| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Fluorapatite |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3F |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Cyrilovite | ⓘ2 photos of Fluorapatite associated with Cyrilovite at this locality. |
| Montgomeryite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Montgomeryite at this locality. |
| Whitlockite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Whitlockite at this locality. |
| Robertsite | ⓘ1 photo of Fluorapatite associated with Robertsite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorapatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sandamap pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (8 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 465841 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:465841:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | adad91da-8dcf-4d7f-8046-14ae36957f10 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite |
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| 37.5km (23.3 miles) | ⓘVan der Made pegmatite, Schlucht Farm 162, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 62.7km (39.0 miles) | ⓘNeuschwaben Farm 73 (Neu Schwaben), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 71.5km (44.4 miles) | ⓘRubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 72.9km (45.3 miles) | ⓘRössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 83.8km (52.1 miles) | ⓘOtjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 87.1km (54.1 miles) | ⓘUis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 87.4km (54.3 miles) | ⓘKrantzberg Mine, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 88.5km (55.0 miles) | ⓘUis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
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 | | Book | | Twyfelfontein 7 AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree ...station Garub near Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 ....Minerallocalities The North TsumebSpecial The Otavi Mountainland The Central Northern to Northwest Region including...Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains The RossingMountains The Central Escarpment-...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275 |  | | Report (issue) | | in complex granite pegmatites; crosscutting fluorapatite nodules in black shale; replacing fossil wood;...aluminian strengite, diadochite, ferrostrunzite, fluorapatite (Bethel Church, Indiana, USA); rockbridgeite...In Namibia, from the Tsaobismund pegmatite, 60 km south of Karibib, and in the Sandamap pegmatite, west...Ambatofindrahana, Madagascar. From the Sapucaia pegmatite mine, about 50 km east-southeast of Governador...Brazil. In the USA, at the Palermo #1 mine, near North Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; from near Bethel |  | | 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 |
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Sandamap pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia