577-596 doi:10.1007/s00126-019-00898-0 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Neoproterozoic oxide-facies exhalites, such as the Otjosondu deposit (Cabral et al. 2011), compared to the...Eastern Desert (Abd El-Rahman et al. 2011). This region is characterized by intra-oceanic island-arc assemblages...derivation of the detrital REE-bearing minerals (e.g., apatite). This possibility is considered unlikely because...1 formations, but it remains unclear whether apatite in the HIF is primary or secondary in origin. Although...Pr/Ybsn ratios). In the central Eastern Desert, apatite is considered the predominant control on the REE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CaāMnāAlāFe3Ć¾ quadrilateral. 1: Amphibolite-facies, Namibia (Vermaas, 1952; Dunn, 1979). 2: Amphibolite facies...(Schreyer and Abraham, 1977), with howeite, amphibole, apatite and ferristilpnomelane. 5: Blueschist facies, Laytonville...2002); with tephroite, clinopyroxene, hausmannite, apatite, Mn-rich calcite, bustamite, magnetite. 10. Eclogite...MnāZn-spinel, quartz. 12. Amphibolite facies, Otjosondu, Namibia (Bā¬uhn et al., 1995), with braunite, jacobsite...early assemblage, small (20ā100 mm) crystals of apatite, braunite, rutile, piemontite and rare pyrophanite | | Essene, Eric J., Claflin, Christopher L., Giorgetti, Giovanna, Mata, Pilar M., Peacor, Donald R., Ć rkai, PĆ© ter, Rathmell, Mark A. (2005) Two-, three- and four-feldspar assemblages with hyalophane and celsian: implications for phase equilibria in BaAl2Si2O8-CaAl2Si2O8-NaAlSi3O8-KAlSi3O8. European Journal of Mineralogy, 17 (4) 515-535 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0515 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Ahy = anhydrite, All = allanite, Ap = (F,OH)-apatite, Brt = barite, BC = barytocalcite, Bi = biotite...parameters of 20 samples of hyalophane from Otosondu, Namibia, and found that nearly all were monoclinic. Viswanathan...in samples from manganese-rich rocks from Otjosondu, Namibia. Viswanathan & Kielhorn (1983a) reported...coarse interlocking two-phase assemblage from Otjosondu involving hyalophane (Cn51Ab32Or36) and celsian...exsolved albite in sodian hyalophane from Otjosondu, Namibia. Coats et al. (1984) found coexisting hyalophane | | | Report (chapter) | glaciated margin: insights from the Chuos Formation, Namibia MAXWELL A. LECHTE1*, MALCOLM W. WALLACE1 & KARL-HEINZ...Australia 2 Geological Survey of Namibia, 1 Aviation Road, Windhoek, Namibia M.A.L., 0000-0002-3152-9009...unimelb.edu.au Abstract: The Chuos Formation of Namibia is the sedimentary product of the Neoproterozoic...oceans during the Sturtian. The Chuos Formation of Namibia records deposition during the Sturtian glaciation...2013a). The Chuos Formation is found throughout Namibia in three Pan-African orogenic belts, collectively | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | St. Just, Land's End, garnet, axinite, epidote, apatite, hornblende, diopside, 427 South Terras mine, St...tlapallite, 183 South-West Africa (Namibia) Onganja mine, cuprite, 5o5 Otjosondu, celsian, barian orthoclase | | | Book | 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | manganese deposits or manganiferous iron ores of Otjosondu, Namibia (Viswanathan and Kielhoru, 1983), Benallt...Table 2). Crystal also contains included grains of apatite (Ap) (scale bar is 50 ~tm). 393 nite, hematite...and Griffin (1973) have shown that in the Oslo region of Norway, hyalophane is pseudomorphic after baryte...(1973) Barium feldspar in Ordovician sediments, Oslo region, Norway. J. Sediment. Petrol., 43, 461-5. Bostrrm...Morey, G. B. (1983a) Animikie basin, Lake Superior region, U.S.A., In Iron-formation facts and problems (A | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | THE SOUTHERN MARGIN ZONE OF THE DAMARA OROGEN, NAMIBIA JORG H BREITKOPF Department of Geology, Unwers~tyof...Scmnce Pubhshers B V 112 12o 16Ā° ANSOLAT NP NAMIBIA o~ 20Ā° Occurrences of iron formahon Pre-Damara...Miller, 1 9 8 3 c ) Towns Kb-Kanblb, Ou-Outjo, Ot-Otjosondu, Sw-Swakopmund, T-Tsumeb, W-Wmdhoek Occurrence...1983c) are associated with Iron formation near Otjosondu m the eastern part of the Central Zone (Fig 1)...haematlte and quartz as major components ( > 9 0 % ) , apatite (up to 8%) and the accessory minerals minnesotalte | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ZONE. ā¢1ā¢ ā¢qUPRIYA ROF TABLE - 5 CONTINUED OTJOSONDU, S.W. AFRICA (ROPER, 1956) MANGANESE FORMATIONS...diagenetic' reconstitution,the unmetamorphosed man- Otjosondu,S.W. Africa [braunite-bixbyite-jacobsiteand garnet...d upward migrationof manganeseduring alurgite-apatite-quartz. In the almandine zone at diagenesis is...Aravalli Group,GangpurGroup,andKhondaliteGroup), Otjosondu,S.W. Africa and Mount Brandnuten,S. Norway,are...PYROXENE - WINCHITE JUDDITE- MANGANOPHYLLITE-ALURGITE-APATITE-QUARTZ, SPESSARTITERHODONITE - QUARTZ-TIRO DITE- | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Nb) 4 Ćæx Ti 4 (O,OH) 4 (Si4O12)4Ā“2H2O, strontium apatite (Sakai and Akai, 1994) and niigataite CaSrAl 3...(1953) A new occurrence of bariumfeldspar at Otjosondu, South-West Africa, and an X-ray method for determining...Ba-rich and Bapoor phases in barium feldspar from Otjosondu, South-West Africa. Mineralogical Magazine, 42...dimensions of (Ba, K, Na)-feldspars from Otjosondu, Namibia and their signiĀ®cance. American Mineralogist | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | bestknown worldwide localities include the Tyrol region, Austria; the Stikine River delta, near Wrangell...deposits or manganese-bearing rocks, such as Otjosondu, Namibia (Amthauer et al. 1989), and Andros Island...rocks, including the Otjosundu manganese mine, Namibia. Calderite also exhibits solid solution toward...than 1 mm; associated minerals include calcite, apatite, monticellite, magnetite, and perovskite. It is...Carolina; others include Ceylon; the Umba Valley region, Tanzania and Kenya; Zimbabwe; Madagascar; and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | biotite, plagioclase, tourmaline), carbonate and apatite, and detrital mineral grains and lithic clasts...the central Flinders Ranges to the Yunta-Olary region in eastern South Australia (Sumartojo and Gostin...ferruginous Braemar ironstone facies in the Yunta-Olary region and the thinner Holowilena Ironstone (130 m) in...locally lenticular, is widespread in the Yunta-Olary region and a possible equivalent is present southwest...1970; Figs. 2 and 3). Throughout the Yunta-Olary region, ironstone occurrences crop out prominently (Fig | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | constraints from polygenetic titanite and monogenetic apatite from a mid-crustal shear zone: An integrated EPMA...syn-orogenic syenite at Otjimbingwe (Damara orogen, Namibia) show shape, colour and UāPb systematics that vary...650āN700 Ā°C consistent with previous studies. Coeval apatite has no apparent inheritance, low 206Pb/204Pb ratios...for zircon, ā¼700 Ā°C for titanite and ā¼450 Ā°C for apatite, initial fast cooling of the complex can be inferred...UāPb geochronology; Trace elements; Titanite; Apatite; Syenite; Damara orogen ā Corresponding author | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | from the Proterozoic to Palaeozoic Damara Orogen (Namibia) are mostly characterized by Ā®nal near-isobaric...DAMARA OROGEN: AN OVERVIEW The Damara Orogen of Namibia is a deeply eroded section through a Pan-African...map of the Central Zone of the Damara Orogen, Namibia, with the position of the Oetmoed Migmatite Granite...Central Zone of the Pan-African Damara Orogen, Namibia (Figure 1). This complex comprises mainly schistose...ieriteĀ±sillimanite with accessory tourmaline, apatite, zircon, monazite and Fe-Ti oxides. Primary muscovite | | | Book (edition) | orange Chromite Zincochromite Gaudefroyite Apatite - (CaF) Willemite Ludwigite reddish brown to...Madenkƶy Mine, Ćayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL If marked in description... Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (sample: Melcher/OberthĆ¼r); PPL D Fine-grained... Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblastā, Southern Urals Region, Russia Au-Cu alloys, native Copper, native Gold...Potaro River, Kangaruma District, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Guyana Chalcopyrite, native Gold, Hematite, Millerite | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Neo-Proterozoic rift-related syenites (Northern Damara Belt, Namibia): Geochemical and NdāSrāPbāO isotope constraints...rift-related syenites from the Northern Damara orogen (Namibia) constrain their sources and petrogenesis. New...elements; SrāNdāPbāO isotopes; Damara orogen; Namibia ā Corresponding author. Philipps-UniversitƤt Marburg...within the Northern Zone of the Damara orogen, Namibia. Abbreviations in inset: KZ: Kaoko Zone, NP: Northern...the Proterozoic to Phanerozoic Damara orogen of Namibia, pre-orogenic to syn-orogenic syenites have been | | Grew, E. S., Locock, A. J., Mills, S. J., Galuskina, I. O., Galuskin, E. V., HĆ„lenius, U. (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup. American Mineralogist, 98 (4) 785-811 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4201 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | nomenclature review, i.e., sapphirine (Grew et al. 2008), apatite (Pasero et al. 2010), pyrochlore (Atencio et al...Mn3+ in andradite from manganese formations, Otjosondu, Namibia (Amthauer et al. 1989; BĆ¼hn et al. 1995)...](Si3)O12 as well as {Mn 3 }[Mn 2 ](Si3)O12 in the Otjosondu garnet (Table 6). Garnets containing a significant...Maira, Italy (Brunet and Lecocq 1999), exsolved apatite in garnet from mantle eclogite (Haggerty et al...Mn3+-bearing calderite-andradite garnets from Otjosondu, SWA/Namibia. Zeitschrift fĆ¼r Kristallographie, 189 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Shear zone-related syenites in the Damara belt (Namibia): the role of crustal contamination and source...major shear zone in the Proterozoic Damara orogen (Namibia) constrain their sources and petrogenesis. Major...The Proterozoic to Phanerozoic Damara orogen of Namibia contains pre-orogenic to syn-orogenic syenites...within the Central Zone of the Damara orogen, Namibia. Abbreviations in inset: KZ Kaoko zone, NP northern...Geological setting and rock types The Damara orogen of Namibia comprises a deeply eroded section of a Pan-African |
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