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Ilmenite from
Noumas I pegmatite (Blesberg), Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Noumas I pegmatite (Blesberg), Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1865659
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1865659:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘKliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘOkiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘHotson 6 Mine, Koenabib farm, Khâi-Ma Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘCarolusberg No. 1 Mine, Carolusberg, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘTweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Ballouard, Christophe; Elburg, Marlina A.; Tappe, Sebastian; Reinke, Christian; Ueckermann, Henriette; Doggart, Shane (2020) Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of rare metal pegmatites from the Mesoproterozoic Orange River pegmatite belt (Namaqualand, South Africa). Ore Geology Reviews, 116. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103252
 
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