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Locality Name:
Sandamap Pegmatite (Sandamab Pegmatite), Sandamap North Farm 115 (Sandamab), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 482
Youngest recorded age at locality: 454

mindat Locality ID: 2430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandamap Pegmatite (Sandamab Pegmatite), Sandamap North Farm 115 (Sandamab), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 21°52'41"S
Longitude: 15°20'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.878055555556,15.345
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 B Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteApatiteArseniosideriteArthuriteCalcioferriteCeriteChildreniteColumbiteDufrénite
FairfielditeFeldsparHureauliteJahnsiteLaueiteLazuliteLeucophosphiteLipscombiteNoneOlivine
PhosphosideriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteRutileTourmalineTripliteVivianiteWardite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Alluaudite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cyrilovite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Giniite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Kidwellite  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Laueite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Mélonjosephite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Monetite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tavorite  (*)
Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3482454094
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2482454043
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O482454055
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO248245405171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O64824540518
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O482454060
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O4824540139
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4824540520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O4824540128
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O482454072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F48245402740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5482454052
Giniite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+4(PO4)4(OH)2·2H2O48245402
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)4824540204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O4824540125
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)482454053
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3482454034
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O482454070
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O4824540110
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2482454047
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)4824540770
Mélonjosephite  (*)NoneCaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)48245406
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)48245404924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O4824540129
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)482454021
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O482454044
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64824540254
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4824540182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2482454061156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O482454036
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)48245402705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2482454060
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O4824540263
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6482454099
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)482454035
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)4824540313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F4824540233
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O482454018
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O4824540301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O4824540636
Whiteite-(CaMnMg)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O48245407
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)64824540104


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Scott-CGSN8_5-0001482454468±14Rb-SrAge of intrusionwhole rock     2430Sandamap Pegmatite (Sandamab Pegmatite), Sandamap North Farm 115 (Sandamab), Dâures, Erongo Region, NamibiaSandamap PegmatiteSteven et al. (1993) CGSN8_5P. 10 Table 3

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