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Vanadinite from
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia


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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Vanadinite
Formula:Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Comments:Crystals to 7cm in the British Museum of Natural History collection, coated by descloizite and small yellow (vanadinite) crystals. Descloizite pseudomorphs after vanadinite are known.
Colour:Yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Descloizite4
Smithsonite4
Dolomite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vanadinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:22706
Long-form Identifier:1:3:22706:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vanadinite
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘAbenab West Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘAbenab Mine, Abenab, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘOkarundu, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
31.4km (19.5 miles) ⓘOtjoruharui Farm 251, Omatako Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘUitsab Mine (Uitsab prospect), Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘHarasib prospects, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘTsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
94.6km (58.8 miles) ⓘFinsterbergen prospect, Finsterbergen Farm 469, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
References
Cairncross, Bruce (1997) The Otavi Mountain Land Cu-Pb-Zn-V Deposits, Namibia. The Mineralogical Record, 28 (2) 109-130p.118
Laukamp, Carsten (2006) Structural and fluid system evolution in the Otavi Mountainland (Namibia) and its significance for the genesis of sulphide and nonsulphide mineralisation. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität.
von Bezing, Ludi (2007) Namibia - Minerals and Localities (1st ed.). Bode Verlag GmbH.
 
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