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Microcline from
Davib Mine, Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorlⓘ1 photo of Microcline associated with Schorl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Davib Mine, Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:672580
Long-form Identifier:1:3:672580:8
GUID (UUID V4):0691e4ae-06b5-499c-91f0-4aa8c2b1e630
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘSidney pegmatite, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.4km (8.9 miles) ⓘVan der Made pegmatite, Schlucht Farm 162, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘSandamap pegmatite, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dñures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
36.2km (22.5 miles) ⓘGroot Spitzkopje (Groot Spitskopje; Große Spitzkoppe; Gross Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, Dñures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
42.8km (26.6 miles) ⓘGiftkuppe, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
51.2km (31.8 miles) ⓘKlein Spitzkopje granite stock (Kleine Spitzkoppe; Klein Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, Dñures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘStiepelmann Mine, Klein Spitzkopje granite stock (Kleine Spitzkoppe; Klein Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, Dñures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘRubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
84.4km (52.4 miles) ⓘThree Aloes Mine, Uis pegmatites, Uis, Dñures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
92.3km (57.4 miles) ⓘUis Pegmatites, Uis, Dñures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
SURVEY NAMIBIA 1990 Open File Report MRS 12 2 Abstract Niobium-tantalum mineralisation in Namibia occurs...by-products of Tin-mining operations in central Namibia (Uis, Nainais, De Rust). Prominent niobium-tantalum...pegmatites occur in the Tantalite Valley in southern Namibia and have been mined for a long time on a small...2.2.3.7 Pistelwitz pegmatites 2.2.4 Sandamap - Erongo pegmatite belt 2.2.4.1 Gossow pegmatites 2.2.4...4.5 Davib pegmatites 2.2 4.6 Davib West pegmatites 2.2.4.7 Pietershill pegmatites 2.2.4.8 Davib South
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...important assignment at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. His supervisor was Johannes Vaes (1902–1978). Gilbert...Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Tsumeb, Southwest Africa (Namibia). He had a mini-van-like truck loaded with minerals
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...Introduction Since the German colonial period Namibia has been well known for the occurrence of semiprecious...throughout Namibia. 1. AMAZONITE The most important occurrences of amazonite in Namibia are those in
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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 ....Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
358.18(4) Å3, P21/a, and Z = 4, from the Sauberg mine, Morgenröther Zug, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany, have...Myanmar; Yichung, China; Brazil; and probably Erongo, Namibia. The pegmatites at Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany...00/DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2943 minerals found in the region of the Mogok Stone Tract has led to further visits...mining, has also yielded beryl, cassiterite, microcline, topaz, fluorite, spessartine, and rhodochrosite...herderite specimen from the type locality in an Sn mine associated with greisen and late Variscan granites
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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)
Wet Shaft, Tsumeb mine (photograph by Dr Gabi Schneider, Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry...the Geological Survey P.O. Box 2168, Windhoek, Namibia Price Local (+GST) Abroad (Post Free) R20.00 R25... ______ ........ Abstract The type mineralogy of Namibia is reviewed. One hundred and thirty-nine (139)...mineral names are presented, comprising sixty-one (61) valid and seventy-eight (78) conventional non-valid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/loi/tigr20 The Sandamap Noord Gold Prospect, Central Namibia: Discovery of a New Style of Turbidite-Hosted Gold...(1993) The Sandamap Noord Gold Prospect, Central Namibia: Discovery of a New Style of Turbidite-Hosted Gold...reserved. The Sandamap Noord Gold Prospect, Central Namibia: Discovery of a New Style of Turbidite-Hosted Gold...element pegmatite dome on the farm Sandamap Noord, west of Usakos, central Namibia. Au/As fluids either mobilized...late-/post-tectonic uraniferous alaskites at the Rossing Uranium Mine. The mineralization on Sandamap Noord shows certain
Show/Event (guide)
Frederick A. Canfield 4 4 Minerals from the Erongo Mountain, Namibia by Georg Gebhard 6 3 We warmly welcome...t i o n s on carrollite from the Kamoya South II mine, Democratic Republic of Congo byR. L. Mown 2:00...kulanite and phosphophyllite from the Palermo #1 mine, North Groton, New Hampshire bill. W Nizamoff R...Carrollite crystals f r o m the Kamoya South I I Mine, Katanga, DRC, have pronounced facial striations...(`1200 specimens). A s part of a new initiative to "mine" this resource for both educational and research
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(in %): 1960 output Nb 98.5 Ta N Placers 1.2 61 Pegmatites 0.1 39 Granites 0.2 N Carbonatites...Up to 100g/t of columbite-tantalite wasfoundin microcline-oligoclase granites in the Congo (6). At the...Intermediate (Sui-chung), Soniana, Sangua Sandemap, Davib, Tabba-tabba Devil's Hole, Bigger R., Meyer's...Kabba Erongo, Sandemap, Davib S., Omaruru Antsakoa, Inner Yellowknife-Beaulieu Gossow's Davib Intermediate...Andriamena (red biotite). Zinnwaldite occursin the Erongo Schluchtand at Morefield,lepidoliteat Friihbus
Report (issue)
Yellow: Heliodor and Golden Beryl Michael Wise Page 61 The Mysterious Golden Water of Tajikistan Dmitriy...crystal weighed 455 kilograms. 2m: The Queen Anne mine in Zimbabwe has produced crystals up to 2 meters...pegmatites, beryl is associated with quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, biotite, ferrocolumbite,...surprise. In 1997, Gary and Mary Freeman began to mine the Orchard pit, a then insignificant pegmatite...nothing more of interest seemed to come out of the region until November 2002, when people from around Mandrosonoro
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. ‱ 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: ‱ 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office
Journal (issue)
Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection; Jordan Root photo...row, from left: Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalå mine, Guavió-Guatéque mining district, Boyacå Department...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The...Spodumene (variety kunzite), 9 cm, from the Urucum mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gus & Jane Eifler
Journal (issue)
Thirty-three, Number Four Articles Jeremejevite from Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Johnston & E. R. Swoboda Sulfur from the Perticara mine area, Pesaro-Urbino, Italy . . . . . . . . . . ...Pezzotta Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassy mine, Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... John Sinkankas (1915–2002) at the Pala Properties Mine Bash, 1977. Van Pelt photo. NOTICE Died, John Sinkankas...who in minerals: John Sinkankas.” Rocks & Minerals, 61 (1), 28–31; and D. Leicht (1971) “Personality sketch:
Report (issue)
5371-2-7 Printed in Germany Above: Schor! and microcline from Pakistan's world famous Gilgit area. The...elbaite crystals with lepidolite from the Golconda Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil by Eberhard Equit, 1993...circa 1910 view of the old mine portal on the north side of the Himalaya Mine in San Diego County, CA....suspicion is, at present, unfounded. The Bower Powers Farm in Pierrepont, New York has been the source of fine...the Sludyanka complex in the southern Lake Baikal region of Russia. Six New Species Today, this team has
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SMLS Chair 2022 Botallackite (Xtals 3mm) Bunmahon Mine, Copper Coast, Eire. Photo:John Hall CONTENTS...Goanikontes Claim, Araandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE, 15mm crystal...many overseas field trips; to Europe, Siberia, Namibia, the USA & Canada and the Faroe Islands. Practical...to descend the hydraulic shaft in the Smallcleugh Mine and we bought an inflatable dinghy so we could land...had found. Photo 3. Chalcanthite (7cm). Nangiles mine, Cornwall. Whilst at school in Cornwall I was fortunate
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was a site on what was known in 1887 as the Yale Farm, about two miles northeast of the town of Litchfield...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Springfield show ( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's...property of, the old Madawaska uranium mine (called the Faraday mine before 1964). The mineral assemblage...consists of ilmenite. magnetite, anatase, biotite, microcline and minor fluorapatite (Robinson and Chamberlain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
also contains abundant mineral resources [28]. The region is characterized by exposed shallow-marine clastic...form the principal geological framework of the region, among which the Chenzhou-Shaoyang Fault and the...vertical zones from the base to the top: albite-microcline granite zone, albite granite zone, greisen zone... 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 16 of 17 Liu, Y.S.; Hu, Z.C.; Gao...Mclver, J.R.; Mihalik, P. Stannian andradite from “Davib Ost”, South West Africa. Can. Mineral. 1975, 13, 217–221
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Symposium on Garnet (chairman: K. J. Wenrich) 24:61-68 Abstracts of the 15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
Journal (issue)
presque toutes signĂ© la pĂ©tition pour sauver la mine de La Gardette, l'imagination des enquĂȘteurs et...rĂ©coltaient en rĂ©alitĂ© des minĂ©raux dans une ancienne mine abandonnĂ©e. Lors du jugement au tribunal de Mende...FrĂ©dĂ©ric Delporte - delportejrederic@wanadoojr L "mine" dite de la Gardette se situe sur la commune e Villard-Notre-Dame...vers 1 290 mĂštres d'altitude. Nous mettons le terme mine entre guillemets, l'histoire du site expliquera...l'or sont prĂ©sentĂ©s Ă  M. Binelli, directeur de la mine des Chalanches (dĂ©couverte en 1767) et de la fonderie
Journal (issue)
Pandaite ‱ copper arsenic sulfide ‱ Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T aiw an ‱ 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2...7 .5 0 to $ 2 5 .0 0 3 / 8 " long on gossan. M ost specimens show J apan law twins some d a m a g...distributed at shows literature about the clubs in the region represented by the show? When most of the school-age...great sepcimens from Fairfield, Utah; M am m o th mine, Ariz.; Pala, Cal. tourmalines; magnificent epidotes...spent going through the Fairfield and M a m m o th mine stocks, and coming up with wardite, gordonite, englishite
Report (issue)
cm tall andradite on hematite is from the Wessels Mine near Hotazel in northern Cape Province, South Africa...Cover: Grossular on diopside; 7.1 cm tall Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Richmond County, Quebec, Canada Paul...Spessartine, schorl, and a/bite from the Little Three Mine in San Diego County, California; 6. 6 cm tall; Bryant...Mountains, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tajilalet Region, Morocco; the large, central crystal is 4 mm wide...metamorphic uranium-vanadium deposit of the Sandy Mine in the Laguna District, New Mexico, is the type
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...D(.= 1.15, IXA 03. Srebrodol’skh, 1975. Am. Min. 61 (1976), 338 (Abst.). Achavalite, FeSe, @ Hex. Metallic...Friedel, 1866. Acta Cryst. B34 (1978), 715. Am. Min. 61 (1976), 979. See also Eveite, Olivenite, Paradamite...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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prolonged period of time in any one particular region. The reason for this is unknown, but it may relate...high background of tin values in most rocks in the region and a younger time period during which Sn-skarns...sample of boron-rich Sn-skarn in the El'Hamman region, Morocco (Sonnet, 1979). The primary ("reactive")...on a larger scale also occurs in the Old Hickory Mine, Beaver County, Utah, U.S.A. (Hobbs,1945). Here...silicate —â–ș mica + quartz —* topaz + fluorite —* microcline + tourmaline quartz + fluorite (Shcherba, 1970)
 
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