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 Diamond at Karas Region, Namibia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 37Ma - 37Ma 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
Jen_0000647	37	37				232819	Chameis Bay, Orange River Mining Area, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

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
Jen_0000647	37	37				232819	Chameis Bay, Orange River Mining Area, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000656	48.9	48.9				56495	Dicker Willem (Dicker Wilhelm; Garubberg), Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000657	50	46				56495	Dicker Willem (Dicker Wilhelm; Garubberg), Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000658	50.6	49				56495	Dicker Willem (Dicker Wilhelm; Garubberg), Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000669	72.5	72.5				230314	Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands Farm 426, Berseba, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000670	79	75	Phlogopite			230314	Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands Farm 426, Berseba, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000671	68	68				230314	Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands Farm 426, Berseba, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000875	499	483				238474	Garub Farm 266, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000889	540	488				158051	Marinkas Quellen (Marinkas Kwela), Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
JG104_459_0001	747	735	Zircon			5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Frimmel (1996)	JG104_459
JG104_459_0002	751	745	Zircon			5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Frimmel (1996)	JG104_459
PorphCu-00438	1960	1900		Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206332	Lorelei Cu-Mo Deposit, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00439	1800	1800		Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Epidote, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile	Cu	206333	Haib River Cu Deposit, Tsams Farm 685, Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
ree-00480	541	495				158051	Marinkas Quellen (Marinkas Kwela), Karasburg West, Karas Region, Namibia	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
sedexmvt-00187	1000	541				5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00340	747	735				5862	Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedznpb-00341	757.4	746.4				69400	Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252