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Locality Name:
Tsaobismund Farm 85, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 235957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsaobismund Farm 85, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brockmann's Pegmatite
Tsaobismund Pegmatite

Latitude: 22°26'12"S
Longitude: 15°44'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.436666666667,15.738333333333
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 Be Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeArseniosideriteArthuriteBerylChildreniteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGraftonite
GypsumHureauliteLazuliteMicaNoneOlivineQuartzReddingiteSouzaliteTriplite
VivianiteWardite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beusite  (*)Brushite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Gormanite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Hagendorfite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Landesite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sampleite  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Tavorite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1865878803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3286586,8658794
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)218658743
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O286586,8658755
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18286586,865874286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2286586,8658739
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O186587104
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6186586518
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O18658660
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O186586128
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)186587108
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O18658623
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2186586107
Hagendorfite  (*)AlluauditeNa2MnFe2+Fe3+(PO4)318658617
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)286586,86587204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O286586,86587125
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)318658634
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O18658614
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O186586129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218658717380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218658761156
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O18658740
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2286586,8658758
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)18658735
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)286586,86587313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F186586233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21865862718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O186586636
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F18658747


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