Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Natas Farm 220, Gamsberg Area, Khomas Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 236803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Natas Farm 220, Gamsberg Area, Khomas Region, Namibia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Natas Mine

Latitude: 23°11'59"S
Longitude: 16°16'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.199722222222,16.278611111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Spinel Talc

30 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	86775	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	86775	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	86775	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	86775	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86775	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	86775	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	86775	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	86775	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	86775	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	86775	67
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	86775	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	86775	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86775	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	86775	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	86775	1507
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	86775	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	86775	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	86775	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	86775	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	86775	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	86775	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86775	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	86775	254
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86775	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	86775	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	86775	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	86775	4894
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86775	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	86775	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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