Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abenab West Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 4472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abenab West Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 19°18'5"S
Longitude: 18°5'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -19.301388888889,18.095555555556

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Geocronite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Descloizite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Geocronite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Minium None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	247
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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