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Lepidolite from
Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Region
Classification
Species:'Lepidolite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Elbaite14 photos of Lepidolite associated with Elbaite at this locality.
Fluorapatite11 photos of Lepidolite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Tourmaline7 photos of Lepidolite associated with Tourmaline at this locality.
Quartz7 photos of Lepidolite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cleavelandite6 photos of Lepidolite associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Fluorite5 photos of Lepidolite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Apatite4 photos of Lepidolite associated with Apatite at this locality.
Rubellite2 photos of Lepidolite associated with Rubellite at this locality.
Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite2 photos of Lepidolite associated with Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite at this locality.
Petalite1 photo of Lepidolite associated with Petalite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lepidolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:139036
Long-form Identifier:1:3:139036:0
GUID (UUID V4):a5809f36-5769-4b20-8950-0e6c1697a611
Localities for Lepidolite in this Region
Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Strathmore pegmatites, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Engelbrecht's tourmaline pegmatite, Karlowa Pegmatite Swarm (Hoffmann's pegmatite), Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
No. KWP 2-13, Karlowa Pegmatite Swarm (Hoffmann's pegmatite), Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Petalite pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sandamap pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Uis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
No. 1 pegmatite, Abbabis Farm 70, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Pegmatite No. 1, Daheim Farm 106, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Davib Mine, Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Jooste's pegmatite, Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Etiro pegmatite, Etiro Farm 50, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Bergers pegmatite, Etusis Farm 75, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Macdonald's pegmatite, Etusis Farm 75, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Clementine I pegmatite, Okatjimukuju Farm 55 (Friedrichsfelde Farm), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Clementine II pegmatite, Okatjimukuju Farm 55 (Friedrichsfelde Farm), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Fricke's pegmatite, Okatjimukuju Farm 55 (Friedrichsfelde Farm), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Helikon I pegmatite, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Helikon II pegmatite, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Jooste's pegmatite, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Rubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Otjimbingwe Farm 104, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Van der Made pegmatite, Schlucht Farm 162, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Sidney pegmatite, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Cloete tourmaline pegmatite, Omapyu Süd Farm 77, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
coloration, this is a classic Vietnamese Tourmaline. The region of Luc Yen has been yielding Tourmalines since..., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Daoping has produced some of the finer Pyromorphite...Mine, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Region, China A showy aggregate, composed of multiple...Bayin’gholin Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China For the longest time, the exact locality...Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia This unusual specimen displays a pyramidal
Catalog/List
crystals over most of the surface Sefrou, Fes-meknes region Morocco £25 26 BANALSITE brown massive with some...remarkably solid piece for this species Erongo region Namibia 6x5 £25 37 P AL YGORSKITE very light weight...with a small amount of quartz 4x3.5cm £26 Erongo district Namibia 3 .,, ,r ·" .. ; :t.: 1-,: • - � ...calcite Spitzkopje area, Karibib district Erongo region Namibia 6x5x4 £15 79 DATOLITE translucent lustrous...3x2cm orange long wave. Skorpion Mine Rosh Pinah Namibia £7 100 CERUSSITE small crystal over galena surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 1. Map showing the location of Karibib in Namibia; prepared by William Besse. Figure 2. The Rubicon...pegmatite mine, the largest source of lithium in Namibia (see fig. 5 for location). This is a lithium-cesium-tantalum...extracted from petalite, amblygonite, pollucite, and lepidolite, and was also exploited as a source of beryl...(September 2014). Karibibite Karibib District, Namibia 174   ROCKS & MINERALS Figure 3. Karibibite...described from a pegmatite in the Karibib district of Namibia by von Knorring, Sahama, and Rehtijärvi (1973)
Journal (issue)
slopes of the Lelatema Mountains in the Manyara Region, about 70 km southeast of the town of Arusha, Tanzania...town of Brandberg, Daures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia. The occurrence was discovered in the early... Figure 27a and 27b (above and below). Elbaite on lepidolite (both sides shown), 17 cm, from the Aricanga...January–February, 2023 Figure 38. Elbaite with lepidolite, 13.2 cm, from Keke’s pocket, Pederneira mine...January–February, 2023 Figure 51. Elbaite with lepidolite, 4.5 cm, from the Kekes Pocket, Pederneira mine
Book (volume)
Amethyst (scepter) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 60 (on Quartz) Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes...Malachite) "Sams Pocket", Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 20-21 Bastnaesite (on Calcite) Zagi Mountain,...Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene region, Namibia, 45 Microlite (on Lepidolite) Paprok, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan...Afghanistan, 7 Mimetite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 32 Morganite (on Quartz & Cleavlandite with Feldspar)...Malachite) Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene region, Namibia, 45 Silver (on Calcite) Batopilas, Chihuahua
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9 cm high, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otijikoto region, Namibia; Scott Rudolph specimen. Downloaded by [University...diggings, Bendougou, Arrondissement, Diako, Kayes region, Mali; Demetrius Pohl specimen. Figure 13. Elbaite...6.2 cm high, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia; Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 17. Metatorbernite...June 2016 Figure 20. Elbaite with albite and lepidolite, 14.5 cm wide, Alto Ligonha district, Zambezia...high, Merelani Hills, Simanjiro district, Manyara region, Tanzania; Wayne Thompson specimen. Figure 21
Catalog/List
with two contrasting colours Sefrou Fes Meknes region Morocco £20 59 ORIENTITE obvious small brown nodules...one side of the crystal Uis pegmatites Erongo region Namibia £6 (Al,Fe,Zn)2(Al,Sn)6O1,(OH) --~'• -#~...ROSE orange brown 5x4cm Erfoud Morocco £12 67 LEPIDOLITE one cm lilac coloured crystals on pegmatite Varutrask...crystallised piece Killa Saifullah district, Balochistan region Pakistan 5x2 £20 FLUORESCENT MWERALS 74 7 WILLEMITE...green crystal section in pegmatite 6x6cm Usakos Erongo Namibia £8 149 LUGARITE, small black Kaersutite crystal
Journal (issue)
Ca' Bernardi and Perticara mines in the Marches Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare... SILVIA & GIUSEPPE BALDIZZONE ROSE QUARTZ with lepidolite, 7.5 cm, from near Galileia, Rio Doce Valley...from Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo region, Namibia. Roberto Appiani photo. BERYL (variety...(with crystals to 5 cm), from the Erongo Mountains, Erongo region, Namibia. Roberto Appiani photo. 38 ...(with crystals to 0.4 cm), from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Simone Citon photo. SILVER with acanthite, 7
Journal (issue)
Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection; Jordan Root photo...fluorite, 4.5 cm, from the Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo region, Namibia. Beth Van Allen photo. Beryllonite... Brazil. Robert Mosely photo. Pollucite with lepidolite and elbaite, 6.6 cm, from Paprok, Nuristan, Afghanistan...the Merelani mine, Lelatema Mountains, Manyara region, Tanzania. No repairs or restorations. This specimen...Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin district, Mandalay region, Myanmar. No repairs or restorations. There is
Journal (issue)
Signature specimen, p. 86 ABOUT THE COVER: Topaz with lepidolite, a/bite (c/eavelandite), and microc/ine, 72.5...Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia in Africa; Australia; Madagascar; Italy; Ukraine;...source of some amazing gem material. --.In fact, the region was one of the world's leading sources of gem tourmaline...rare minerals such as tourmaline, spodumene, lepidolite, cassiterite, Nb-Ta oxide minerals, and phosphate...(emeralds may be found in the exometasomatic contact region of some pegmatites with mafic country rocks), most
Catalog/List
Amhara Region, Ethiopia 14.4 cm tall x 11 cm wide 23 25 Amethyst Unique to this mining region are amethyst...Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia 15 cm tall x 6.1 cm wide 26 29 Anglesite...Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco 4.9 cm tall x 4.2 cm wide 31 32 Fluorite...Wegeltena, Delanta Woreda, South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia 11.2 cm tall x 7.2 cm wide 51 53 ...2 cm tall x 2 cm wide 59 60 Tourmaline on Lepidolite, Aricanga mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais
Journal (issue)
Articles Famous mineral localities: The Erongo Mountains, Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....cm, with schorl and feldspar, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Desmond Sacco collection; Bruce Cairncross...on the mineralogical treasures of the Erongo Mountains in Namibia. Uli’s financial support made possible...Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Tsumeb, Southwest Africa (Namibia). He had a mini-van-like truck loaded with minerals...SMALE Famous Mineral Localities: g{x Erongo Mountains Namibia Bruce Cairncross Department of Geology
Journal (issue)
12 cm, Daoping mine, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Joe Budd photo. 10 Supplement to The...mine, Wuyu district, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Ex Steve Smale collection. Joe Budd photo...Tsumeb, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Aquamarine (beryl) with schorl, 11 cm, Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Joe...Elbaite with quartz, cleavelandite (albite) and lepidolite, 16 cm, Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira,...with arsentsumebite, 15 cm, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Joe Budd photo. Elbaite with cleavelandite (albite)
Journal (issue)
cutting coarse-grained reddish granites of the hilly region thereabouts, known geologically as the Llano Uplift...Liubao, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Drusy quartz...Almagro, EI Salado, Chaiiaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Calcite, 3...Malachite with dolomite, 9 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Don and Laura Aaron photo. Erythrite, 4 cm, from...the Sidi Lahcen mine, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. (right: under shortwave ultraviolet light)
Catalog/List
the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still in production in the 1970s. You will...engineering work took him to the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. This mine is renowned for producing what are arguably...desert-like "Sperrgebiet" area of the southern coast of Namibia, with its fabulous wealth of gem diamonds. One...Ian’s interest stems from the family trips to Namibia, including the mines of Tsumeb. He worked with...Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment point on the back of this
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectral region between 200–900 nm. LIBS analysis has been used...evolved LCT pegmatites, spodumene, petalite, and lepidolite are the major Li-bearing minerals. Beryl is the...Mexico) or in some cases, andradite (e.g., Erongo Mountains, Namibia). Meta-ophiolitic rocks formed by the...instrument has diminished capability in the ultraviolet region due either to reduced transmissivity of the signal...beryl-bearing Weld pegmatite to elbaite- and lepidolite-bearing pegmatites of Minas Gerais, whereas near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kèshíkèté Qi County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Limpid complex fluorite crystals displaying...coloration. The fluorite mines of the Asturias region, in Spain, have produced some incredibly striking...often at shows as they once were. The Asturias region has three districts that are the most productive...Konrad 1984). Fluorite specimens from the Piemonte region of Italy are little known to most collectors in...German) or Krušné Hory (Czech), the Ore Mountains region that straddles the border between Germany and the
Book (volume)
Prehnite) Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia, 67 Apatite (on Cookeite) Pulsifer Quarry...(with Pyrite) Karo Mine, Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania, 35 Djurleite Tazalarht mining area,...Hematite (on Quartz) Cavradi Gorge, St. Gotthard Region, Graubunden, Switzerland, 64 Inesite (on Calcite...Prov., China, 18 Mimetite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 11 Morganite (on Tourmaline) Tourmaline Queen...Tanzanite (with Quartz) Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania, 52 Topaz (with Smoky Quartz) Dassu,
Journal (issue)
pseudomorph after mimetite, 5 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Date Armstrong Photo. Greenockite and pyrite...mine, Inca de Oro, Chaiiaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Dale Armstrong photo. Mimetite and willemite...smithsonite and quartz, 16 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Dale Armstrong Photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical... from Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Jeff Scovil photo. Fluorite, 7 .6 cm...Gora, Adun-Cholon, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Marc Fleischer photo. Supplement to The
Journal (issue)
Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia .........................................x 2.0cm 239 Azurite and Cerussite, Tsumeb, Namibia, 8 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia Jindr=ich Kynický,1 Jan Kynický,2 Bryan...INTRODUCTION Gem tourmaline from Russian’s Transbaikalia region has become a valuable part of our global mineral...Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, central Transbaikalia region in Zabaykalsky Krai, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The
Journal (issue)
collecting has flourished throughout the Northwest region in recent decades; a history of the mineral discoveries...the estate. Many early minerals collected in the region about Spokane, Washington, are represented in the...malachite, 5.3 cm, Tschudi mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. (left) Tantalite-(Fe),...Record, September–October, 2019 Bruce Carter Lepidolite on topaz, 10 cm, from the Xanda mine, Virgem...malachite, 8 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Malachite on cuprite,
Journal (issue)
5 cm. Rudnaya mine, Saranovskoye deposit, Perm' region, Urals, Russia. Specimen: Nazarovs. Photo: Michael...rocks (Ferschtater er al., 1994). The relief of the region is smooth and weakiy hilly (Figure 1). The pluton...elbaite (rubellite, indicolite, and verdelite), lepidolite, spessartine, zircon, ferrocolumbite, manga—...amethyst clusters with individuals up to 5 cm. Lepidolite, light violet and pinkish violet mica, occurs...Kolisnichenko, 2013. Photo: M.B. Leybov. 16. Lepidolite (Barbott's eye). 2.6 x 2.8 cm. Second body, Svetlinskiy
Report (issue)
amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia Scott Rudolph collection, Jeff Scovil photo...important amethyst source emerged in the Auvergne region in south-central France, approximately corresponding...Onyang, South Korea Nekemte, Ethiopia Brandberg, Namibia Cavities in iron-skams up to and exceeding 300...(see page 34), and the Goboboseb Mountains in Namibia (see page 84). Localities yielding a predominantly...restricted. While exploring for mineral deposits in the region, Labib Nasim rediscovered the ancient mines in
Journal (issue)
acquired include azurite and malachite from the Cobar region, zeolites from Richmond and Flinders, crocoite...Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan district, Balochistan region, Pakistan. Craig Bosel/Michael Stott photo. Cerussite...calcite, 8 cm, from the Telfer mine, East Pilbara region, Western Australia. Malcolm Southwood photo. Cerussite...related to Cambrian epithermal galena deposits in the region and not to the Precambrian Broken Hill orebody...cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. 28 Supplement to The
Journal (issue)
collecting; he was a historian of the Pikes Peak Region and in the 1930s began to hike through the mountains...interviewed many of the old pioneers from this region and recounted their stories when he gave talks...District, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Fluorite, 7 cm, from the EI Hammam mine, Meknes-Tafilalt Region, Morocco...pseudomorphs after azurite, 7.2 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Supplement to The Mineralogical...Azurite with bayldonite, 6 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Wulfenite with mimetite, 7
 
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