Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 187443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Chickenfoot Pegmatite
Homestead Pegmatite
Lepidolite Pegmatite
T Pegmatite
Tantalite Valley Complex
Umeis Farm 110
White City Pegmatites
Witkop Pegmatite

Latitude: 28°46'24"S
Longitude: 18°46'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.773333333333,18.782222222222

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	Arseniosiderite	Beryl	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Stibnite	Triplite
Wardite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eucryptite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Moraesite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Robertsite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Triphylite ()*
Triplite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Beryl Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Stibnite Triplite
Wardite Zircon

37 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)	7	86701,86702,86704,86705,86707,86708,86709	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	86707	244
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	86704	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	3	86703,86708,86709	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	86701,86702,86705,86708,86709	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	86709	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	86709	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	86709	716
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	86706	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	86706	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2	86702,86707	321
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	86708	60
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	86706	8173
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	1	86708	29
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	86707	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	86708	155
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	86701,86702,86704,86705,86708,86709	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	86708	129
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O	1	86704	35
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	86708,86709	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	86706	1512
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	86708	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	86706	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	86706	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	86701,86702,86704,86705,86708,86709	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	86708	36
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2	86702,86708	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	86702	211
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	86708	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	86708	233
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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