Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Etiro Farm 50, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 156776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Etiro Farm 50, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Etiro Pegmatite
Jooste's Pegmatite
Old Etiro Mine

Latitude: 21°46'28"S
Longitude: 15°57'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.774444444444,15.954166666667

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Childrenite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brazilianite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*

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 B Be Bi Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Arsenic Beryl Childrenite Clay Feldspar Mica Monazite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Topaz Tourmaline Triplite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86501	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	86501	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	86501,86502	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	86501	1966
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	86501	59
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86503	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	86501	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	86501,86502	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86501	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	86502	945
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	1	86501	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	86501,86502	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	86501	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	86501,86502	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86501	2705
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	86501	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	2	86501,86502	233

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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