Geo-Safari research
|
Investigating the fluorescent minerals
of South Africa, Namibia and also including Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar (generally the entire Southern
African region, including some of East Africa). |
Geo
Safari Research List
South Africa
New Fluorescence
LW Fluorescent Uranium & Thorium Minerals
SW Fluorescent Uranium & Thorium Minerals
Customized map: view from
space with an overlay showing geographical zones.
Field trip reports
and info - SA
|
Gemboree
2007
The 2007 GEMBOREE will be hosted
by the Witwatersrand Gem and Mineral Club and will take place
in Phalaborwa from 6th to 9th April
Gemboree
2006 article |
Mindat Localities
South Africa
Location List
Including potential fl. minerals
Collecting status mostly
unknown
|
Northern
Cape |
|
Kalahari
Manganese Fields |
|
Wessels
Mine
Aragonite, Barite, Brucite,
Calcite, Charlesite, Clinochrysotile, Datolite, Diopside, Ettringite,
Foshagite, Gowerite, Grossular, Gypsum, Hibschite, Jennite, Kutnohorite,
Manganoan Calcite, Pectolite, Richterite, Rhodochrosite, Wollastonite,
Xonotlite |
N'Chwanning
II
Afwillite, Analcime, Anglesite,
Anthophyllite, Apatite, Aragonite, Barite, Becquerelite, Boltwoodite,
Brucite, Calcite, Celestite, Charlesite, Creedite, Datolite,
Diopside, Ettringite, Gowerite, Hibschite,
Kutnohorite, Olmiite, Oyelite, Pectolite, Phlogopite, Richterite,
Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Strontianite, Xonotlite |
|
Hotazel
Mine
"abandoned
open pit"
Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony,
Cymrite, Gypsum, Opal, Rhodochrosite |
* Pering
Mine
Dolomite, Sphalerite |
|
Pella,
Orange River
Corundum, fluorite, opal |
fluorescent "herkimer
diamonds"
Springbok-Steinkopf and Onseepkans
area, Northern Cape province |
|
Groendorn
IV pegmatite
Steinkopf, Namaqualand
Apatite, Calcite, Corundum,
Eucryptite, Phenakite, Spodumene, Topaz, Uraninite |
Mollenfontein
Eucryptite |
|
Abassu
Namaqualand
Scheelite |
Aggeneys
Apatite, Barite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Corundum, Diopside, Grossular, Gyspum, Hemimorphite,
Kalinite, Leadhillite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite,
Sphalerite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite |
|
Nababeep
West mine
Namaqualand
Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite,
Fluoroapatite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Prehnite, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
Garies
on border with Western Cape
province
Grossular, Vesuvianite, Wollasonite |
|
Keimoes
SW of Kakamas
Bertrandite (Middel
Post pegmatite), Wollastonite |
Postmasburg
manganese field
Barite, Calcite, Gibbsite,
Opal, Pyrophyllite, Zunyite |
|
Prieska
Copper Mine
Namaqualand
Anhydrite, Apatite, Barite,
Calcite, Corundum, Diopside, Dolomite, Dravite, Forsterite, Gypsum,
Phlogopite, Sphalerite, Spinel, Tremolite |
Gamsberg
zinc mine, Aggeneys
Apatite, Barite, Pyromorphite,
Sphalerite |
|
Mamatwan
Mine
southern Kalahari Manganese
Fields
Open
pit mine
Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite,
Tridymite |
|
|
Gauteng |
|
Pilanesberg
Mt.
Analcime, Apatite, Calcite, Catapleeite,
Helvite, Microcline, Opal, Pectolite, Sodalite, Sphalerite, Zircon |
Transvaal
mine, Argent, Gauteng
Anglesite, Cerrusite,
Pyromorphite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
Argent is 100 km east of Jo'burg.
South of Bronkhorstspruit. |
|
Moepe
Mine - Pilanesberg
Mt.
Fluorite |
Wydhoek
farm- Pilanesberg
Mt.
Fluorapatite, Fluorite |
|
Rand
London quarry, Krugersdorp
Aragonite |
Argent
100 km E of Jo'burg. S of
Bronkhorstspruit
Anglesite, Barite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Dolomite, Hemimorphite, Hopeite, Hydrocerussite, Lanarkite,
Leadhillite, Matlockite, Minium, Phosgenite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite,
Wurtzite |
|
Salt
Pan Crater
Gaylussite, Trona |
|
|
Northwest
Province |
|
Mineral
profile maps |
Lujavrite
outcrop, Pilanesberg Complex
Analcime, Fluorapatite, Huttonite,
Microcline, Sphalerite, Strontium-Apatite, Titanite, Weloganite,
Zircon |
Spitskop
Calcite, Diopside, Meionite
|
Ottoshoop
district
Cerussite, Fluorite, Smithsonite |
|
Witkop
Fluorite Mine, Ottoshoop
(source:
Online Mins)
Tremolite |
Marico
district
Anglesite, Cerussite, Fluorite |
|
Western
Bushveld Complex |
Pering
mine
Kuruman
Dolomite, sphalerite |
|
Waaikraal
gold deposit, Western Bushveld
Andesine, Apatite, Calcite,
Sphalerite, Spinel |
Swartruggens
Apatite, Barite, Calcite,
Diamond, Strontianite, Zircon |
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
|
Marble
Delta area, Port Shepstone
Apatite, Calcite, Chondrodite,
Clinohumite, Diopside, Dravite, Grossular, Marialite, Meionite,
Opal, Phlogopite,Tremolite, Wollastonite
Port Shepstone Lime Quarry |
2006
Marble Delta field trip
*Diopside
crystals over a meter long, Marble Delta* |
Idwalla Quarry
Calcite |
Rhebok
workings, Hlbisa
Chalcedony, Fluorite |
|
Alladin
fluorite mine, Sinkwazi
Barite, Calcite, fluorite |
Ridgeview
quarry,
Umbilo Valley, Cato Manor,
Durban
Barite, Calcite, Dickite,
Fluorite, Gypsum |
|
Limpopo |
|
Vergenoeg
mine
Fluorite, Gearksutite |
Syferfontein
Calcite Mine, Nylstroom
field trip |
|
Palabora
Mine
Analcime, Baddeleyite, Barite,
Brucite, Calcite, Celestine, Chabazite, Chondrodite, Datolite,
Dolomite, Fluorborite, Fluorapatite, Laumontite, Magnesite, Natrolite,
Pectolite, Phlogopite, Prehnite, Sphalerite, Xonotlite
Phalabora
Complex article |
Foskor
Apatite pit
Phalabora
Apatite, Barite, Brucite,
Calcite, Celestine, Chondrodite, Dolomite, Fluoborite, Hydromagnesite,
Phlogopite, Witherite |
|
Vivo
Soutspansberg District
Opal |
Penge
Aragonite, Meionite |
|
Mica
Siding area
Mica
Andesine, Corundum, Fluorapatite,
Margarite |
Gravelotte, Murchison Range
Albite, Anthophyllite, Apatite,
Dravite, Grossular, Magnesite, Margarite, Microcline, Scheelite,
Senarmontite, Spodumene, Talc |
|
Palmietfontane
farm
Palmietfontein Farm, Zoutpansberg
District
Andesine, Corundum (sapphire?)
Andesine, fl. bright blue
is found in a corundum pegmatite with similar name |
Potgietersrust
District (Zaaiplaats tin field)
Albite, Anorthite, Anthophyllite,
Aragonite, Bastnastite-Ce, Calcite, Cookeite, Corundum, Fluorapatite,
Fluorite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Phenakite, Scheelite, Sphalerite,
Xenotime-Y, Zircon |
|
Western
Cape |
|
Rietkuil (Uranium mine)
Beaufort West
Autunite, Phosphuranylite,
Sabugalite, Uranophane Beta, Uranospinite, other uranium minerals |
Salpeterkop
Mts
Carbonatite complex SE of
Sutherland
Analcime, Barite, Calcite,
Chalcedony, Fluorite, Gypsum, Natrolite, Thorite |
|
Jenkinskop
Richtersveld
Tremolite |
|
Possible fl. minerals of
South Africa
|
Calcite
Many
locations in SA |
Fluorite
Fl. blue-purple, LW, and
other colors, including pink SW, yellow, white
Many
locations in SA |
|
Cerussite
Fl. pale yellow. Fl. blue
also reported
Many
locations in SA |
Barite
Wessels, N'Chwanning II,
Hotazel Mine, Aggeneys, Nababeep
West mine, Prieska Copper Mine, Gamsberg Zinc Mine,
Postmasburg manganese field, Argent, Salpeterkop Mts, Palabora |
|
Sphalerite
N'Chwanning II, Pering Mine,
Aggeneys, Nababeep West mine, Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Pilanesberg
Mt., Argent, Palabora, others |
Aragonite
Numerous locations |
|
Richterite - bright fl. orange
Wessels, N'Chwanning mines |
Zircon
fl. yellow
Pilanesberg Mt, Bushveld
Complex, various pegmatites, Northern and Western Cape provinces |
|
Wollastonite
Garies |
Natrolite
various
locations |
|
Grossular
N.
P. C. Simuma quarries, Marble Delta
Aggeneys
+ Garies
Wessels |
Thaumasite
fl. dull white
Wessels Mine, N'Chwaning
I, II Mines
My Wessels specimen not fluorescent |
|
Andalusite
fl. yellow
Many
locations in South Africa |
Allophane
possibly fl. blue, green,
white or yellow
Okiep
copper district, Namaqualand
Mbobo
Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit District,
Mpumalanga Province |
|
Fluoborite
Palabora
TVM reports it's not fluorescent
from Palabora |
Autunite
fl. yellow-green
Rietkuil, Beaufort West
radioactive |
|
Dickite
fl. bright blue-white coating
Ridgeview
Quarry,
Umbilo Valley, Cato Manor,
Durban
Clairwood Quarries - now
a recreation area (?) |
Hydrocerussite
fl. white LW
Argent |
|
Lanarkite
fl. yellow
Argent |
Clinohumite
Marble Delta |
|
Stronitum-Apatite
Lujavrite
outcrop
Pilanesberg complex |
Strontianite
fl. blue
N'chwanning II, others? |
|
Xonotlite
Fl. pale cream-white
N'Chwanning II, Wessels mine,
Palabora mine |
Topaz
Fl. pale yellow
many
locations |
|
Hibschite
synonym of Hydrogrossular
Wessels mine, N'Chwaning
II mine, others |
Andesine
fl. blue -"extraordinary
brightness", from corundum pegmatite, "Palmietfontein,
Transvaal", probably this location
Mica
Siding, Limpopo |
|
Witherite
Fl. white
Foskor
Apatite pit, Phalaborwa |
Talc
Messina, Kalahari manganese
fields, other locations |
|
Anthophyllite
fl. red
Limpopo
locations |
Tremolite
Marble Delta, Kalahari Manganese
Fields, Jenkinskop (Richtersveld), Prieska
Copper Mine, Northern Cape (Namaqualand) |
|
Hemimorphite
fl. blue, sometimes white
or green
Broken
Hill, Aggeneys, Argent,
Edendale
lead mine, Marico District |
Pyromorphite
fl. orange or yellow
Gamsberg
Zinc Mine (Aggeneys), Transvaal mine (Gauteng) |
|
Cerussite
fl. pale yellow
Aggeneys,
Shimwell vein, Gauteng |
Anglesite
fl. pale yellow
Transvaal
mine, Gauteng |
|
Uvarovite
some are fl. red
Lydenburg
district, Mpumalanga
Rustenberg
district, Northwest Province |
Analcime
Analcime
SW green blue white, LW -
green, creamy white yellow
Lujavrite
outcrop, Pilansberg Complex |
|
Celestine
various
location in SA
My KMF specimen not fluorescent |
Microlite
fl.
according to New
Fluorescence |
|
Bustamite
Fl. red
N'Chwaning I, II Mine |
Senarmontite
fl. orange
Alpha-Gravelotte
mine, Limpopo |
|
Opal
various
locations |
Dravite
fl. yellow
Kubannek Quarrys, Gravellote,
Limpopo, Prieska Copper Mine, Northern Cape, Mooinooi Mine, west
of Pretoria, NW Province |
|
Chabazite
fl. yellow-green
various
locations |
Diopside
Fl. bright blue
Many
locations |
|
Gaylussite
Salt
Pan Crater, Gauteng province |
Trona
Salt
Pan Crater, Gauteng province |
|
Titanite
aka Sphene
fl. weak brown SW
Many
locations |
Orthoclase
Many
locations |
|
Olmiite
fl. red SW
N'Chwanning II mine,
Kalahari Manganese Field |
Ettringite
uncertain fluorescence
N'Chwanning I & II, Wessels
Mine |
Rare fl. species
- SA
|
Charlesite
Weak Fluorescence, SW light
violet, LW light green.
Wessels Mine, N'Chwaning
Mines
2 reports from Kalahari not
fluorescent |
Gowerite
fl. weak white
Wessels, N'Chwanning mines |
|
Clinochrysotile
fl.
according to New
Fl.
Wessels Mine and Barberton
district |
Kalinite
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province |
|
Becquerelite
Bokse
Puts Farm (Bokseputs farm)
Namaqualand, Northern Cape |
Gearksutite
Vergenoeg
mine, Limpopo Province |
|
Torbermorite
Wessels
Mine, others |
Thorite
fl. green
Many
locations listed here
Radioactive |
|
Amblygonite
Groendorn
pegmatites, Steinkopf, Namaqualand |
Uranospinite
fl. yellow-green LW |
|
Abernathyite
fl. yellow-green LW and SW
Beaufort
West district |
Foshagite
fl.
pale yellow-white
Wessels Mine |
|
Jennite
fl. weak yellow-white
Wessels Mine |
Torbernite
fl.
yellow
Rietkuil, Beaufort West
radioactive |
|
Uranospinite
fl. yellow-green LW
Rietkuil, Beaufort West |
Cymrite
fl. bright green
Hotazel
Mine, Black
Rock Mine
Kalahari Manganese Fields |
|
Sabugalite
fl. bright lemon yellow
Beaufort West District |
Bertrandite
fl. green SW + LW
Jakkalswater; Noumas I pegmatite;
Blesberg mine), Steinkopf
Middel
Post pegmatite, Keimoes
Oup
pegmatite, Kenhardt District, Namaqualand |
|
Hydromagnesite
fl. white (possibly green)
Foskor
Apatite pit
Phalaborwa |
Laumontite
fl. white
Palabora, others |
|
Bavenite
fl.
Clift
quarry
Paarl
granite |
Baddeleyite
Palabora
My Palabora specimen not
fluorescent |
|
Lanarkite
Argent |
Huttonite
Lujavrite
outcrop
Pilanesberg complex |
|
Weloganite
Lujavrite
outcrop
Pilanesberg complex |
Hopeite
Argent |
|
Wurtzite
Argent |
Zinnwaldite
fl. peach-yellow, SW + LW |
|
Taranakite
South Africa is only location
given |
Periclase
fl. light yellow LW
Uitfarm
Mpumalanga |
|
Margarite
fl. bluish-white
Mica
Siding area, Mica, Limpopo |
Gibbsite
Postmasburg
manganese field, Northern Cape |
|
Minium
fl. orange LW + SW
Argent and Marico
district |
Afwillite
fl.
Wessels Mine |
|
Banalsite
fl.
according to New
Fl.
Kalahari Manganese Fields,
Postmasburg
manganese field |
Heulandite
Palabora, others |
|
Mordenite
fl. white
Drakensburg
region |
Harmotome
fl. weak white
Drakensburg
region |
|
Uranophane
Beta
fl. green
Rietkuil, Beaufort West District, Western Cape |
Stellerite
fl.
Drakensburg region |
|
Epistilbite
fl. white LW
Drakensburg region |
Tridymite
fl. red
Mamatwan
Mine
southern Kalahari Manganese
Fields |
|
Anorthite
fl. blue (rare)
Merensky
reef, NW Province |
Zoisite
Thulite is red, pink variety
Tanzanite is blue variety
locations
list |
|
Phosphuranylite
fl. orange-brown SW, LW
Beaufort West |
Brazilianite
Anniesfontein, cave deposit
Richtersveld |
|
Creedite
fl. blue SW, fl. white LW
N'Chwanning I & II mines
Kalahari Manganese Field |
Sogdianite
fl. blue-white SW
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese
Field |
Resources
Geology Info
|
Kalahari
Manganese Field details
Minerals
from the Kalahari Manganese Field |
|
Bushveld Complex
The Bushveld complex is a large,
layered intrusive. It contains many magmatic ores, pegmatitic
and hydrothermal ore deposits and has metamorphosed the floor
rocks of the intrusive. The major deposits are of platinum group
elements, chrome, nickel, vanadium and uranium. The complex occurs
in a number of South Africa's provinces. |
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South African Universities
Online Dictionaries
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Namibia
Mindat Localities
|
Namibia |
|
Tsumeb
Mine
Adamite, Barite, Cerussite,
Greenockite, Hedyphane, Hemimorphite, Leadhillite, Legrandite,
Magnesite, Minium, Phosgenite, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Stolzite,
Talc, Thaumasite, Tremolite, Willemite, Wurtzite |
Kombat
Mine
Anglesite, Aragonite, Barite, Brucite,
Calcite, Carbonate-hydroxylapatite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Fluorite,
Gypsum, Harkerite, Hedyphane, Helvite, Kutnahorite, Leadhillite,
Microcline, Oligoclase, Phlogopite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite,
Richterite, Sakhaite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Talc, Witherite,
Zircon |
|
Berg
Aukas
Anglesite, Aragonite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Greenockite, Leadhillite, Mimeitite, Minium, Pyromorphite,
Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite |
Abenab
West Mine
Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite,
Dolomite, Greenockite, Hemimorphite, Microcline, Mimetite, Minium,
Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite
Article
about Abenab West mine |
|
Erongo
Mountain
near Usakos
Albite, Fluorapatite, Fluorite,
Metazeunerite, Microcline, Phosphuranylite, Scheelite, Topaz,
Torbernite, Zinnwaldite |
Krantzberg
Mine, Erongo
Abandoned tungsten deposit
on Krantzberg Mt., on Farm Pristelwitz. Restricted access.
Burbankite, Calcite, Fluorite,
Danburite, Opal, Powellite, Scheelite, Titanite, Topaz, Tourmaline,
Zircon |
|
Aris
quarry
near Windhoek
Analcime, Barite, Calcite,
Calcio-ancylite-(Ce), Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Kenyaite, Magadiite,
Opal, Polylithionite, Sodalite, Sphalerite, Thomasite, Thornasite,
Villiaumite, Wurtzite, Zircon |
Brandberg
West Mine
Opencast
mine, can drive into it
Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Nahcolite,
Scheelite |
|
* Rossing
Mine *
Arandis
Boltwoodite, Calcite, Milarite,
Spinel, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane Beta, Weeksite, various
uranium minerals
Visited on Horst W. trip,
2002
no collecting |
Klein
Spitzkoppe
Erongo
Bertrandite, Fluorite, Gibbsite,Hydroxylherderite,
Opal, Pyrophyllite, Scheelite, Talc, Zircon
Located 30 km from Usakos. |
|
Strathmore
pegmatites,
28 km east of Cape Cross,
Erongo
Amblygonite, Eucryptite,
Montebrasite, Spodumene, Yttrofluorite, Zircon
see Henties
Bay Tourism |
Uis
Pegmatites
Amblygonite, pink
tourmaline
Tubessis |
|
Khan
mine, near Swapokmund
Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite,
Sphalertite |
* Namib Lead Mine *
Aragonite, Calcite, Hydrozincite,
Pyromorphite
Swakopmund
Visited on Horst W. trip,
2002 |
|
Henderson
Mine
13 km SW of Usakos
Usakos, Karibib District
Apatite, Calcite, Diopside,
Phlogopite, Rubellite, Titanite, Zircon |
Neuschwaben
(Neu Schwaben)
Karibib district
Pink tourmaline (siberite?, morganite?) |
|
Khorixas, Damaraland
Scheelite, ? |
Otjua tungsten
prospect
Calcite, Marialilte-Meionite, Scheelite
Otjua
pics |
Garub Mine
Keetmanshoop District
Fluorite mine 100 km north
of Karasburg
Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite,
Fluorite
|
Giant
crystals location, Farm Verloren
Quartzberg, Hakos Mts., near
Gamsberg
Calcite rhombs up to 1 meter,
Tremolite crystals up to 20 meters, Dolomite up to 1 meter length,
Talc |
|
Brukkaros Crater
Barite
Not fluorescent, according
to Rob. W.
located in the Gibeon Meteorite
strewn field |
Kalkfeld
Omaruru, Damaraland
Burbankite, Calcite var:
Manganoan Calcite, Cryolite, Fluorite, Halite, Nahcolite |
|
Rosh
Pinah Mine
Barite, Cerussite, Norsethite
Skorpion,
Rosh Pinah article
Mines
info |
Skorpion
Mine
Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite,
Smithsonite, Tarbuttite
Skorpion
Mine website
Skorpion
Mine info |
|
Goanikontes claim
Uranium claim (mine) 4 km
SE of Goanikontes and 27 km E of Swakopmund
Boltwoodite, Chalcedony |
Arandis area
includes Goanikontes
Apatite, Boltwoodite, Calcite,
Danburite, Fluorite, Sphalerite |
|
Rubikon
Mine
pegmatite, Karibib district
Amblygonite, Petalite
Giant
Petalite crystals |
Clementine
II pegmatite
Okatjimukuju farm
18 km ESE of Karibib
Manganapatite, Petalite,
Strunzite, Topaz |
|
Seven
Pillars mine
Orange River
Fluorite |
Warmbad
Orange River
Albite, Calcite, Fluorite |
|
Pot
Mine
gold mine, Erongo
Scheelite |
Dicker
Willem
Hardap region, NW of Aus
Apatite, Calcite, Tainiolite,
Titanite, Wollasonite, Zircon |
|
Okahua
Private claim. 30 km SE of
Otjiwarongo.
Calcite, Chondrodite (?),
Clinohumite, Diopside, Dolomite, Forsterite, Meionite, Phlogopite,
Spinel (black), Titanite, Wollasonite |
Namib
Mine
Small quarry just south of
Wlotzkas Baken, approx. 2.3 km east of the coastal road between
Henties Bay and Swakopmund.
Calcite |
|
Tubussis
Erongo
Calcite, Diopside, Magnesioaxinite,
Stolzite, Topaz |
Tafelkop
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg
Analcime, Barite, Calcite,
Chalcedony, Gypsum, Heudlandite, Laumontite, Prehnite |
|
Mesopotamia
504
Copper Valley, Khorixas,
Damaraland
Albite, Aragonite, Calcite,
Cerussite, Dravite, Gypsum, Phlogopite, Scheelite
camping allowed |
Omehane,
Brandberg
Fluorite, calcite |
|
Goboboseb
Mountains
west of Brandberg
Analcime, Apophyllite, Baryte,
Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Prehnite, Stilbite |
Lattice
quartz occurrence
Erongo
Mt. area
Beta-uranophane, Eylettersite,
Fluorite, Phosphuranylite, Phurcalite |
|
Otjiwalundo
salt pan
West of Etosha Pan
Pirssonite, Sulphohalite,
Thenardite, Trona |
Etiro
Pegmatite
Karibib District
Albite, var. Cleavelandite,
Amblygonite, Apatite, Brazilianite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Topaz |
|
Fl. species - Namibia
|
Calcite
Fl. various colors
Rossing Mine, Tafelkop, Henderson
Mine, Tubessis, Khan Mine, Stiepelmann Mine, Namib Lead Mine,
Namib Mine |
Cerussite
Fl. pale yellow. Fl. blue also reported
from Tsumeb
Mesopotamia 504, Berg Aukas, Tsumeb
Mine, Tsumeb
West Mine, Kombat Mine, Abenab West
Mine,
Auros mine, Nosib
mine, Uitsab
Mine (Otavi)
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Willemite
Tsumeb
Mine + Berg
Aukas
Abenab
West Mine,
Guchab-Rodgerberg
area |
Tarnowitzite
(Plumbian Aragonite)
Tsumeb
Mine
Tsumeb has produced large
tarnowitzite crystals up to 20 cm. |
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Fluorite
Fl. blue-purple, LW, and
other colors, including pink SW, yellow, white
Many
locations in Namibia
including Okorusu, Erongo,
Orange River, Kalkfeld, Kombat Mine |
Cobaltoan
Dolomite
fl. red
Tsumeb Mine |
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Barite
Rosh Pinah, Tafelkop |
Opal
various
locations |
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Smithsonite
Fl. pink, yellow - Tsumeb,
blue - Berg Aukas
Tsumeb |
Orthoclase
Many
locations |
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Phlogopite
Tsumeb Mine + Kombat Mine
Henderson
Mine, Usakos, Karibib District,
Erongo
Neuhof
100 farm, Malta Heights (Maltahöhe),
Hardap Region |
Grossular
Sidney
pegmatite, Karibib |
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Wurtzite
Aris
quarry |
Cadmium
Wurtzite
Fl. orange
Tsumeb |
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Stolzite
Fl. bright yellow SW, Fl.
orange-red LW
Tsumeb
Excalibur reports Tsumeb
specimen not fluorescent |
Hedyphane
Weak fluorescent yellow SW
+ LW
Tsumeb, Kombat mines |
|
Leadhillite
possibly fl. bright yellow
or dull white
Tsumeb, Kombat, Berg Aukas |
Phosgenite
Tsumeb mine
weak fluorescent yellow LW |
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Manganoan Calcite
fl. bright orange-red
Kalkfeld, Omaruru |
Thaumasite
fl. dull white
Tsumeb mine |
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Metazeunerite
fl. weak green or yellow
(?), doubt about whether it is fluorescent
Erongo Mountain |
Strunzite
fl. yellow LW
Clementine II pegmatite,
Okatjimukuju farm (Friedrichsfelde farm),18 km ESE of Karibib |
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Manganoan
Fluorapatite
aka Manganapatite
fl. yellow
Clementine II pegmatite,
Karibib |
Hydrocerussite
fl. white LW
Tsumeb |
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Laumontite
fl. white
Grootberg |
Clinohumite
fl. yellow
Okahua |
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Topaz
Krantzberg
Mine
Groot and Klein Spitzkoppe,
Erongo |
Polylithionite
Aris Quarries |
|
Oligoclase
probably fl. red
Kombat
Mine |
Witherite
Fl. white
Tsumeb mine, Kombat mine |
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Danburite
Krantzberg
Mine, Erongo |
Talc
Tsumeb mine, Kombat mine,
Klein Spitzkoppe granite
stock |
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Zircon
fl. yellow
Henderson mine, Usakos, Strathmore
pegmatites, Klein Spitzkoppe, Dicker Willem, Aris Quarries, Krantzberg
mine, Tsumeb mine, Kombat, Amis complex, Brandberg |
Tremolite
Tsumeb mine, Giant
crystals location, Farm Verloren, Hakos
Mts.
Jenkinskop, Richtersveld |
|
Pyromorphite
fl. orange or yellow
Namib Lead Mine (Swakopmund),
Tsumeb, Berg Aukas, Kombat (Otavi) |
Hemimorphite
fl. blue, sometimes white
or green
Skorpion Mine, Tsumeb Mine,
Abenab West
Mine (Grootfontein) |
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Sphalerite
fl. orange
Tsumeb mine, Kombat mine,
Berg Aukas, Abenab West mine, Aris quarry, Arandis area |
Heulandite
Tafelkop |
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Diopside
Fl. bright blue
Henderson Mine, Usakos
Tubessis (Erongo)
Okahua. Otjiwarongo |
Dravite
fl. yellow
Mesopotamia
504, Copper Valley, Khorixas
Gurumanas |
|
Natrolite
Aris Quarries |
Trona
blue-white yellow-orange
SW + LW
Otjiwalundo
salt pan |
|
Sulphohalite
fl. white - cream - white
LW
Otjiwalundo
salt pan |
Pirssonite
weak fl. blue-white SW
Otjiwalundo
salt pan |
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Thenardite
fl. bright white SW + LW
Otjiwalundo
salt pan |
Magadiite
fl. yellow-white SW + LW
Aris Quarry |
|
Brazilianite
Etiro pegmatite, Karibib
district |
Titanite
aka Sphene
fl. weak brown SW
Many
locations |
|
Rare fl. species
|
Karibibite - SW yellow
Karibib lithium pegmatite, Karibib district, Erongo (type locality)
My Copper Valley specimens not fluorescent |
Otavite - SW/LW red
Tsumeb Mine (type locality) |
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Tarbuttite
Skorpion
Mine
rare zinc phosphate
Images
Fl. pale yellow |
Boltwoodite
Goanikontes, 35 km from Swakopmund
Boltwoodite
notes
Images
Claim owner Andreas Polifi lives
in Windhoek
Justin B. knows him |
|
Kenyaite sometimes fl. pale yellow, SW
Aris
quarry, Windhoek district |
Milarite
near Rossing
3 Rossing specimens not fluorescent
Mins. Unlimited reported
to be not fluorescent, too |
|
Magnesio-axinite
Tubessis, Erongo |
Richterite - bright fl. orange
Kombat
Mine |
|
Petalite
Helikon
Mine, near Karibib
Strathmore
pegmatites,
Uis
Pegmatites, Uis
Only 2 specimens are fluorescent
Specimen 1 is fl. orange-pink
Specimen 2 is fl. white |
Cupro-Scheelite
Natas, Khomas region
80km south of Windhoek (may
be Hardap) |
|
Hydroxylherderite
may fluoresce weak yellow
under SW
Kleine
Spitzkoppe |
Amblygonite
Location
around Erongo |
|
Harkerite
Kombat
Mine
( also
Sakhaite - possible fluorescent) |
Austinite
fl. white-green
Tsumeb |
|
Norsethite
fluorescent pink
Rosh Pinah |
Pyrophyllite
Klein Spitzkoppe,
Erongo |
|
Tetranatrolite
Aris
quarry
(aka Gonnardite, found in Lesotho) |
Helvite
fl. pink and fl. red |
|
Thorite
fl. green
Amis
Complex, Brandberg area
Strathmore
pegmatites, Cape Cross area
Radioactive |
Villiaumite
fl. red or orange
Aris
Quarry |
|
Makatite
fl. white- pale cream SW
+ LW, observed in Makatite from Aris quarry |
Burbankite
Kalkfeld, Damaraland
Krantzberg Mine, Omoruru |
|
Cryolite
Kalkfeld, Damaraland
Aris quarries |
Nahcolite
Kalkfeld, Damaraland
fl. weak blue, weak yellow |
|
Torbernite
fl. yellow
Erongo Mountain
radioactive |
Bertrandite
fl. green SW + LW
Kleine Spitzkoppe
Demburg
pegmatite, Karibib |
Metanovacekite
Yellowish green to greenish
yellow LW, SW
Erongo Mts.
Metanovacekite
info
radioactive |
Margarite
fl. bluish-white
Otjisongati
Mines |
|
Tainiolite
Dicker
Willem |
Dundasite
fl. yellow-white SW
Tsumeb Mine |
|
Weeksite
Rossing Mine
fluorescent + radioactive
Roger's Mins. reports Rossing
specimen not fluorescent |
Minium
fl. orange
Tsumeb Mine, Berg Aukas,
Abenab West Mine
RT reports Tsumeb specimen
not fluorescent |
|
Halloysite
fl. various colors
Rubicon Mine, Karibib area |
Gyrolite
Sandamab Mine, Usakos
mm available
My Sandamab specimen not
fluorescent |
|
Zinnwaldite
fl. peach-yellow, SW + LW
Erongo Mts.
Van
der Made pegmatite, Etiro, Karibib |
Carbonate-hydroxylapatite
Kombat
Mine |
|
Gibbsite
Klein Spitzkoppe granite
stock |
Thornasite
fl. green SW +LW
Aris Quarries |
|
Calcio-ancylite-(Ce)
fl. blue gray SW + LW
Aris Quarries |
Analcime
SW green blue white, LW -green,
creamy white yellow
Aris Quarries |
|
Clinochrysotile
fl.
according to New
Fl.
Warmbad, Orange River |
Uranophane
Beta
fl. green
Rossing Mine |
|
Tyuyamunite
fl.
radioactive
Rossing Mine |
Chabazite
fl.
Klein Spitzkoppe |
|
Montebrasite
Some specimens fl. orange
LW
Strathmore pegmatites
and Karibib area |
Phosphuranylite
Lattice
quartz occurrence
Erongo Mt. area
|
|
Eylettersite
Greenish yellow SW, weak
cream brown LW
Lattice
quartz occurrence
Erongo Mt. area |
Phurcalite
Yellowish-green SW + LW
Radioactive
Lattice
quartz occurrence
Erongo Mt. area |
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Field Trip Reports
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Geological field
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Guides + other
resources
Mineral Prospector's
License
|
Apply for Prospector's Licence from
the Dept. of Mines office in Windhoek (supposed to apply for
this six weeks prior to entering Namibia) and Export Permits. |
People
Notes
|
Namibia is slightly less than
half the size of Alaska. |
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"Tsumeb is one of the greatest
mineral localities of all time. It's famous for zinc, lead, cobalt
and copper minerals. The total mineral species count from this
area has topped 300 and over 20 of them are found only there." |
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"The Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia,
Africa is widely thought of as the premier mineral locality in
the world. This mine produced more variety of truly superb minerals
than anywhere else in the world. The mine closed over two decades
ago." |
|
The Namib Desert has changed little
for 100 million years. It's the oldest desert on Earth. |
Careful not to collect any
rare "Para-site"
Places to stay
Zambia
Zambia localities
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe localitites
|
Bikita
pegmatite
Albite, Allophane, Amblygonite,
Apatite, Bikitaite, Calcite, Eucryptite, Lepidolite, Microcline,
Petalite, Pollucite, Simpsonite, Spodumene |
Tanzania
Tanzania localities
Malawi
Malawi localities
|
Mt. Malosa |
Rift Mineral Province
Zircon |
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Mozambique
Alto
Ligonha Pegmatite-District
Beryl, Dravite, Fluorite,
Hydroxylherderite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Petalite, Rubellite,
Scapolite, Spodumene, Topaz, Zircon |
Madagascar
Madagascar localities
Field trips
Geological
maps of Madagascar
Corby Waste, researcher
Contact: Corby
Waste
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