Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goabeb Farm 63, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 188611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goabeb Farm 63, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cameroon Pegmatite

Latitude: 21°51'47"S
Longitude: 15°23'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.863055555556,15.395555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Childrenite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine	Quartz	Rutile
Tourmaline	Triplite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Purpurite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Triplite ()*	Vivianite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B F H Li Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Childrenite Clay Coronadite Corundum Feldspar Mica None Olivine Quartz Rutile
Tourmaline Triplite Vivianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86514	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	0		244
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	86514	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	86514	599
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	86514	128
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	86514	155
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86514	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	1	86514	80
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	86514	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86514	2705
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	86514	233
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	86514	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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