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Locality Name:
Carbonatite Outcrops, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 749
Youngest recorded age at locality: 749

mindat Locality ID: 205221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carbonatite Outcrops, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carbocernaite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Carbocernaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sodalite ()*
Strontianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K La Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K La Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Carbocernaite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	749	749	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	749	749	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	749	749	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	749	749	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	749	749	232
Carbocernaite ()*	Carbocernaite	(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO₃)₂	749	749	24
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	749	749	27198
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	749	749	944
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	749	749	5433
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	749	749	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	749	749	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	749	749	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	749	749	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	749	749	61156
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	749	749	444
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	749	749	589

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000978	MAGMATIC STYLE: Network of dykes, up to 50 m thick, and veins in an area of 10x10 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Foid syenite and lamprophyre.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0000978	749	749	749	K-Ar			biotite			Yes				205220	Sodalite Mine, Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia	Swartbooisdrif	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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