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Locality Name:
Otjua Tungsten Prospect, Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 126507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otjua Tungsten Prospect, Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°11'12"S
Longitude: 16°1'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.186666666667,16.018611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneScapoliteScheeliteTitaniteVesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Meionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)0176
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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