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Microlite Group from
Homestead pegmatite, Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Microlite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n
Comments:Secondary microlite, forming pink veins in tantalite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microlite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Homestead pegmatite, Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:530821
Long-form Identifier:1:3:530821:7
GUID (UUID V4):f90cda81-9660-426c-b0c8-6428e20174bd
Nearest other occurrences of Microlite Group
0.5km (0.3 miles) White City pegmatites, Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
7.6km (4.7 miles) Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
93.3km (58.0 miles) Kokerboomrand pegmatite, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Neoproterozoic (1000-542 Ma) TE 4.3.1. Kibara Belt (east-central Africa) 4.3.1.1. Radiometric data CE P...(western Zimbabwe) 4.3.3. Orange River Pegmatite Belt (Namibia, South Africa) AC 4.3.3.1. Radiometric...Radiometric data 4.4.3.2. Mineralogy 4.4.4. Damara Belt (Namibia) 4.4.4.1. Radiometric data 2 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT...Mineralogy NU 5. Mineral chemistry of columbite-tantalite, tapiolite, wodginite and ixiolite in African...3.2. Kamativi Schist Belt 5.3.3. Orange River Pegmatite Belt 5.4. Late Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic
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carbonatites and peralkaline igneous rocks. Columbite-group minerals (CGM) account for the majority of the current...the Jos Plateau (Nigeria); Ÿ Mn-rich columbite-tantalite is typical of the Alto Ligonha Province (Mozambique)...Shield (Egypt, Ethiopia) and the Tantalite Valley pegmatites (southern Namibia) and Ÿ Large compositional variations...Nigeria and many pegmatites in the Damara Belt of Namibia. Trace element concentrations in CGM and other...Fetherston, 2004; Melcher et al., 2015). Central-East African countries have an almost 100-year-long history
 
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