Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brabant Farm 168, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 234487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brabant Farm 168, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Van Der Made Pegmatite (Brabant; Erongo Schlucht)

Latitude: 21°44'4"S
Longitude: 15°40'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.734444444444,15.672222222222

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brockite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 B Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Sn Ta Th U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Quartz
Rhabdophane Rutile Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86471	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	86471	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	86471	4286
Brockite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,Th,Ce)(PO₄)·H₂O	1	86471	48
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	86471	5171
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86471	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	86471	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	86471	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86471	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86471	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86471	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	86471	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86471	2705
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	86471	99
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	86471	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	86471	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	86471	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	86471	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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