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Locality Name:
Daweb, Hardap Region, Namibia


mindat Locality ID: 309990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daweb, Hardap Region, Namibia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Conception Bay
Ginas Farm 20
Kleinfontein Farm 81
Maltahöhe
Meob Bay Uranium
Neuhof Reserve Farm 100

Latitude: 24°48'10"S
Longitude: 15°52'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -24.802777777778,15.875277777778

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCompreignaciteCovelliteDescloiziteDiamondDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsum
LinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPlancheitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SchoepiteSulphur

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Compreignacite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Leonite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)Metastudtite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plancheite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rossite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2286650,866513419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1866508803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)286649,866502734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1866491588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21866493092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1866493250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3186650544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18665011547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O18664992
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181866504286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41866505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)286649,8665027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1866491184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1866504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1866505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218665027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O286647,866503531
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O18664927
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1866504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1866462970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC186645697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21866499895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21866509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18665024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)286649,866507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1866496890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl286645,866491398
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61866502228
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O18664924
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2186650987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218665012537
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O18664917
Metastudtite  (*)NoneUO4·2H2O1866493
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O186649129
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1866504924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O186649223
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)186650362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2286649,8665017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21866502273
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O18665074
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218665039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1866501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2386649,86650,8665161156
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O18664929
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)18664958
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)618664994
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1866502045
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl286650,86651605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4286650,866511655



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