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Locality Name:
Gamsberg Area, Khomas Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 134217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gamsberg Area, Khomas Region, Namibia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Alberta Farm 175
Berghof Farm 222
Chaibis Farm 926
Chausib Farm 27 (Rooisand)
Corona Farm 223
Djab Farm 24
Djab Farm 26
Eisgaubib Farm 31
Kos Farm 28
Morgenroth Farm 17
Namibgrens Farm 154
Natas Farm 220
Nauams Farm 177
Nauchas Farm 14
Picadilly Farm 221
Swartkranz Farm 224
Tantus Farm 30
Weener Farm 193

Latitude: 23°23'40"S
Longitude: 16°13'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.394444444444,16.231388888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	Kyanite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	86777	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	86770,86775,86776	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	86775	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	86768,86775	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	86775	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	86764,86770,86775	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	86775	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	86775	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	86775	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	86771	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	86775	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	86775	67
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	86766,86778	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	86762,86764,86773,86776,86777,86781	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	86770	129
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	86777	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	86775	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	86763	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	86771,86775	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	86766,86775	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	86766	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	86775	5433
Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	86766	28
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	86772,86774,86775	1507
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	86775	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	86763,86775	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	86775	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	86775	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	86775	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	86775	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	86767,86775	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	86775	254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	86777	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86775	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	86763,86765,86766,86767,86768,86769,86770,86775,86776,86777,86778,86779	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	86765,86767,86775,86780,86781	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	86775,86780	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86780	2705
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86775	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	86775	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	86763,86769,86779,86780,86781	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	86774	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	86766	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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