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Vanadinite from
Abenab Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Descloiziteā“˜17 photos of Vanadinite associated with Descloizite at this locality.
Dolomiteā“˜1 photo of Vanadinite associated with Dolomite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Abenab Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:56814
Long-form Identifier:1:3:56814:2
GUID (UUID V4):9201d67b-bcee-4db1-880f-fbec559f7f18
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ā“˜Abenab West Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Okarundu, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
30.0km (18.6 miles) ā“˜Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
34.1km (21.2 miles) ā“˜Harasib prospects, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
37.3km (23.2 miles) ā“˜Uitsab Mine (Uitsab prospect), Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
38.7km (24.1 miles) ā“˜Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
49.0km (30.5 miles) ā“˜Otjoruharui Farm 251, Omatako Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
76.2km (47.4 miles) ā“˜Finsterbergen prospect, Finsterbergen Farm 469, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Genesis of Vanadium Ores in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia MARIA BONI,ā€  Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra...(descloizite, mottramite, and vanadinite) in the Otavi Mountainland, Namibia, once were considered the greatest...Belgium. 0361-0128/07/3663/441-29 Mountainland, Namibia. Mining for vanadium, following the exploitation...Friesemberg Tigerschlucht Olifantsfontein Abenab pipe Okorundu pipe Abenab West Harasib 3 Wolkenhauben Berg Aukas...some of great economic significance (Berg Aukas, Abenab, Tsumeb West, and Baltika; Fig. 1), have been described
Journal (issue)
Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx ............................................pg. 15 Abenab Mine by Ernst................................pg. 31 Three Aloes Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann ............................................................pg. 47 Otjozondu Mine by Ernst Schnaitmann .............................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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization: Examples from the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) Jens Schneider a,āŽ, Maria Boni b,c , Carsten Laukamp...Germany d Geological Survey of Namibia, 1 Aviation Road, Windhoek, Namibia Received 12 September 2005; accepted...willemite from the Berg Aukas and Abenab West deposits, Otavi Mountainland (Namibia), which are hosted by Neoproterozoic...regressions combining samples from Berg Aukas and Abenab West willemites yield Rbā€“Sr ages in the range of...3000). Massive, fine-grained willemite samples from Abenab West alone (n = 3) give a ā€“ still statistically
Report (issue)
057 c = 9.416 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Venus mine, [El Guaico district, CoĢrdoba Province,] Argentina;...(1) 19.21 55.47 2.17 0.02 Total 100.21 (1) Abenab, Namibia. (2) Pb(Zn, Cu)(VO4 )(OH) with Zn:Cu = 1:1...an ore of vanadium. Association: Mottramite, vanadinite, pyromorphite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite... Mexico. In the USA, in the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., and from Bisbee, Cochise Co.... Grant Co., New Mexico; from the Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill Co., Nevada. Large crystals from an economic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineralization in the Otavi Mountain Land, Northern Namibiaā€”a review and regional interpretation A.F. Kamona...GĆ¼nzel b a b University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia Ongopolo Mining Ltd., Main Street...Street, P.O. Box 40, Tsumeb, Namibia Received 16 May 2004; accepted 10 April 2006 Available online 4...(Pbā€“Cuā€“Znā€“Ge), Kombat (Cuā€“Pbā€“Zn), Berg Aukas (Znā€“Pbā€“V), Abenab West (Pbā€“Znā€“V) all occur in Otavi Group dolostones...carbonate-hosted Pbā€“Zn deposits in the Abenab Subgroup at Berg Aukas and Abenab is not well constrained, but the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
whereas carnotite, descloizite, mottramite, and vanadinite are the most common ore minerals in vanadate...0.084 13.6 13.60 South Africa Mapochs Mine Rhovan Mine 1.5 0.52 1.5 1.06 1.60 Generally, VTM...Russia and the Chinese deposit in the Panzhihua region contain resources of 13.6 and 10.4 million metric...vanadate deposits are descloizite, mottramite, and vanadinite [20,22]. The lead-vanadate-containing ores are...are named after their dominant minerals (e.g., vanadinite ore, descloizite ore, mottramite ore, cuprodescloizite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JULY AUGUST, 1967 DESCLOIZITE, MOTTRAMITE, AND VANADINITE FROM SOUTH WEST AFRICA: AN INFRARED AND X-RAY...Descloizite, cuprian descloizite, mottramite, and vanadinite from various localities in South West Africa...series, descloizite to mottramite. In addition, vanadinite can readily be distinguished from descloizite...the lead vanadates,descloizite,mottramite, and vanadinite, have been mined in economicquantities in South...phosphorus,and molybdenum replacingvanadium. Vanadinite,a lead chlorovanadatePb5(VO4)3C1, although not
Book
Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...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...__ 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
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
Report (issue)
Vanadinite Pb5 (VO4 )3 Cl c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point...USA, in Arizona, fine examples from the Old Yuma mine, near Tucson, Pima Co., at the Hamburg, Red Cloud...in the Puzzler mine, Castle Dome district, Yuma Co., from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co...Gallagher mine, near Charleston, Cochise Co., in the Apache mine, Gila Co., at the Western Union mine, near...Touissit mine, near Oujda. At Keban, Turkey. Very large crystals from Abenab, Otavi district, Namibia. At
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn, Zambia; 28 = Skorpion, Namibia; 29 = Berg Aukas and Abendab, Namibia; 30 = Padaeng (Mae Sot), Thailand;... In extremely arid climates, such as those in Namibia (Tsumeb deposit: Lombaard et al., 1986; Hughes...exist of tonnages and grades that can be cited Namibia Poland Silesian Crakow district Skorpion Spain...dolostone by smithsonite with minor hematite. Tucson mine, Leadville district, Colorado, United States. b...Massive smithsonite replacing limestone. Wolftone mine, Colorado, United States. c. Coarsely crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and origin of the vanadium minerals at the Lueca Mine, and of the associated tarbuttite ZnTPO4OHand volborthite...lime-green streak. F. Mottramite (near end-member), Uris Mine, Tsumeb, South-West Africa. Grassgreen crystalsl...chalcedonic silica, descloizite, mottramite, vanadinite and other rarer minerals. MrNBnarocy or.THE VaNaorulr...similar to the sphalerite occurring in the Tsumeb Mine in south-west Africa. Of the secondarysupergeneminerals...vugs associatedwith qtartz, chalcedonyand rare vanadinite. Very large amounts of both descloiziteand mottramite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
processing of a lead vanadate ore, mainly containing vanadinite and descloizite was investigated. Based on ore...vanadium; lead vanadate ore; vanadium minerals; vanadinite; descloizite; gravity separation; small-scale...major lead vanadate minerals [18,19]. Mineral Vanadinite Descloizite Mottramite Chemical Composition...Hardness (Mohs) 6.95 6.20 6.18 2.5ā€“3 3ā€“3.5 3ā€“3.5 Vanadinite is a lead chlorovanadate and isomorphic with...concentrates, located in Namibia (gravity separation and flotation plants in Abenab West Mine and Berg Aukas)
Catalog/List
Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price Ā£1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 Ā£2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The...Rocks Cornwall Hinqston Down, Cornwall Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 Ā£1...Quebec (Cook) Herodsfoot Cornwall Bournonite Bedford Mine Devon Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais...Cornwall Tennantite Parvs Copper Mine, Anqlesey Sphalerite Louisa Mine, Glendinninq, Dumfrieshire Stibnite
Book (edition)
collections were: Rob Bock, Springs, cover photograph, vanadinite pp. 6-7, gold p. 73, azurite and malachite p...A splendid specimen of wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia Half-title: Quartz, Nababeep Opposite: Mimetite...world famous Tsumeb mine Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite, Namibia Contents Acknowledgements...attached list of working mines. The geological map of Namibia which shows the mines and also farm boundaries...Goodhousc on the Orange River cast of Vioolsdrif. In Namibia amethyst can be found north-east of Otjiwarongo
Report (issue)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A sbestos ore Lead ore, Balmat mine, N . Y. Chromite-chromium ore, Washington Zinc ore...not yet discovered or not presently profitable to mine. The mining of mineral deposits, once discovered...Cuprovanadinite, (Pb,Cu)s(V0.)3Cl.. .......... Variety of vanadinite. Curienite, Pb(U02)2(V04)2 ā€¢SH20. Dechenite,...As)0 4hCl ....................... Variety of vanadinite. Eosite, vanadate and molybdate of Pb. Eusynchite.......... Probably identical with volborthite. Vanadinite, Pbs(V0 4)sCI. Vanadite ....................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pseudomalachite, aragonite, copper, silver, vanadinite, pyrrhotite, stibnite, clinochlore and quartz...and Genesis of the Lead-Zinc-Vanadium Deposit of Abenab West in the Otavi Mountains, South West Africa...D. T. Otto The Geology of the Klein Letaba Gold Mine, Sutherland Range, North-East Transvaal by B. F
Journal (issue)
Minerals of the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia .............................................1 cm, from the Kaokoveld District, Kunene Region, Namibia. Irv Brown specimen; Jeff Scovil photo. See...the best vesuvianite specimens from the Jeffrey mine in Quebec. In this issue we present a review of...Herodsfoot Mine Work Readers who enjoyed Roy Starkey's superb article on the famous Herodsfoot mine in Cornwall...to the old engine house at the North Herodsfoot mine is being cleared of hundreds of tons of accumulated
Journal (issue)
other thing to note- the Carbola Chemical Co.'s mine road leads Jeft off the Blanchard School road just...bags at In ending this long ramble I wish to trus mine, drive on across the swale and pay as fine a compliment...them but what was cordial, not one the Carbola Co's mine, has a few min- but what gave me the heartiest invitation...stated the directions for getting to visit his "mica mine". A week later I the Old Reese farm as wdl as they...written. Which leaves me only the So I never saw his mine. But I advise necessity of adding a few trimmings
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The willemite ore bodies which comprisethe Beltana Mine are associatedwith intrusive sedimentarybrecciasand...sedimentationceasedin the Adelaide Geosynclinein the region of the Beltana Mine, and an erosionsurfacehas existed from...small shaftsin copperprospectsnow known as the Ajax Mine, in the immediatevicinity of small,undisturbed ...ctt-ā€¢/'ā€¢eo ā€¢ /'rt?o6the 6earā€¢rā€¢J Iimes/'orte.s. AJAX MINE DEPOSITS ā€¢AAAAA AJAX LIMESTONE AROONA OREBODY...readeris referredto Parkin (1959), and for possible mine area: mechanismsof intrusion of diapirs and sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(E1 9 2 3 , p . 3 6 2 ) . 5 PerticaE Italy. 2. Mine, Urbino, SULPIiIDES ā‚¬ SULPHOSALTS (i)SULTHIDES...crystal by volume and mass. Galena, Great Laxcy Mine, Isle of Man, U.K.{composite cubo' octahedra up...sulphosaltcrystalsare: (i) Tetrahedrite (Cu'rSboS")from a mine at Irazein, AriCge,France.A tetrahedralcrystal with...Germany. x 3.5 cm. (iii) Bournonite (PbCuSbS3),Vibora Mine, Bolivia "... up to l0 cm ia 5i2s."Machacamarca...Comm. 17.7.79). (iv) Enargite (CurAsSn),Tsumeb,Namibia, 8 x 3 cm,-Pinch and Wilson (1977,p.24), and "
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
descloizite, yielding a pale-yellow powder ; from Abenab, South-West Africa, collected by Dr. L. J. Spencer...descloizite, yielding an olive-green powder ; from Grootfontein district, South-West Africa. (B.M. 1930,296...cuprodescloizite, yielding a bright-green powder ; from Uris mine, Tsumeb, South-West Africa. (B.M. 1931,22.) IV....n olivegreen p o w d e r ; from Shattuck-Arizona mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. (B.M. 1913,383). This m...Frenzel 1analysed the small brown spherules of' vanadinite ' on similar specimens from the same locality
Journal (issue)
the Unificada mine, Potosi, Bolivia. Top right: Benitoite, 2 cm, from the Benitoite Gem mine, California...Nā€˜Chwaning I mine, Kuruman, South Africa. Bottom right: Mimetite, 2.7 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Back...Record: (1) Stephanite, Husky mine, Canada. (2) Wulfenite, Rowley mine, Arizona. (3) Diaspore twin, Pinarcik...Adelaide mine, Tasmania. (5) Andradite, Antetezambato, Madagascar. (6) Calcite, Mashamba West mine, Congo...Afghanistan. (8) Scorodite, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. (9) Shigaite, Nā€™Chwaning II mine, South Africa. v This special
Homestake Mine, South Dakota; in Montana and Arizona. Also in Ural Mts., U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New...New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district, from Hillgrove, from Hill...Luning and Cuprite in Nevada; at Sulphur Bank mercury mine and at Lassen Peak, California. Sharp well-shaped...unusual crystals at Carn Brea Mine, Cornwall, England. Found at Wanlockhead Mine in Scotland, and also at...regions. In U.S., fine crystals in calcite at Cahill Mine, Nevada. Also at New Almaden and New Idria Mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Barstow, California. At the north shaft of the Pedry mine, one group located wulfenite, while the other group...group, at the A. 0. property, found vanadinite and descloizite. (The A. 0.property is named after A1 Ordway...Nicolet Antimony mine, some Derbyshire fluorite occurrences, the Navajlin pyrite mine in Spain, and the...Association. Mikeā€™s topic was Minerals of the Eve1 Region of Germany and the Sulfosalts of the Lengenbach...of a boxed collection of minerals from the Tyrone mine, Grant County, New Mexico. Sunday morning featured
 
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