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Azurite from
Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:786276
Long-form Identifier:1:3:786276:2
GUID (UUID V4):77cd8472-689b-4d7d-b43d-1236da34f4c9
Localities for Azurite in this Region
Uis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
1.7km (1.1 miles) Uis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
77.7km (48.3 miles) Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...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...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275... Encyclopedia of the Mineralsof Namibia 443 Meteorites in Namibia Bibliography Index Photo credits
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today are preny fami liar with specimens from Namibia. Tsumeb produced many world class specimens for...specimens that came out during the 201h century. The Erongo Mountains beca111e well known to collectors during...century and 111ore recently the Kaokoveld area in NW Namibia has received a lot of attention for its spectacular...minerals. What may not be so well known is that Namibia is a mineral rich country with mines scattered...Africa during the past 20 years, in particular, Namibia. He has been after us to make the journey over
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
student and had managed to find a summer job in Namibia. The geologist in charge of our camp was an ardent...home to South Africa with a few specimens from Namibia. I couldn’t tell a dioptase from a cerussite at...specimens, all from Tsumeb-a mimetite, dioptase, azurite, and cerussite. I still have them in my collection...contributions he had made to the mineralogy of Namibia. When Tsumeb was at its zenith (for some), Sid...visiting mineral dealer and collector had to see in Namibia. From relatively humble beginnings in the hotel
Field Trip Notes
the Geological Society & Geological Survey of Namibia II I -· --· ...... ----·----, Editor: M. Niall...the Geological Society & Geological Survey of Namibia -- - -- .. --- ----• • ·- •• -1 · ~. ,. :...DAMARA OROGEN G.LC. Schneider Geological Survey or Namibia, P O Box 2168, Windhoek 1.0 Day 1 - Monday, 22...Company - Uis 5.4 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch at Uis 5.5 14:00 - 17:00 Uis Tin Mine 5.6 Overnight: Uis 32 32 33...Day 6- Saturday, 27 August 1994 6.1 08:00 - 10:00 Uis - Spitzkoppe 6.2 10:00 - 11:30 African Granite Quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Desert Copper Valley, Khorixas District and Region, Namibia Department of Geology University of Johannesburg...Figure 1. The Namib Desert in the Sossusvlei area, Namibia. Bruce Cairncross photo (2017). N AMIBITE, Cu(BiO)...Mesopotamia located in Copper Valley in northwestern Namibia (von Knorring and Sahama 1981) where it occurs...khorixasite, and quartz. Since its discovery in Namibia, namibite has been found in other global localities...3). Several small copper deposits occur in this region where copper-mineralized quartz veins intersect
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...ONE MINERALS 57001 Azurite Level 8, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia If the attachment point
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........................pg. 3 Actinolite from Namibia by Justin Zzyzx .................................we bring you eleven articles about locations in Namibia that do not receive much publicity. It is easy...deposits such as Tsumeb, the Brandberg region and the Erongo Mountains. Alpine clefts, huge soda can...Mountains, located in the southwestern part of central Namibia. The Gamsberg Mountain is the most important landmark...Fluorapatite Fluorapatite is quite rare from the region but can be found as complex, colorless crystals
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werner@lcturbonet.com We were looking over the area NW of the Erongo Mountains, which is a primitive bush area with...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 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
Journal (issue)
Thirty-three, Number Four Articles Jeremejevite from Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...(Zaire), Fat Jack mine (AZ), Monitor-Mogul (NV), azurite, Scandinavia $12 v.22/#2 Mezica mine (Yugoslavia)...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
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Connecticut. Ponland. Case, 33- 1 7 p Be,yl· Namibia. Eron go. 33- IO I p Be1alomonosov11e· Russia....Carlsoni1c USA. Ohio. Milan. 3'- 11.14 Cassllen1e. Namibia. U,s 1in. 33-8: 10 p Cnya lsil< Norwar. 1'.ordland...33-2·9 p Emmcnch11e Gcnnany. Rhcinland-Pfalz., Eifcl region. Gcrols1ein. Ro1her kopf. 33-1 0 · 10 Engelhaup111c·...s1an. Dara-i-P,oz. 33-4 14 L,pscomblle f\:anubrn Erongo. Tubusis 33-9 3 p Lllh1ophori1c USA. Ne,-ada. 'ye... While Pme. Minerva. Onole. 33-6 5 p Prchni1e Namibia. Goboboseb Mountains. 33- 10 ·2 p Pyrite. USA.
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Figure 1 Headframe of the De Wet Shaft, Tsumeb 1 Namibia Handbook (Footprint) p324 -7- SMLS Journal 176...find? We knew there had been a recent find of azurite nodules but would there be any cerussite, duftite...and diversity of mineral resources throughout Namibia. Although widely ranging and distributed, a large...f--f fo.r.,.[1:- IO k,..,, Very few areas in Namibia reveal rocks of the original basement complex,...plans but were also able to inspect the trays of azurite nodules that had been discovered while extending
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leucogranites (SLGs) of the Jo ur Damara Belt, Namibia, although coeval, are variably mineralized and...1979; Kontak and Kyser 2009). The Damara Belt of Namibia provides an ideal na setting in which to study...Geology The northeast-trending Damara Belt in Namibia forms part of the Neoproterozoic Damara Orogen...and south-trending Gariep Belts in Swakopmund, Namibia, which together record successive phases of rifting...SMZ to the CZ, as well as from the interior of Namibia towards the coast (Kinnaird and Nex, 2007), such
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Lee from SMLS, delayed his fishing holiday to Namibia for a day (yes - FISHING!!) in order to give a...gemmy dioptase on calcite from the Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. Many thanks to SMLS members, Show dealers, exhibitors...knack of always choosing the wrong queue. Even in Namibia my judgement was as consistent as ever with the... including dinosaurs, which could be found in Namibia. We could not leave without a quick look at some...2002 Figure 2 Permission to collect REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA l'vnNISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY NON EXCLUSIVE PROSPECTING
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
Report (issue)
Geological Survey of Namibia) MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA Director: B.G. Ho...Ho al BULLETIN 1 Type mineralogy of Namibia by Vaughan C. Daltry Editor: Clare Kennedy Galloway Obtainable...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)...Twenty-three (23) unnamed phases are also listed. Namibia ranks second to Zaire as the most productive African
Journal (issue)
the largest stream in an otherwise arid mountain region. By 1867, approximately $1.5 million in gold had...description can be given here. The mineralized region around Butte, Montana, measures about 12 km east-west...the Peripheral Zone were marked by malachite and azurite staining, as well as extensive manganese oxide...Allophane Alunite Anglesite Arsenolite Autunite Azurite Beraunite Boehmite Brochantite Calcite Cerussite...Zeihen, oral communication, 2000). Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Azurite is an uncommon mineral at Butte, because
Report (issue)
MINISTRY OF MINES Al'TD ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA -jl i 1990 ,.1 Open File Report :MRS 09 -~I...MINISTRY OF MINES AND ENERGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NAMIBIA 1990 Open File Report MRS 09 2 Abstract A number...number of fluorite deposits occur in Namibia. These belong to the replacement-, vein- and breccia pipe...distributed in various types of deposits throughout Namibia (Figure 1), only a few have so far been exploited...the Otjionamewa area some 25 km northeast of the Uis Tin Mine in Damaraland. Remains of a concentration
Journal (issue)
and mine operator in South West Africa (later Namibia) in the late I 920s. It was found about 23 miles...added). Just what I thought! ulNI:" AnadioiR" - Namibia kV:211.0 Tilt:0.0 T~ f'S : 153 1..-c : ,0 Del... ~~c::!v' U!S~~c::z ~"'-"= .,.,,.......,__= UIS SEll)Cll1Rl.12C2 """""'°"'.,_..., z nm.Si02 S:::02...Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania. It occurs sporadically as metallic dark...Tanzanite Deposit, Lelatema Mountains, Manyara Region, Tanzania. Minerals 2016, 6(4), 115. 9---Kampf
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Urgestein aus dem Erzgebirge • Neuigkeiten aus Namibia • Mineralien vom Morro da Mina, Brasilien • Museum...die USA erreicht hat... meint Ihr Rainer Bode Namibia - was gibt es Neues? 4 Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines -...Flach 68 Neue Mineralien 76 Neuigkeiten aus Namibia 80 ACHAT-MAGAZIN Buchtipp 87 Sammler-Großcabochons...Jahre die Geschichte der Stadt Freiberg und der Region beeinflusst: Um 1168 wurde die große Lagerstätte... Mineralien-Welt 4/ 2012 3 Kurz & Fündig Namibia - was gibt es Neues? - Zur aktuellen Situation
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over rough terrain in three 4 x 4 vehicles in Namibia in July. We slept above the ground on camp beds.................................. LANZAROTE TO NAMIBIA: Olivine to Shattuckite Plus our advert appeared...were organised , one to Lanzarote the other to Namibia in south-west Africa. Lanzarote is well known to...world: Hungary, Romania, France, Russia, India, Namibia, Madagascar and China... not to mention specialists...the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Windhoek, Namibia and apart from studying or working in Cuba, Czechoslavakia
Book (edition)
cover photograph, vanadinite pp. 6-7, gold p. 73, azurite and malachite p. 86; A.C.G. Hutchings, Cape Town...A splendid specimen of wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia Half-title: Quartz, Nababeep Opposite: Mimetite...Overleaf: Crystalline incrustations of vanadinite, Namibia Contents Acknowledgements 6 Author’s Preface...attached list of working mines. The geological map of Namibia which shows the mines and also farm boundaries...Goodhousc on the Orange River cast of Vioolsdrif. In Namibia amethyst can be found north-east of Otjiwarongo
Catalog/List
whiteite-Mn, good wardite) 81B10 ANGLESITE, Tsumeb, Namibia, Superb miniature (2 x 3 cm) with one excellent...lot 81B40 SCHNEIDERHOEHNITE, Fe 8As o , Tsumeb, Namibia. Pure black highly lusterous 10 23 pieces (a) (2...crystals (a) .•. $250.00 81B43 SCHAURTEITE, Tsumeb, Namibia. Pure white flakes of Schaurteite (a) (2 x 2 mm)...••• $25.00 81B46 Leiteite, ZnAs20 4 , Tsumeb, Namibia, pure pearly-white flakes of leiteite. (a) (2 x...(2-3 rmn for m/m) $7.50 (b) (4-5 rmn) $10.00 81B72 UIS UEITE, (an asphaltum), Cerro de Pasco, Peru. (a)
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during...medium-submetallic luster (Jahn et al., 2003). NAMIBIA [SOUTH-WEST AFRICA] Erongo Mountains, Damaraland. The igneous...igneous rocks of the 30 km-wide Erongo Mountains upland, 20 km north of Usakos, are shot through with complex
Book (edition)
Left: Internal reflections of hematite (red), azurite (blue), and malachite (green). Common Habit Many...bornitechalcocite/covellite-tenorite and/or malachite plus azurite; native copper and cuprite are less common in this...8 dark grey; 8 Mineral yes Högbomite yes Azurite Barite Yukonite yes Chamosite dark grey; 7 ...of Cu sulfide deposits, • meteorites not known Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Domeykite, Fe-oxides...Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL If marked in description
 
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