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Garnet Group from
Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:X3Z2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Garnet Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:619642
Long-form Identifier:1:3:619642:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘOkiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.3km (7.6 miles) ⓘOkiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘNarrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘKliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘKokerboomrand pegmatite, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘWitkop pegmatite, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
80.9km (50.3 miles) ⓘSpodumene Kop I pegmatite, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘNoumas I pegmatite (Blesberg), Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
84.5km (52.5 miles) ⓘNorabees I pegmatite, Norrabees pegmatites I-VI, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
90.6km (56.3 miles) ⓘBlue feldspar reef, Steinkopf, Nama Khoi Local Municipality, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Stein, H. J., Raith, J. G. (2000) Re-Os dating and sulfur isotope composition of molybdenite from tungsten deposits in western Namaqualand, South Africa: implications for ore genesis and the timing of metamorphism. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (8) 741-753 doi:10.1007/s001260050276
 
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