Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Uis Pegmatites, Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 28833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uis Pegmatites, Uis (Groot Uis), Dâures, Erongo Region, Namibia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Karlowa Pegmatite
Three Aloes Mine

Latitude: 21°16'29"S
Longitude: 14°52'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.274722222222,14.879444444444

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	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferronigerite-2N1S ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stannite ()*	Topaz ()*
Varlamoffite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zinconigerite-2N1S ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Topaz
Tourmaline Zircon

29 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)	2	86461,86462	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	0		244
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	86461,86462	5171
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		520
Ferronigerite-2N1S ()*	None	(Al,Fe,Zn)₂(Al,Sn)₆O₁₁(OH)	1	86462	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86461	14640
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	0		148
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	0		82
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86462	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	86461,86462	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	0		124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	86461,86462	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	86461	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		668
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	0		56
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	0		78
Zinconigerite-2N1S ()*	None	ZnSn₂Al₁₂O₂₂(OH)₂	0		4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	86461	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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