Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Colusite at Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 601Ma - 537Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
sedznpb-00339	601	537				2427	Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
CGSN10_99-Kombat	600	600				235838	Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia	Deane (1995)	CGSN10_99
sedexmvt-00186	750	750				2424	Berg Aukas Mine (Berg Aukus Mine), Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00339	601	537				2427	Kombat Mine (Klein Otavi; Asis), Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252