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Diopside from
Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands Farm 426, Berseba Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands Farm 426, Berseba Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1432226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1432226:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
80.1km (49.8 miles) ⓘGibeon Kimberlite Occurrence, Gibeon Constituency, Hardap Region, Namibia
References
Verwoerd, W. J. (1967). The carbonatites of South Africa and South West Africa. Government Printer, South Africa., 6.
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Janse, A. J. A. (1971). Monticellite bearing porphyritic peridotite from Gross Brukkaros, South West Africa. South African Journal of Geology, 74(2), 45-55. doi.org/10.10520/AJA10120750_322
Allsopp, H. L., & Barrett, D. R. (1975). Rb–Sr age determinations on South African kimberlite pipes. In Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (pp. 605-617). Pergamon. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-018017-5.50044-4
Ferguson, J., Martin, H., Nicolaysen, L. O., & Danchin, R. V. (1975). Gross Brukkaros: a kimberlite–carbonatite volcano. In Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (pp. 219-234). Pergamon. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-018017-5.50021-3
Janse, A. J. A. (1975). Kimberlite and related rocks from the Nama Plateau of South-West Africa. In Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (pp. 81-94). Pergamon. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-018017-5.50012-2
Woldegabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Walter, Robert C. (1990) Geology, geochronology, and rift basin development in the central sector of the Main Ethiopia Rift. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 102 (4) 439-458 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1990)102<0439:ggarbd>2.3.co;2
Reid, D. L., Cooper, A. F., Rex, D. C., Harmer, R. E. (1990) Timing of post–Karoo alkaline volcanism in southern Namibia. Geological Magazine, 127 (5) 427-433 doi:10.1017/s001675680001517x
Stachel, T., Lorenz, V., & Stanistreet, I. G. (1994). Gross Brukkaros (Namibia)—An enigmatic crater-fill reinterpreted as due to Cretaceous caldera evolution. Bulletin of Volcanology, 56(5), 386-397. doi.org/10.1007/BF00326464
Stachel, T., Lorenz, V., & Brey, G. (1995). Carbonatite magmatism and fenitization of the epiclastic caldera-fill at Gross Brukkaros (Namibia). Bulletin of volcanology, 57(3), 185-196. doi.org/10.1007/BF00265038
Kurszlaukis, S., & Franz, L. (1997). Phase petrology, geochemistry and evolution of the ultrabasic-carbonatitic Blue Hills Complex (southern Namibia). GEOLOGIYA I GEOFIZIKA, 38(1), 50-68.
Lorenz, V., & Kurszlaukis, S. (1997). On the last explosions of carbonatite pipe G3b, Gross Brukkaros, Namibia. Bulletin of Volcanology, 59(1), 1-9. doi.org/10.1007/s004450050170
 
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