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Calcite from
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Prehnite103 photos of Calcite associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Quartz67 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Amethyst50 photos of Calcite associated with Amethyst at this locality.
Epidote12 photos of Calcite associated with Epidote at this locality.
Hematite11 photos of Calcite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Analcime5 photos of Calcite associated with Analcime at this locality.
Baryte4 photos of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Heulandite Subgroup4 photos of Calcite associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality.
Siderite3 photos of Calcite associated with Siderite at this locality.
Smoky Quartz3 photos of Calcite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:883318
Long-form Identifier:1:3:883318:1
GUID (UUID V4):e5a8c5e9-3c6a-484d-b6a7-6256b24ffead
Localities for Calcite in this Region
Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
3.7km (2.3 miles) Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
22.8km (14.2 miles) Brandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
28.4km (17.6 miles) Messum Crater, Messum Igneous Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
58.7km (36.5 miles) Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
58.9km (36.6 miles) Uis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
79.9km (49.7 miles) Ais (Ais Dome), Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
85.0km (52.8 miles) Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
85.2km (52.9 miles) Petrified Forest National Monument, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia
90.2km (56.0 miles) Lofdal-Bergville REE deposit, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 22:02 07 January 2015 Goboboseb Mountains Brandberg Region, Namibia BRUCE CAIRNCROSS Department...collected in the past few decades in the Brandberg region, Namibia. Excellent quartz specimens display a...forms that add to the appeal of specimens from the area. The quartz is well known for its luster, clarity...interest in the minerals of Namibia, particularly from Erongo and the Brandberg region. 442 ROCKS & MINERALS...2001). The Brandberg Mountain is no exception. It is an imposing feature in central Namibia where it is
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AiAiba / farm Anibib 136 8 Grosse Spitzkoppe, Erongo 9 , .,/, loringa tree . Khomas Highland...Aus Nature conservation, Erongo 16 Welwitschia, Goboboseb Mountains 17 . :~~..,-::__ ::...,.;_...Northwest Region including Damaraland The Central Namib Desertand Escarpment The Spitzkoppen The Erongo Mountains...The Central Escarpment- The Nauchas-Gamsberg-Hakos Area West and South of Rehoboth The Central and South-CentralDeposits...Copper Deposits The South The Pegmatitesin Central Namibia Luderitz and the Diamonds 44 49 241 254 272 275
Report (issue)
variety amethyst, 10.5 cm tall Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia Scott Rudolph collection, Jeff...important amethyst source emerged in the Auvergne region in south-central France, approximately corresponding...scepters Onyang, South Korea Nekemte, Ethiopia Brandberg, Namibia Cavities in iron-skams up to and exceeding...drinking water reservoirs in the world, covers an area of about 1 million square kilometers. During the...the southern Atlantic Ocean opened and the coastal area was strongly uplifted to form the Serra Geral and
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Steve Smale specimen. Figure 10. Carrollite with calcite, 4.5 cm high, Kamoya, Katanga, Democratic Republic...9 cm high, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otijikoto region, Namibia; Scott Rudolph specimen. Downloaded by [University...diggings, Bendougou, Arrondissement, Diako, Kayes region, Mali; Demetrius Pohl specimen. Figure 13. Elbaite...Rosasite with calcite and duftite, 6.2 cm high, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region, Namibia; Scott Rudolph...MINERALS Figure 19. Elbaite, 9.5 cm high, Mutala area, Alto Ligonha district, Zambezia Province, Mozambique;
Journal (issue)
way out to the Gobobosebberge (Goboboseb Mountains) south of the Brandberg Mountai n, west of Uis. The Ras...minerals, including quartz (amethyst), prehnite, calcite, epidote, elc. Ras Greefs camp is located o n a...10 cm. with 6 cm. Aquamarine Crystal, Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Author's collection. Stan Taylor photo...specimen is 5 cm., Ras Greeff Claim, Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia. Author's collection. Fig. 1: Ras Greeff...Greeff Claim, Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia. Author's photo. Fig. 5: Ras Greeff Claim, crystal cavity
Journal (issue)
located on the slopes of the Lelatema Mountains in the Manyara Region, about 70 km southeast of the town...the Goboboseb Mountains, about 35 miles west of the town of Brandberg, Daures Constituency, Erongo Region...Region, Namibia. The occurrence was discovered in the early 1950s by Gawie Cloete, an assistant government...government livestock inspector. He returned to the area 30 years later, found a crystal-bearing horizon in...Pohl-Ströher collection; Tom Spann photo. Figure 14. Calcite, 20 cm, from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Will Johnson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STEIN 2-2012 Trip Report Namibia 2009 Av Lennart Borg. Foto: Gunnar Jenssen Namibia har 1,8 miljoner innevånare...resten av ”alla” djur under resan. Vår steintur i Namibia varade i fyra veckor och började när Gunnar, Johannes...passerade vi staden Steinkopf närmast gränsen till Namibia. Där handlade vi mer sten av en mineralletare och...grönsaker som vi skulle använda under ökenturen i Namibia. Våra sten vänner Heinz och Henris bilar har stora...River samt bifloden Fish River och kom fram till Namibia Dag 7 och 8 - upplevde vi en punktering i öknen
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intrusive complexes in the Damaraland of northwest Namibia. Like the Damaraland granites, the Koegel Fontein...latter are prominent in the Damaraland of northwest-Namibia and have been extensively studied (e.g., Harris...formed during the early Cretaceous event south of Namibia, although dolerite dykes of that age (Figure 1)...Unlike the contemporary granitic complexes in Namibia, that of Koegel Fontein is only partly un-roofed...granites in the entire western portion of the map area (de Beer et al., 2002). Partly because its true
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
represented, such as Klein Spitzkoppe, Kombat, Tschudi, Erongo, Onganja, Berg Aukas, Rosh Pinah, the Alto Ligonha...Ligonha district of Mozambique, the Goboboseb Mountains, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite...specimens from the Krantzberg mine close to Omaruru in Namibia—that caught his son’s fancy. During 1964, Desmond...aquamarine on schorl, 2.9 cm, from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia. Figure 3. There are three exceptional...corundum crystals in the Chiredzi region in the Buffalo Mountains of southern Zimbabwe. While employed
Journal (issue)
prospectors into wbat later were named the Weaver Mountains northeast of Yuma. They camped for the night at...crystals and botryoidal malachite in the Big Horn Mountains and azurite from near Tucson in 1855. Other explorers...Establishment in New York. The miner was still living in tbe area 28 years later when Edwin Over paid a visit to the...fine specimens of lemon-yellow wulfenite on white calcite, tbe largest specimen weighing in at 72 pounds...drusy quartz on chrysocolla from the Globe-Miami area; cuprite from the Southwest rnine; azurite and malachite
Journal (issue)
279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin Schofield collection, page 228; Pezzottaite-Jim...collection, page 135. Backcover: (lefl column) Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz...money. lnspired by promotional brochures touting "mountains füll of rich gold and silver ores, sulphurets...pounds. Painting Century Plant in the Big Bend area (1939) by Jerry Bywaters. Courtesy Amon Carter Museum...mines also yielded fine groups of scalenohedral calcite crystals. The Terlingua mercury district, with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Grootberg and Wereldsend quartz latites of Namibia, but the much higher Pb contents of the Namibian...a total volume estimated to exceed 1 Mkm³ and an area greater than 1.2 AC Mkm³ (Peate, 1997). Most of...volcanic rocks occuping approximately 2% of this area. The latter have unusually high temperatures, >1000°C...Polo et al., 2018). In Brazil, where the largest area of silicic volcanic rocks occur, they have been...Lucchetti et al., 2018). ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT In Namibia all of the low-Ti silicic units are interpreted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evidence for the origin of the Brandberg West area Sn–W vein deposits, NW Namibia Received: 3 June 2005 /...Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract The Brandberg West region of NW Namibia is dominated by poly-deformed turbidites...hydrothermal quartz vein-hosted Sn–W mineralization at Brandberg West and numerous nearby smaller deposits. Fluid...quartz suggests that the ore-forming fluids at the Brandberg West mine were CO2-bearing aqueous fluids represented...(quartz–cassiterite), and 444–490°C (quartz–hematite). At Brandberg West, the oxygen isotope ratios of quartz veins
Journal (issue)
the very quickly, initially on the surface of land area of Spain. Maharashtra is the lava flow. Fluid (gas...third largest state, with a surand liquid) vesiface area of 308,000 square kilocles form in meters; it is... India. J. Gajowniczek photo. the Momin Akhada area, there have been three wells that have yielded these...Map of part of Asia showing inserts of the Mumbay area and the location of Momin Akhada near Rahuri. geoning...most recent of these pockets from the Momin Akhada area was discovered in March 2013 and, once again, delivered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
subordinate volcanic rocks and dykes cropping out over an area of about 250 km2. This complex is strictly linked...VC and the coeval Paresis granitoids (Etendeka, Namibia) are evidenced in this paper. The genetic similarities...latites (s.l.) of the Awahab Formation (Etendeka region, Namibia). D 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved...are located in Angola (Marzoli et al., 1999) and Namibia (Etendeka; Ewart et al., 1998a,b, 2004a,b; Thompson...mostly concentrated in the coastal Etendeka region in Namibia (Marsh et al., 2001; Ewart et al., 2004b)
Journal (issue)
Jebel Ouichane, Sagangane, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. Doug Fiske collection; Jordan Root photo...cleavelandite, 4.3 cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan....(“the MAD Group”), formed in 1979, and the Houston Area Mineralogical Society (“the HAMS Group”), formed...collecting group with the same focus as the Houston area group. The dealer community serving advanced mineral...held by private individuals in any geographical area in the Western Hemisphere and probably the world
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
an adventure of a lifetime. Spend two weeks in Namibia, a country of striking scenery, exotic animals...Africa. Namibia’s mineral deposits—Tsumeb, Erongo, Brandberg, Klein Spitzkoppe, and others—are world renowned...felt that additional days should be scheduled in Namibia to offset the time (and expense) spent on the long...fiveday tour of the diamond deposits in the Oranjemund area. After some discussion, the group size was limited...their spouses, and four other friends. Our tour of Namibia and South Africa was now extended for a third week
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Etendeka Volcanism of the Goboboseb Mountains and Messum Igneous Complex, Namibia. Part II: Voluminous Quartz...REVISED TYPESCRIPT ACCEPTED JULY 30, 1997 The Goboboseb–Messum volcanic centre is the source of two voluminous...voluminous silicic eruptive sequences, the Goboboseb quartz latites (Units I–III), and the Springbok quartz...Parana´ suggests eruptive volumes of ~2320 km3 (Goboboseb units) and 6340 km3 (Springbok unit). The latter...the assemblages changing progressively from the Goboboseb unit through to the Springbok unit. Although pyroxene
Report (chapter)
the Basal Etendeka Flood Basalts of northwest Namibia: implications for offshore prospectivity DOUGAL...Basalt stratigraphy in the Huab Basin of northwest Namibia comprises a series of lava flows interleaved with...interbeds, such as the Kudu Gas Field, offshore Namibia (Wickens & McLachlan 1990; Miller 1996). Understanding...Etendeka Flood Basalt stratigraphy of northwest Namibia. It is based on data collected from the Huab outliers...Etendeka Flood Basalt stratigraphy in northwest Namibia (Jerram & Stollhofen 1997). In the context of this
Journal (issue)
stone" (a kind of "picture rock" from the Florence area) and other materials suitable for lapidary work...volcano-sedimentary sequences in the southern Alpine area and Sardinia. (3) volcanic rocks of Perrnian and...and Jurassic ages in the southern Alpine area of the northeast. (4) a great number of metalliferous deposits...rocks exploring for epidote in the famous Val di Viu area, western Alps. Marco Lorenzoni photo. (6) rnineralogical...Ca' Bernardi and Perticara mines in the Marches Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basalt dykes from the ca 135 Ma Etendeka LIP of Namibia and Karoo-age picrite dykes from Dronning Maud...study are from three locations: the Tuli Syncline region of southern Zimbabwe and NE Botswana, Mwenezi (formerly...Zimbabwe (Cox et al. 1984), and the Ahlmannryggen region of western Dronning Maud Land that forms part of...The Etendeka samples analysed are from the Goboboseb Mountains that surround the Messum Igneous Complex...situated west of Mwenezi (Fig. 1) and comprises an area of volcanic outcrop of 240 by 50 km. The majority
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Quartz, variety amethyst, 10.3 cm high, Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 2....Colombia. Scott Rudolph specimen. Figure 4. Twinned calcite with sphalerite and celestine, 17 cm high, Cumberland...Wayne Thompson specimen. Figure 10. Diopside with calcite, 6 cm high, Arusha, Merelani district, Tanzania...Red beryl, 3.7 cm high, Violet claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Scott Rudolph specimen....Wulfenite, 10.2 cm wide, Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Scott Rudolph specimen
Journal (issue)
locality index – Minerals from the Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Region, Namibia – Stannite, Freiberg, Saxony...Cévennes – La calcite et la fluorite de SaintJulien-les-Rosiers – Une découverte de calcite à la carrière
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the Colorado Plateau and in the Erzgebirge (ore mountains) bordering Germany and Czechoslovakia. Mineral...Michigan. He collects a nd detects this general area and has good luck in recovering copper that was...collectors arrived . He had covered the bulldozed area and headed home to clean the material. He powered...ignal on the detector but were tota lly encased in calcite which is a good sign. He immersed the two chunks...aqueous solution of muriatic acid to dissolve the calcite. He left the solution work over the night and pulled
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Sørlie Ellingsenitt, et nytt mineral fra Aris, Namibia av Astrid Haugen Reisebrev fra Marokko av Jan Stenløkk...noen prinsesse av Magne Høyberget Trip Report Namibia 2009 av Lennart Borg ”SAMLET” av Thor Sørlie Vi...2-2012 Ellingsenitt, et nytt mineral fra Aris, Namibia Av Astrid Haugen Vi har vært medlemmer i Venneforeningen...I 1999 ble vi med til Grønland, og i 2000 til Namibia. En av forekomstene som er interessant for systematikk-... arisitt-(Ce) og arisitt-(La). På rundturen i Namibia besøkte vi også andre kjente lokaliteter som Berg
 
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