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Pyrite from
Navachab Gold Mine, Farm Navachab, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Navachab Gold Mine, Farm Navachab, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414482
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414482:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘTwin Hills prospects, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘGiftkuppe, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
48.5km (30.2 miles) ⓘSandamap Noord gold prospect, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
53.2km (33.1 miles) ⓘKrantzberg Mine, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
68.4km (42.5 miles) ⓘGaudeanmus Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
71.7km (44.6 miles) ⓘHakskeen Farm 89, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
74.9km (46.6 miles) ⓘStiepelmann Mine, Klein Spitzkoppe, Spitzkoppe Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
91.1km (56.6 miles) ⓘRössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
92.3km (57.3 miles) ⓘOtjua tungsten prospect, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
98.4km (61.1 miles) ⓘKhan Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
Nörtemann, M. F. J., Mücke, A., Weber, K., & Meinert, L. D. (2000). Mineralogy of the Navachab skarn deposit, Namibia: an unusual Au-bearing skarn in high-grade metamorphic rocks. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 12, 149-156.
www.mineral.tu-freiberg.de (n.d.) http://www.mineral.tu-freiberg.de/econgeology/lehre/namibia/22_9/22_9.html
 
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