Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 499
Youngest recorded age at locality: 483

mindat Locality ID: 310001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bondelswarts Farm 134
Border Farm 155
Garub Farm 266
Girtis Farm 109
Hartebeestmund Farm 108
Hochfeld Farm 112
Jerusalem Farm 73
Keimasmond Farm 98
Pella Drift Farm 102
Platrand Farm 154
Stolzenfels Farm 74
Tantalite Valley
Warmbad
Witkop Farm 36

Latitude: 28°26'8"S
Longitude: 19°17'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.435555555556,19.290833333333

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	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Spinel	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Triplite	Wardite	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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Ti V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Spinel Stibnite Tourmaline Triplite Wardite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cyrilovite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Moraesite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robertsite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			9	86700,86701,86702,86704,86705,86707,86708,86709,86711	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	86700	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			2	86700,86707	244
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	86693	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	499	483	1	86691	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	499	483	1	86691	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			2	86700,86704	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			4	86700,86703,86708,86709	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			7	86689,86700,86701,86702,86705,86708,86709	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃			1	86689	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	86700,86709	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	86700,86709	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			2	86700,86709	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	499	483	1	86691	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	499	483	3	86691,86695,86711	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	499	483	2	86691,86695	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	499	483	2	86691,86695	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	499	483	3	86691,86695,86706	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	86706	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			3	86700,86702,86707	321
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	499	483	1	86691	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	86711	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	86692,86693	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			3	86692,86694,86712	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	499	483	1	86691	4165
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O			2	86700,86708	60
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	86696,86706,86711	8173
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄			1	86708	29
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	86700	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	499	483	9	86691,86692,86693,86695,86697,86698,86700,86707,86711	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	499	483	3	86691,86695,86700	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	86695,86698,86711	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	86695	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	86692,86693,86695,86711	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	86711	581
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	86708	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	86711	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	499	483	4	86691,86695,86700,86711	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			7	86701,86702,86704,86705,86708,86709,86711	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			2	86700,86708	129
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	86700	945
Moraesite ()*	None	Be₂(PO₄)(OH)·4H₂O			1	86704	35
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	499	483	1	86691	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	86697,86700,86708,86709,86711	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	86711	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	86706	1512
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O			1	86708	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	86688	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	86695,86698,86706	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	86695	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	86706	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	499	483	14	86690,86691,86692,86693,86695,86698,86700,86701,86702,86704,86705,86708,86709,86711	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			2	86700,86708	36
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	86689,86690	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	86693,86712	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	86700	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			3	86700,86702,86708	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	86702	211
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)			3	86690,86700,86708	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			1	86708	233
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	86700	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000875	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatremes, dykes and sills spread over 3,000 km2.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0000875	499	483	491±8	Rb-Sr			whole rock, biotite							238474	Garub Farm 266, Karasburg East, Karas Region, Namibia	Garub	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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