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Locality Name:
Valencia Deposit, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 224382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valencia Deposit, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°21'"S
Longitude: 15°13'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.35,15.233055555556

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.

Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Topaz	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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Feldspar Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Topaz Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Uranophane-β ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	78
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	144
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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