Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Scapolite	Scheelite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Meionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Scapolite Scheelite Titanite Vesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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