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Locality Name:
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 2421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ariakas No. 2 Pegmatite
Ariakas Pegmatite
Borna Pegmatite
Carsie Pegmatite
Davib Mine
Herbst's Pegmatite
Jooste's Pegmatite
Pegmatite No. 2
Pegmatite No. 3
Rübner's Claims

Latitude: 21°48'33"S
Longitude: 15°30'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.809166666667,15.5025
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 As B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ta W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylChildreniteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
LazuliteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivineQuartzReddingiteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteTopaz
TourmalineTripliteVesuvianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Corundum  (*)Elbaite  (*)Ernstite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Foitite  (*)Herderite  (*)Heterosite  (*)
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)286478,864808803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F286477,86480244
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51864781310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181864804286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2686476,86477,86478,86479,86480,864825171
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31864851797
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)286479,86480520
Ernstite  (*)Childrenite(Mn2+,Fe3+)Al(PO4)(OH,O)207
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)286479,86480551
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)486477,86481,86483,86484108
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21864809617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)075
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F020
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)686476,86477,86481,86482,86483,86484204
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3286483,8648434
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)20232
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1864804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21864795800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2286479,8648017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O186479471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218648061156
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O1318647615
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)386478,86479,864802705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6286479,8648099
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21864801476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)286481,86485313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F286477,86478233
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


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