Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 126216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 20°12'37"S
Longitude: 14°27'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.210277777778,14.466388888889

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.

Adelite	Ajoite	Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Tourmaline	Tungstite
Wurtzite

Ajoite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beyerite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Khorixasite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Namibite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plancheite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Shattuckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Ajoite Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Plancheite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Tourmaline Tungstite
Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite ()*	Ajoite	K₃Cu²⁺₂₀Al₃Si₂₉O₇₆(OH)₁₆·8H₂O	11
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	96
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	36
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	67
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Khorixasite ()*	Descloizite	(Bi_0.67 _0.33)Cu(VO₄)(OH)	2
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	24
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	71
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	60
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	118
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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