Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Spitzkopje Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 28840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spitzkopje Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Groot Spitzkopje (Groot Spitskopje; Große Spitzkoppe; Gross Spitzkoppe)
Klein Spitzkopje Granite Stock (Kleine Spitzkoppe; Klein Spitzkoppe)

Latitude: 21°51'28"S
Longitude: 15°5'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -21.857777777778,15.083333333333

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	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Bixbyite	Calcite
Chenevixite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Berndtite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Euclase ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferberite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Opal ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Beryl Bixbyite Calcite
Chenevixite Clay Columbite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Talc Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

50 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	86579,86582	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	86580	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	86579	304
Berndtite ()*	Melonite	SnS₂	1	86582	11
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	86579,86582	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	86579,86582	4286
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	86579	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	86581	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	86580	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	86581	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	86580	5707
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	2	86579,86580	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	86580	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	86580	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	86581	378
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	86579	120
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	86579	414
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	86579	551
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	86579,86582	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	86578,86579,86581,86582	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	86581	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	86579	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	86579,86581,86582	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	86579	14640
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	86579	119
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	86581	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	86580	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	86578,86579,86582	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	86581	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	86579	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	86578,86579,86582	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	86579	112
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	86579	2994
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	86579,86582	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	86582	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86579	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	86578,86579,86580,86581,86582	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	86579	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	86579	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	86579	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	86579,86580	1153
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	86580	71
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	86579,86582	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	86581	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	86581	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86579	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	86578,86579,86582	1476
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	86581	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	86581	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	86579	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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