Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 187445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Homestead Pegmatite, Tantalite Valley, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nek Pegmatite

Latitude: 28°45'56"S
Longitude: 18°44'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.765555555556,18.746388888889

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	Columbite	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 H K Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be K Li Mn Na O Si Ta

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Columbite Feldspar None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Microcline ()*
Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

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
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	86703	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	0		321
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	0		688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	0		211

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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