 | | 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. Uliâs 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA I 1990 Open File Report MRS 05 2 Abstract A...wide variety of semi-precious stones occur in Namibia, namely amazonite, the beryl varieties, chrysocolla...the most important semi-precious stones found in Namibia. The major deposits of these semi-precious stones... topaz and turquoise. An extensive deposit of amethyst occurs in quartz-calcite veins in rocks of the...Sequence yielded major amounts of gem quality amethyst and agate. Chrysocolla and dioptase are recovered |  | | Book | | AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 . :~~..,-::__ ::...,.;_...Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand...Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains The RossingMountains The Central Escarpment- The ...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | specimens, and he purchased several large Brazilian amethyst geodes, many quartzes, fluorites, pegmatite gem...octahedral faces (7.2 cm high), Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo region, Namibia. Figure 21. Interpenetrating...octahedra (7.7 cm high), Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo region, Namibia. Figure 32. Green fluorite...rough octahedral corners, Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo region, Namibia. Figure 30. Zoned blue and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | some of these specimens. Localities such as Erongo in Namibia and the Kalahari manganese field in South...Figure 2. Apart from aquamarine, the Erongo Mountains in Namibia have also produced some of the best and...purists may argue that the Okorusu mine trumps Erongo with respect to fluorite. Color-zoned green crystals...heliodor-aquamarine) on schorl, 9.5 cm. The Erongo Mountains north of Karibib in Namibia have produced the finest aquamarines...aquamarines in the region. Through the years several color variants have emerged; this specimen is one |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | KèshĂkètĂŠ 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...(in German) or KruĹĄnĂŠ Hory (Czech), the Ore Mountains region that straddles the border between Germany |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | minerals, particularly certain species from Tsumeb in Namibia and the Kalahari manganese field in South Africa...shown here for the first time. Examples are from Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. All the... Reproduced with permission Reproduced with permission Namibia Reproduced with permission Reproduced with permission...mine is located close to the southern border of Namibia and South Africa and has produced outstanding specimens...permission Figure 4. The Okorusu fluorite mine in Namibia was arguably the source of the countryâs finest |  | | Journal (issue) | | Variety 48 Green Dragon Mine â Demantoid from Namibia Branding Signature Colors Design Focus âOrnamentalâ...considered to be âpreciousâ as well, such as quartz, amethyst, aquamarine, jet, onyx and garnet among others...luxury goods manufacturersâ industry foundation. By region, the study indicated that the U.S. luxury market...remains dynamic, but still poised to slow. The region is expected to grow between -2% to 0% (at constant...of 7% to 9% (at constant exchange rates) for the region. Mainland China is also rebounding, as local consumers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | September/October: Silver crystals, Bachelor mine, Amethyst vein system, Mineral County, Colorado; Dave Bunk...162 Almandine, British Columbia, 32; Nunavut, 31 Amethyst, British Columbia, 39; Nova Scotia, 39; Ontario...124â32 Bahmann, U., Raspite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, 272â74 Baileychlore, 319 Bailey, D. G...326â30 C Cairncross, B., Raspite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, 272â74 Calaverite, Cripple Creek, Colorado...146â50 Collectorâs Note, Raspite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, B. Cairncross, H. Van Niekerk, C. Reineke |  | | Journal (issue) | | very nice, single, sceptered quartz crystals with amethyst heads up to 23/g inches (6 cm) long. These crystals...either went out of business or shifted to Brazilian Amethyst. Today it is far from as bad-and good-as it used...brought something else. During my latest trip to Namibia in May I heard of a remarkable find of aquamarine...black tourmaline from the "Erongo Mountains'' (i.e., Kubusis north of Karibib), vanishing under my nose...Mine (Cunningham Gulch) around 19845. The Ortiz mountains and mine are just a few miles north of the San |  | | Catalog/List | | the Tsumeb Mine (as well as other mines of the region) were still in production in the 1970s. You will...village near the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains, in South Africa. His love of rock climbing soon...an exciting trip by Land Rover into the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho (formerly Basutoland) to visit the...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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hemimorphite from Congo ⢠Jeremejevite from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia ⢠New morganite mine in Madagascar ⢠Namibian...encountered in Namibia ⢠Plastic and steel pearl imitations ⢠Gem cutting factories in Namibia ⢠Conference...states were transported by glaciers from a specific region in Canada (the James Bay Lowland; figure 3). Isolated...(Kennady Lake); (14) Dry Bones Bay; (15) Birch Mountains; (16) Buffalo Hills; (17) Mountain Lake ultrabasic...âIndicator lakeâ; (30) Otish Mountains; (31) Wemindji; (32) Torngat Mountains aillikite dikes; (33) Saglek |  | | Journal (issue) | | Thirty-three, Number Four Articles Jeremejevite from Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...District (AZ), Goldschmidt $12 v.21/#3 American Amethyst Localities, Terlingua, Davis Hill, Edgarbaileyite...22/#6 Wagholi cavansite (India), Kombat mine (Namibia), Madan mines (Bulg.),Beltana mine $12 v.23/#1...Seravezza Marble (Italy) $12 v.27/#2 Onganja mine (Namibia), Lac Nicolet mine (Quebec), Afghanite $12 v.27/#3...Platinum (Russia), District! Special Otavi Mtn. Land (Namibia), OUT SOLD Issue $12 Repair & Restoration $12 v |  | | Journal (issue) | | located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains in the Manyara Region, about 70 km southeast of the town...2023 5 Figure 3. Amethyst crystal group, 11 cm, from the Goboboseb Mountains, about 35 miles west...of the town of Brandberg, Daures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia. The occurrence was discovered in...JanuaryâFebruary, 2023 19 Figure 17. Calcite on amethyst, 9.4 cm, from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Will...Reference: Menezes (2009). Figure 26. Calcite on amethyst, 14 cm, from Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul |  | | Journal (issue) | | mine, Ruoqiang County, Bayinguoling Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, China. Ken Donn photo. Azurite ârose...Scovil photo. Prehnite, 13 cm, from Sandare, Kayes Region, Mali. Jeff Scovil photo. 10 Supplement to The...on chrysocolla, 13 cm, from Inca de Oro, Atacama region, Chile. Jeff Scovil photo. Smithsonite, 17 cm...Mottramite, 14 cm, from the Tsumeb mine, Oshikoto region, Namibia. Jeff Scovil photo. Goethite, 18 cm, from...from Marshall Sussman; Jean des Rivières photo. Amethyst, 11 cm, from Piedra Parada, Las Vigas de Ramirez |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ca' Bernardi and Perticara mines in the Marches Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare...grew over the years, especially on trips to the mountains, particularly to Mont Blanc and Mount Rosa. We...to 2 cm), from Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo region, Namibia. Roberto Appiani photo. BERYL...(with crystals to 5 cm), from the Erongo Mountains, Erongo region, Namibia. Roberto Appiani photo. 38 ...2011 DORI & MAURIZIO CASAZZA QUARTZ (variety amethyst) 19 cm (with crystals to 7 cm), from Las Vigas |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 73:378-99. POCKET PARAGENESIS OFTHE ERONGO PEGMATITES, NAMIBIA. R. M. Gentryâ, M. A. W i d , and R....Place, Alexandria, VA 22304. The Erongo Mountains, located in western Namibia, is an area of recent mining...mineralogically simple pegmatites hosted by the Erongo Granite. A suite of minerals acquired from the...late-stage crystallization of quartz crystals (e.g., amethyst scepters and fine-grained clear quartz) is evident...form in the pocket. The pocket assemblages of the Erongo pegmatites suggest the following chemical features |  | | Journal (issue) | | worldwide. However, most of the interest in this region lies in commercial amazonite collecting; very few...1969) is the well-accepted cause of the color in amethyst, and is consistent with the presence of Fe-oxides...582-586. Kile, D.E. (2019). Mineralogy of the amethyst mines in the Thunder Bay area, Thunder Bay, Ontario... 14 Recent Mineral Collecting Experiences in Namibia By Rich Blackman I have been fortunate to have...wildlife. These travels have included the country of Namibia that is in the southwestern corner of Africa, bordering |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | displays a great deal of competence at her craft. Namibia, her native country, produces a wealth of colorful...MINERALS Figure 1. Amethyst scepter on hematoid quartz âstak,ââ Orange River, Namibia; colored pencil;... Aquamarine on feldspar with schorl, Erongo Mountains, Namibia; colored pencil; 5"X 8". Figure 2. Windowed...Windowed smoky quartz, Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia; colored pencil; 8" X 11". Figure 5. Dioptase on...Omaue mine, Namibia; colored pencil; 8" X 11". Figure 3. Hematoid quartz, Orange River, Namibia; colored |  | | Journal (issue) | | our way out to the Gobobosebberge (Goboboseb Mountains) south of the Brandberg Mountai n, west of Uis...with a variety of minerals, including quartz (amethyst), prehnite, calcite, epidote, elc. Ras Greefs...number of quartz crystals, some of which were amethyst. and a few small specimens of prehnite, (fig....10 cm. with 6 cm. Aquamarine Crystal, Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Author's collection. Stan Taylor photo...Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia. Author's collection. Fig. 1: Ras Greeff Claim, Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia |  | | Book | | Republic, 6 cm). Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). 6 section devoted to the display of...in groups 8â12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...bonded substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...Fluorite showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure...(left, 6 cm) and grossular garnet (both from Kayes region, Mali); (C) grossular (Jeffrey mine, Canada, 5 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of gemmy, zoned amethyst crystals, and a new area was found in the Erongo Mountains for schorl, aquamarine...mobrned the closing of the incredible Tsumeb mine in Namibia, but there is hope for the future. Ian Bruce of |  | | Journal (issue) | | com We were looking over the area NW of the Erongo Mountains, which is a primitive bush area with numerous...quartz, 11 x 5 cm. 20 km NE of Tubusis, Erongo Province, Namibia. Author's collection. (Cont inues on...artisanal diggers mine, 20 km NE of Tubusis, Erongo Province, Namibia. Author's photograph. Fig.2: Looking...artisanal miners have produced NE of Tubusis, Erongo Province, Namibia. Author's photograph. . . . ..,. ...collection. x 3 cm. 20 km NE of Tubusis, Erongo Province, Namibia. Author's These diggers apparently had | | | Book | | Republic, 6 cm). 6 by Figure 1.2 Halite crystals (Namibia, 5.8 cm). section devoted to the display of such...in groups 8-12, show marked deviation. In this region of the Periodic Table, electronegativity increases...substances, the electrons are confined to the region between the nuclei of the bonded atoms and they...Fluorite showing stepped, cubic crystal faces (Erongo, Namibia, 5.8 cm). hence occurs less commonly. Figure...(left, 6 cm) and grossular garnet (both from Kayes region, Mali); (C) grossular (Jeffrey mine, Canada, 5 |  | | Journal (issue) | | the high mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Minas Gerais in Brazil; Mozambique and Namibia in Africa;...source of some amazing gem material. --.In fact, the region was one of the world's leading sources of gem tourmaline...(emeralds may be found in the exometasomatic contact region of some pegmatites with mafic country rocks), most...aquamarine and topaz crystals from the Erongo pegrnatites, Namibia. Figure 7 (right). Gem-quality elbaite...anatectic melts segregate and accumulate in the source region, ascend rapidly, and are emplaced quickly into |
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Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia