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Locality Name:
Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 22097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Namib Desert
Namib-Naukluft National Park
Okahandja Lineament Playas
Silver Lake Playas

Latitude: 23°2'2"S
Longitude: 14°59'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.033888888889,14.984444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGarnetGypsumMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StauroliteVolborthite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31866322353
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3186632544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21866325509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41866325516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)286630,8663227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1866325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218663227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1866323531
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18286632,866331008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1866322970
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4186632445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18663224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1866366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1866361398
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31866325433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4286632,866331507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418663214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218663212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21866325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218663217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218663239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81866329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218663261156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51866321516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18663221482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)186632978
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)218663246
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O186632155


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