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Tourmaline from
Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia


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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
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Tourmaline, etc.

Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz3
Lepidolite3
Albite3
- var Cleavelandite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Usakos tourmaline mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:724022
Long-form Identifier:1:3:724022:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘNavachab Gold Mine, Farm Navachab, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘPieters Hill, Erongorus Farm 166, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘNeuschwaben Farm 73 (Neu Schwaben), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘSandamap Noord gold prospect, Sandamap North Farm 115, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
38.7km (24.1 miles) ⓘLattice quartz occurrence ('Gitterquarz-Fundstelle'), Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘRubikon Mine, Okongava Ost Farm 72, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
41.1km (25.6 miles) ⓘEtiro pegmatite, Etiro Farm 50, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
45.2km (28.1 miles) ⓘDobbelsberg Farm 99, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
52.9km (32.9 miles) ⓘOtjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘValencia deposit, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
References
www.mme.gov.na (2006) http://www.mme.gov.na/mines/minesandproducts.htm
Ashworth, L. (2014). Mineralised Pegmatites of the Damara Belt, Namibia: Fluid inclusion and geochemical characteristics with implications for post-collisional mineralisation (Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand).
 
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