Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Erongorus Farm 166, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 157961
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157961.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erongorus Farm 166, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Elliot Claims
Pieters Hill
Schimanski's Claims
Wendroth's Workings

Latitude: 21°43'30"S
Longitude: 15°30'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.725,15.513055555556

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None
Olivine	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce F K Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Monazite None
Olivine Quartz Rutile 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)	0		8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	86496,86498	1534
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	86496,86497,86498,86499	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86499	520
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86499	14640
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	86498	204
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86499	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	86496,86497,86498,86499	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	86496	1214
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	86497	99
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	86496	233

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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