Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 195056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesopotamia Copper Valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mesopotamia 504 Farm

Latitude: 20°12'36"S
Longitude: 14°27'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -20.21,14.466111111111

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.

Adelite	Ajoite	Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Tourmaline	Tungstite
Wurtzite

Ajoite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beyerite ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Khorixasite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Namibite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plancheite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Shattuckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Ajoite Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Plancheite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Tourmaline Tungstite
Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite ()*	Ajoite	K₃Cu²⁺₂₀Al₃Si₂₉O₇₆(OH)₁₆·8H₂O	1	86872	11
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86872	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86872	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	86872	5509
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	86872	96
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	86872	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	86872	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	86872	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	86872	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86872	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	86872	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	86872	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	86872	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	86872	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	86872	3531
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	1	86872	36
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	86872	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	86872	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	86872	67
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	86872	300
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86872	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	86872	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	86872	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	86872	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	86872	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	86872	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86872	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	86872	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	86872	2228
Khorixasite ()*	Descloizite	(Bi_0.67 _0.33)Cu(VO₄)(OH)	1	86872	2
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	86872	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	86872	362
Namibite ()*	None	Cu(BiO)₂(VO₄)(OH)	1	86872	24
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	86872	2273
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	86872	74
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	86872	369
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	86872	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	86872	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	86872	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	86872	4894
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	86872	71
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	86872	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	86872	5186
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	86872	60
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	86872	1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	86872	433
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	86872	118
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	86872	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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