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 Variscite at Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 482Ma - 454Ma 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
Scott-CGSN8_5-0001	482	454				2430	Sandamap Pegmatite (Sandamab Pegmatite), Sandamap North Farm 115 (Sandamab), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5

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_0000463	134.2	129.8				235952	Messum Igneous Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000464	150	148				235952	Messum Igneous Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000465	128.1	125.5				235952	Messum Igneous Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
ree-00483	145	100				28841	Amis Complex, Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
ree-00484	145	100				158053	Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
Scott-CGSN8_5-0001	482	454				2430	Sandamap Pegmatite (Sandamab Pegmatite), Sandamap North Farm 115 (Sandamab), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5
Scott-CGSN8_5-0003	526	466				25561	Uis Mine (Uis Myn), Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia	Steven et al. (1993)	CGSN8_5