Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rössing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 510
Youngest recorded age at locality: 508

mindat Locality ID: 221290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rössing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hoffnungsstrahl Pegmatite
Milarite Locality
Namib Lead Mine (Deblin Mine)
Roselis Mine
Unspecified Apatite Occurrence

Latitude: 22°31'10"S
Longitude: 14°45'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.519444444444,14.760833333333

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Columbite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica
Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Changoite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Descloizite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hetaerolite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Metasideronatrite ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H Li Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Beryl Blödite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Columbite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite Mica
Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	510	508	0		1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	86389	3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	510	508	1	86387	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	86389,86391	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	86389	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	86389	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	86389	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	86389	27198
Changoite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Zn(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	86389	6
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	510	508	1	86390	321
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	86389	378
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	510	508	0		520
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	510	508	1	86390	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	510	508	2	86387,86389	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	86389	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	86389	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	86389	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	86389	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	86389	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	86389	14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄			1	86389	73
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	86389	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	86389	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	86389	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	86389	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	86389	915
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O			1	86389	28
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	510	508	1	86388	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	86389	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	510	508	1	86387	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	86389	254
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	86389	492
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	510	508	1	86390	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	510	508	2	86387,86389	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	86389	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	510	508	3	86387,86389,86390	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	510	508	1	86387	2705
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O			1	86389	73
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	86389	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	86389	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	510	508	1	86390	688
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	510	508	0		189
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	86389	156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	510	508	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	510	508	1	86387	1476
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	86389	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	86389	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	510	508	1	86388	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_154	510	508	509±1	U/Pb										255827	Roselis Mine, Rössing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia	Rossing	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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