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Analcime, Apatite, Calcite, Catapleeite, Helvite, Microcline, Opal, Pectolite, Sodalite, Sphalerite, Zircon Transvaal mine, Argent, Gauteng Anglesite, Cerrusite, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite Argent is 100 km east of Jo'burg. South of Bronkhorstspruit.  Moepe Mine -  Pilanesberg Mt. Fluorite Wydhoek farm-  Pilanesberg Mt. Fluorapatite, Fluorite Rand London quarry, Krugersdorp Aragonite Argent 100 km E of Jo'burg. S of Bronkhorstspruit Anglesite, Barite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Hemimorphite, Hopeite, Hydrocerussite, Lanarkite, Leadhillite, Matlockite, Minium, Phosgenite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite Salt Pan Crater Gaylussite, Trona       Northwest Province Mineral profile maps Lujavrite outcrop, Pilanesberg Complex Analcime, Fluorapatite, Hilairite, Huttonite, Microcline, Sphalerite, Strontium-Apatite, Titanite, Weloganite, Zircon Spitskop Calcite, Diopside, Meionite Ottoshoop district Cerussite, Fluorite, Smithsonite   Witkop Fluorite Mine, Ottoshoop (source: Online Mins) Tremolite  Marico district Anglesite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Massicot, Minium, Pyromorphite   Western Bushveld Complex  Pering mine Reivilo, east of Kuruman Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Hydrozincite, Phlogopite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite (not fluorescent)  Waaikraal gold deposit, Western Bushveld Andesine, Apatite, Calcite, Sphalerite, Spinel Helem Mine, Swartruggens Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Diamond, Sanidine, Strontianite, Wadeite, Zircon Saulspoort Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex Britholite-(Ce), Thorite Thabayadiotsa  Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex Britholite-(Ce), Fluorite     KwaZulu-Natal Marble Delta area Apatite, Calcite, Chondrodite, Clinohumite, Diopside, Dravite, Grossular, Marialite, Meionite, Opal, Phlogopite, Spinel, Talc, Titanite, Tremolite, Wollastonite Port Shepstone Lime Quarry 2006 Marble Delta field trip   *Diopside crystals over a meter long, Marble Delta* Idwalla Quarry Calcite Rhebok workings, Hlbisa Chalcedony, Fluorite Alladin fluorite mine, Sinkwazi Barite, Calcite, fluorite Ridgeview quarry, Umbilo Valley, Cato Manor, Durban Barite, Calcite, Dickite, Fluorite, Gypsum  Coedmore quarry Bellair, Durban Apophyllite, Barite, Calcite, Chabazite, Gypsum, Laumontite, Montmorillonite, Prehnite Clairwood Quarries Umhlatuzana valley, Durban Analcime, Apophyllite, Calcite, Chabazite, Dickite, Fluorite, Heulandite, Laumontite, Montmorillonite, Prehnite     Limpopo Vergenoeg mine Autunite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Gearksutite, Gypsum, Microcline, Prosopite, Sphalerite, Titanite, Xenotime   Syferfontein Calcite Mine, Nylstroom field trip Palabora Mine Analcime, Baddeleyite, Barite, Brucite, Calcite, Celestine, Chabazite, Chondrodite, Datolite, Dolomite, Fluorborite, Fluorapatite, Laumontite, Magnesite, Natrolite, Pectolite, Phlogopite, Prehnite, Scolecite, Sphalerite, Xonotlite Phalabora Complex article Foskor Apatite pit Phalabora Apatite, Barite, Brucite, Calcite, Celestine, Chondrodite, Dolomite, Fluoborite, Hydromagnesite, Phlogopite, Witherite  Vivo Soutspansberg District Opal Penge Aragonite, Meionite Mica Siding area Mica Andesine, Corundum, Fluorapatite, Margarite Gravelotte, Murchison Range Albite, Anthophyllite, Apatite, Dravite, Grossular, Magnesite, Margarite, Microcline, Scheelite, Senarmontite, Spodumene, Talc Palmietfontane farm Palmietfontein Farm, Zoutpansberg District Andesine, Corundum (sapphire?) Andesine, fl. bright blue is found in a corundum pegmatite with similar name Potgietersrust District (Zaaiplaats tin field) Albite, Anorthite, Anthophyllite, Aragonite, Bastnastite-Ce, Calcite, Cookeite, Corundum, Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Phenakite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Xenotime-Y, Zircon Goudini carbonatite complex Albite, Apatite, Barite, Burbankite, Calcite, Cancrinite, Fluorite, Lorenzite, Phlogopite, Titanite       Mpumalanga   Stavoren - Mutue tin field Hillside Quarry Calcite, Fluorite, Scheelite  Pilgrim's Rest Aragonite, Calcite, Scheelite Uitfarm Brucite, Calcite, Periclase  Witbank coalfield, Witbank Barite, gypsum, mascagnite, phlogopite Hendriksplaats Farm, Lydenburg District, Eastern Bushveld Complex Apatite, Diopside, Monticellite, Uvarovite  Glynn's Lydenburg Mine, Pilgrim's Rest Scheelite Mpumalanga   Stavoren - Mutue tin field Hillside Quarry Calcite, Fluorite, Scheelite  Pilgrim's Rest Aragonite, Calcite, Scheelite Uitfarm Brucite, Calcite, Periclase  Witbank coalfield, Witbank Barite, gypsum, mascagnite, phlogopite Hendriksplaats Farm, Lydenburg District, Eastern Bushveld Complex Apatite, Diopside, Monticellite, Uvarovite  Glynn's Lydenburg Mine, Pilgrim's Rest Scheelite Argent Mines Cerussite, Matlockite, Mimetite, Minium, Pyromorphite       Eastern Cape Aliwal North Calcite  Barkely East Drakensberg region Analcime, Calcite, Chabazite Drakensberg region Calcite, Chabazite, Epistilbite, Harmotome, Laumontite, Mordenite, Natrolite, Stellerite  Alum Kranz Farm Pickingerite     Western Cape Rietkuil (Uranium mine) Beaufort West Autunite, Phosphuranylite, Pickingerite, Sabugalite, Uranophane Beta, Uranospinite, other uranium minerals Salpeterkop Mts Carbonatite complex SE of Sutherland Analcime, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Gypsum, Natrolite, Thorite Jenkinskop Richtersveld Tremolite     Free State Sasolburg Barite, gypsum, mascagnite, phlogopite Roberts Victor Mine Boshof, Lejweleputswa District, Free State Province Ablite, Analcime, Calcite, Corundum, Diamond, Diopside, Mullite, Sanidine, Spinel    Giant Fluorescent (?) Crystals - South Africa   2006 Marble Delta field trip *Diopside crystals over a meter long, Marble Delta*       Possible fl. minerals of South Africa Calcite Many locations in SA Fluorite Fl. blue-purple, LW, and other colors, including pink SW, yellow, white Many locations in SA Cerussite Fl. pale yellow. Fl. blue also reported Many locations in SA  Barite Wessels, N'Chwanning II, Hotazel Mine,  Aggeneys,  Nababeep West mine,  Prieska Copper Mine, Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Postmasburg manganese field, Argent, Salpeterkop Mts, Palabora  Sphalerite N'Chwanning II, Pering Mine, Aggeneys, Nababeep West mine, Gamsberg Zinc Mine, Pilanesberg Mt., Argent, Palabora, others   Aragonite Numerous locations Richterite - bright fl. orange Wessels, N'Chwanning mines  Zircon fl. yellow Pilanesberg Mt, Bushveld Complex, various pegmatites, Northern and Western Cape provinces   Wollastonite Garies  Natrolite various locations  Grossular N. P. C. Simuma quarries, Marble Delta Aggeneys + Garies Wessels Thaumasite fl. dull white Wessels Mine, N'Chwaning I, II Mines My Wessels specimen not fluorescent Andalusite fl. yellow Many locations in South Africa Allophane possibly fl. blue, green, white or yellow   Okiep copper district, Namaqualand Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit District, Mpumalanga Province Fluoborite Palabora TVM reports it's not fluorescent from Palabora Autunite fl. yellow-green Rietkuil, Beaufort West radioactive  Dickite fl. bright blue-white coating Ridgeview Quarry, Umbilo Valley, Cato Manor, Durban Clairwood Quarries - now a recreation area (?)   Hydrocerussite fl. white LW Argent Lanarkite fl. yellow Argent  Clinohumite Marble Delta Stronitum-Apatite Lujavrite outcrop Pilanesberg complex Strontianite fl. blue N'chwanning II, others? Xonotlite Fl. pale cream-white N'Chwanning II, Wessels mine, Palabora mine  Topaz Fl. pale yellow many locations  Hibschite synonym of Hydrogrossular Wessels mine, N'Chwaning II mine, others  Andesine fl. blue -"extraordinary brightness", from corundum pegmatite, "Palmietfontein, Transvaal", probably this location Mica Siding, Limpopo Witherite Fl. white Foskor Apatite pit, Phalaborwa Talc Messina, Kalahari manganese fields, other locations Anthophyllite fl. red Limpopo locations  Tremolite Marble Delta, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Jenkinskop (Richtersveld), Prieska Copper Mine, Northern Cape (Namaqualand) Hemimorphite fl. blue, sometimes white or green Broken Hill, Aggeneys, Argent, Edendale lead mine, Marico District Pyromorphite fl. orange or yellow Gamsberg Zinc Mine (Aggeneys), Transvaal mine (Gauteng) Also Argent Mines, Mpumalanga Cerussite  fl. pale yellow Aggeneys, Shimwell vein, Gauteng Anglesite fl. pale yellow Transvaal mine, Gauteng  Uvarovite some are fl. red Lydenburg district, Mpumalanga Rustenberg district, Northwest Province  Analcime Analcime SW green blue white, LW - green, creamy white yellow Lujavrite outcrop, Pilansberg Complex Celestine  various location in SA My KMF specimen not fluorescent Microlite fl. according to New Fluorescence  Bustamite Fl. red N'Chwaning I, II Mine Senarmontite fl. orange Alpha-Gravelotte mine, Limpopo   Opal various locations  Dravite fl. yellow Kubannek Quarrys, Gravellote, Limpopo, Prieska Copper Mine, Northern Cape, Mooinooi Mine, west of Pretoria, NW Province Chabazite  fl. yellow-green various locations Diopside Fl. bright blue Many locations Gaylussite Salt Pan Crater, Gauteng province Trona Salt Pan Crater, Gauteng province Titanite aka Sphene fl. weak brown SW Many locations Orthoclase Many locations  Olmiite fl. red SW N'Chwanning II mine, Kalahari Manganese Field  Ettringite uncertain fluorescence N'Chwanning I & II, Wessels Mine Pollucite  Fl. cream white blue green SW, weak orange LW Norrabees, Steinkopf, Namaqualand  Mascagnite fl. white 2 locations Gageite (Henckel only) Fl. weak red LW N'Chwanning I & 2, Wessels Mine Scolecite Fl. bluish-white LW, yellow SW Palabora mine Hydrotalcite Fl. yellow-white, SW, LW Palabora mine  Francolite (Carbonate-Fluorapatite) Luminescence page Stanger, KwaZulu  Crandallite (Henkel listing) on Luminescence Stanger, KwaZulu  Lithiophilite Yellow LW South Africa locations   Sanidine  Mimetite Argent Mines, Argent ,Mpumalanga         Rare fl. species - SA  Charlesite Weak Fluorescence, SW light violet, LW light green. Wessels Mine, N'Chwaning Mines 2 reports from Kalahari not fluorescent Gowerite fl. weak white Wessels, N'Chwanning mines Clinochrysotile fl. according to New Fl. Wessels Mine and Barberton district  Kalinite  Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province  Becquerelite Bokse Puts Farm (Bokseputs farm) Namaqualand, Northern Cape Gearksutite Vergenoeg mine, Limpopo Province Tobermorite fl. sw weak white to yellow, LW weak white to yellow Wessels Mine Thorite fl. green Many locations listed here Radioactive Amblygonite Groendorn pegmatites, Steinkopf, Namaqualand  Uranospinite fl. yellow-green LW Abernathyite fl. yellow-green LW and SW Beaufort West district  Foshagite fl. pale yellow-white Wessels Mine   Jennite fl. weak yellow-white Wessels Mine  Torbernite fl. yellow Rietkuil, Beaufort West radioactive Uranospinite fl. yellow-green LW Rietkuil, Beaufort West Cymrite fl. bright green Hotazel Mine, Black Rock Mine Kalahari Manganese Fields Sabugalite fl. bright lemon yellow Beaufort West District  Bertrandite fl. green SW + LW Jakkalswater; Noumas I pegmatite; Blesberg mine), Steinkopf Middel Post pegmatite, Keimoes Oup pegmatite, Kenhardt District, Namaqualand Hydromagnesite fl. white (possibly green) Foskor Apatite pit Phalaborwa   Laumontite fl. white Palabora, others Bavenite fl. Clift quarry Paarl granite Baddeleyite Palabora My Palabora specimen not fluorescent Lanarkite Argent  Huttonite Lujavrite outcrop Pilanesberg complex Weloganite Lujavrite outcrop Pilanesberg complex Hopeite Argent  Wurtzite Argent  Zinnwaldite fl. peach-yellow, SW + LW Taranakite South Africa is only location given Periclase fl. light yellow LW Uitfarm Mpumalanga  Margarite fl. bluish-white Mica Siding area, Mica, Limpopo  Gibbsite Postmasburg manganese field, Northern Cape Minium fl. orange LW + SW Argent and Marico district Afwillite fl. Wessels Mine Banalsite fl. according to New Fl. Kalahari Manganese Fields, Postmasburg manganese field Heulandite   Palabora, others Mordenite fl. white Drakensburg region  Harmotome fl. weak white Drakensburg region Uranophane Beta fl. green  Rietkuil, Beaufort West District, Western Cape Stellerite fl. Drakensburg region  Epistilbite fl. white LW Drakensburg region  Tridymite fl. red Mamatwan Mine southern Kalahari Manganese Fields  Anorthite fl. blue (rare) Merensky reef, NW Province  Zoisite Thulite is red, pink variety Tanzanite is blue variety locations list Phosphuranylite fl. orange-brown SW, LW Beaufort West  Brazilianite Anniesfontein, cave deposit Richtersveld Creedite  fl. blue SW, fl. white LW N'Chwanning I & II mines Kalahari Manganese Field  Sogdianite fl. blue-white SW Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field Pickeringite Fl. white SW, LW Alum Kranz farm, Woodbury District, Eastern Cape Province Rietkuil, Beaufort West District  Picropharmacolite Fl. blue-white SW + LW Kruisrivier cobalt mine, Mpumalanga Minyulite Fl. white South Africa  Newberyite fl. weak white SW + LW Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit District, Mpumalanga Periclase fl. pale yellow LW locations Doyleite (listed in Minfluo but not certain) Slipfontein, Western Bushveld Complex NW Province Massicot (Henkel only) fl. yellow SW + LW Argent Kindergoed farm, NW Province Phoenicochroite (Henkel only) fl. orange-red SW Argent Monticellite fl. orange SW, pink LW (Fluomin) Hendriksplaats Farm, Lydenburg District, Eastern Bushveld Complex, Mpumalanga Province  Cancrinite Fl. yellow Pilansberg Complex others Wadeite Fl blue-white SW Helem Mine, Swartruggens, North West Province Mullite Roberts Victor Mine, Free State Province Britholite-(Ce) Fl. geen Saulspoort & Thabayadiotsa Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex Pickingerite Rietkuil, Beaufort West Alum Kranz Farm Matlockite Argent Mines, Argent, Mpumalanga Hilairite Pilanesberg Alkaline Complex             Resources   South African Lapidary Journal   SAGAMS     Geology of Provinces summaries Geosites Database      Geological Sciences      Department of Geological Sciences see UCT field trip links above   Mining Journal Online   Geo Sites - Details of SA locations Witwatersrand Gem and Mineral Club, includes Horst Windisch Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club Natal Mineral and Gem Society (Durban)  Zululand Rock and Mineral Club (Richards Bay) - ZRMC Mineralogical Society of Southern Africa (Cape Town) Spectacular minerals from the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa article The Manganese Adventure: The South African Manganese Fields article  Pilanesberg in South Africa - geology Pilanesberg National Park Alkaline Ring Complex Glimpsing game in a collapsed volcano Southern African Minerals   Geology Info Kalahari Manganese Field details Minerals from the Kalahari Manganese Field Bushveld Complex The Bushveld complex is a large, layered intrusive. It contains many magmatic ores, pegmatitic and hydrothermal ore deposits and has metamorphosed the floor rocks of the intrusive. The major deposits are of platinum group elements, chrome, nickel, vanadium and uranium. The complex occurs in a number of South Africa's provinces.   Museums  GeoScience museum Pretoria Council for GeoScience           South African Universities Bruce Cairncross, Associate Professor of Geology at the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg - email: bc@na.rau.ac.za http://general.uj.ac.za/geology/cairncross/   "Bruce Cairncross" on Find Articles Image Gallery, Dept. of Geology, University of Johannesburg     Online Dictionaries English - Afrikaans   Paleontology + Anthropology sites West Coast Fossil Park - Langebaan 5 million years ago      Changing Views of Earth Continually updated Earth View       Namibia   Mindat Localities Namibia Tsumeb Mine Adamite, Anglesite, Aragonite, Ashoverite, Austinite, Barite, Brucite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Dundasite, Fraiponite, Greenockite, Gypsum, Hedyphane, Hemimorphite, Hydrocerrusite, Hydrozincite, Leadhillite, Legrandite, Macphersonite, Magnesite, Minium, Montmorillonite, Otavite, Phosgenite, Phlogopite, Prosopite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Stolzite, Talc, Talmessite, Tarnowitzite, Thaumasite, Tilasite, Tremolite, Willemite, Witherite, Wurtzite   Kombat Mine Anglesite, Aragonite, Barite, Brucite, Calcite, Carbonate-hydroxylapatite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Harkerite, Hedyphane, Helvite, Kutnahorite, Leadhillite, Microcline, Oligoclase, Phlogopite, Pyromorphite, Rhodochrosite, Richterite, Sakhaite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Talc, Witherite, Zircon   Berg Aukas Anglesite, Aragonite, Calcite, Cerussite, Greenockite, Leadhillite, Matlockite, Mimetite, Minium, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite  Abenab West Mine Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Greenockite, Hemimorphite, Microcline, Mimetite, Minium, Montmorillonite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Willemite Article about Abenab West mine  Erongo Mountain near Usakos Albite, Calcite, Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Hydroxylherderite, Metanovácekite, Metazeunerite, Microcline, Phosphuranylite, Pollucite, Scheelite, Stolzite, Topaz, Torbernite, Zinnwaldite Krantzberg Mine, Erongo Abandoned tungsten deposit on Krantzberg Mt., on Farm Pristelwitz. Restricted access. Burbankite, Calcite, Fluorite, Danburite, Opal, Powellite, Scheelite, Titanite, Topaz, Tourmaline, Zircon  Aris quarry near Windhoek Analcime, Barite, Calcite, Calcio-ancylite-(Ce), Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Kenyaite, Magadiite, Opal, Natrophosphate, Polylithionite, Sanidine, Sodalite, Sphalerite, Thomasite, Thornasite, Villiaumite, Wurtzite, Zircon Brandberg West Mine Opencast mine, can drive into it Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Nahcolite, Scheelite * Rossing Mine * Arandis Boltwoodite, Calcite, Clinohumite, Haiweeite, Milarite, Spinel, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite, Uranophane Beta, Weeksite, various uranium minerals Visited on Horst W. trip, 2002 no collecting Klein Spitzkoppe Erongo Albite, Bertrandite, Calcite, Cerussite, Chabazite, Euclase, Fluorite, Gibbsite, Hydroxylherderite, Magnesite, Mmetite, Opal, Phenakite, Pyrophyllite, Scheelite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Talc, Topaz, Yttrofluorite, Zircon Located 30 km from Usakos. Strathmore pegmatites, 28 km east of Cape Cross, Erongo Amblygonite, Eucryptite, Lithiophilite, Montebrasite, Spodumene, Yttrofluorite, Zircon see Henties Bay Tourism Uis Pegmatites Amblygonite, pink tourmaline Tubessis Khan mine, near Swapokmund Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite, Sphalertite  *  Namib Lead Mine * Aragonite, Calcite, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Pyromorphite Swakopmund Visited on Horst W. trip, 2002 Henderson Mine 13 km SW of Usakos Usakos, Karibib District Apatite, Calcite, Diopside, Phlogopite, Rubellite, Titanite, Zircon   Neuschwaben (Neu Schwaben) Karibib district Pink tourmaline (siberite?, morganite?) Khorixas, Damaraland Scheelite, ?   Otjua tungsten prospect Calcite, Marialilte-Meionite, Scheelite Otjua pics Garub Mine Keetmanshoop District Fluorite mine 100 km north of Karasburg Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite, Fluorite Giant crystals location, Farm Verloren Quartzberg, Hakos Mts., near Gamsberg Calcite rhombs up to 1 meter, Tremolite crystals up to 20 meters, Dolomite up to 1 meter length, Talc Brukkaros Crater Barite Not fluorescent, according to Rob. W. Mine wasn't fluorescent located in the Gibeon Meteorite strewn field  Kalkfeld Omaruru, Damaraland Albite, Apatite, Barite, Burbankite, Calcite var: Manganoan Calcite, Cryolite, Fluorite, Halite, Nahcolite, Phlogopite, Sphalerite, Strontianite, Sylvite Rosh Pinah Mine Barite, Cerussite, Norsethite   Skorpion, Rosh Pinah article Mines info  Skorpion Mine Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite, Tarbuttite   Skorpion Mine website Skorpion Mine info  Goanikontes claim Uranium claim (mine) 4 km SE of Goanikontes and 27 km E of Swakopmund Boltwoodite, Chalcedony   Arandis area includes Goanikontes Apatite, Boltwoodite, Calcite, Danburite, Fluorite, Lithiophilite, Sphalerite Rubikon Mine pegmatite, Karibib district Amblygonite, Lithiophilite, Petalite Giant Petalite crystals  Clementine II pegmatite Okatjimukuju farm 18 km ESE of Karibib Manganapatite, Mitridatite, Petalite, Strunzite, Topaz  Seven Pillars mine Orange River Fluorite  Warmbad Orange River Albite, Calcite, Fluorite Pot Mine gold mine, Erongo Scheelite Dicker Willem Hardap region, NW of Aus Apatite, Calcite, Tainiolite, Titanite, Wollasonite, Zircon  Okahua Private claim. 30 km SE of Otjiwarongo. Calcite, Chondrodite(?), Clinohumite, Diopside, Dolomite, Forsterite, Meionite, Phlogopite, Spinel (black), Titanite, Wollasonite Namib Mine Small quarry just south of Wlotzkas Baken, approx. 2.3 km east of the coastal road between Henties Bay and Swakopmund. Calcite  Tubussis Erongo Barite, Calcite, Diopside, Magnesioaxinite, Stolzite, Topaz Tafelkop Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Analcime, Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Heudlandite, Laumontite, Prehnite Mesopotamia 504 Copper Valley, Khorixas, Damaraland Albite, Aragonite, Calcite, Cerussite, Dravite, Gypsum, Phlogopite, Scheelite camping allowed Omehane, Brandberg Fluorite, calcite Goboboseb Mountains west of Brandberg Analcime, Apophyllite, Baryte, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Prehnite, Scolecite Stilbite Lattice quartz occurrence Erongo Mt. area Beta-uranophane, Eylettersite, Fluorite, Phosphuranylite, Phurcalite   Otjiwalundo salt pan West of Etosha Pan Pirssonite, Sulphohalite, Thenardite, Trona Etiro Pegmatite Karibib District Albite, var. Cleavelandite, Amblygonite, Apatite, Brazilianite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Topaz Otjosondu Largest manganese deposit Albite, Barite, Bustamite, Calcite, Celsian, Diopside, Hyalophane, Manganocummingtonite, Winchite  Helikon II pegmatite Okongava-Ost farm, Karibib Amblygonite, Apatite, Petalite, Pollucite Sandamab pegmatite Eophosphorite, Fluorapatite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Mitridatite, Stronzite  Grootberg Pass Heulandite, Laumontite, Scolecite, Stilbite      Giant Fluorescent (?) Crystals - Namibia   Giant crystals location, Farm Verloren Calcite, dolomite, tremolite at Quartzberg, Hakos Mts.  Giant Petalite Crystals, Rubikon Mine, Karibib district         Fl. species - Namibia Calcite Fl. various colors Rossing Mine, Tafelkop, Henderson Mine, Tubessis, Khan Mine, Stiepelmann Mine, Namib Lead Mine, Namib Mine Cerussite Fl. pale yellow. Fl. blue also reported from Tsumeb Mesopotamia 504, Berg Aukas, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb West Mine, Kombat Mine, Abenab West Mine, Auros mine, Nosib mine, Uitsab Mine (Otavi)    Willemite Tsumeb Mine + Berg Aukas Abenab West Mine, Guchab-Rodgerberg area  Tarnowitzite (Plumbian Aragonite) Tsumeb Mine Tsumeb has produced large tarnowitzite crystals up to 20 cm.  Fluorite Fl. blue-purple, LW, and other colors, including pink SW, yellow, white Many locations in Namibia including Okorusu, Erongo, Orange River, Kalkfeld, Kombat Mine  Cobaltoan Dolomite  fl. red Tsumeb Mine Barite  Rosh Pinah, Tafelkop  Opal various locations  Smithsonite Fl. pink, yellow - Tsumeb, blue - Berg Aukas Tsumeb Orthoclase Many locations Phlogopite Tsumeb Mine + Kombat Mine Henderson Mine, Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Neuhof 100 farm, Malta Heights (Maltahöhe), Hardap Region Grossular Sidney pegmatite, Karibib  Wurtzite Aris quarry  Cadmium Wurtzite Fl. orange Tsumeb    Stolzite Fl. bright yellow SW, Fl. orange-red LW Tsumeb Excalibur reports Tsumeb specimen not fluorescent Hedyphane Weak fluorescent yellow SW + LW Tsumeb, Kombat mines Leadhillite possibly fl. bright yellow or dull white Tsumeb, Kombat, Berg Aukas Phosgenite Tsumeb mine weak fluorescent yellow LW  Manganoan Calcite fl. bright orange-red Kalkfeld, Omaruru  Thaumasite fl. dull white Tsumeb mine Metazeunerite fl. weak green or yellow (?), doubt about whether it is fluorescent Erongo Mountain Strunzite fl. yellow LW Clementine II pegmatite, Okatjimukuju farm (Friedrichsfelde farm),18 km ESE of Karibib Manganoan Fluorapatite aka  Manganapatite fl. yellow Clementine II pegmatite, Karibib Hydrocerussite fl. white LW Tsumeb  Laumontite fl. white Grootberg Clinohumite fl. yellow Okahua Topaz Krantzberg Mine Groot and Klein Spitzkoppe, Erongo Polylithionite Aris Quarries  Oligoclase probably fl. red   Kombat Mine Witherite Fl. white Tsumeb mine, Kombat mine Danburite Krantzberg Mine, Erongo Talc Tsumeb mine, Kombat mine, Klein Spitzkoppe granite stock Zircon fl. yellow Henderson mine, Usakos, Strathmore pegmatites, Klein Spitzkoppe, Dicker Willem, Aris Quarries, Krantzberg mine, Tsumeb mine, Kombat, Amis complex, Brandberg   Tremolite Tsumeb mine, Giant crystals location, Farm Verloren, Hakos Mts. Jenkinskop, Richtersveld Pyromorphite fl. orange or yellow Namib Lead Mine (Swakopmund), Tsumeb, Berg Aukas, Kombat (Otavi) Hemimorphite fl. blue, sometimes white or green Skorpion Mine, Tsumeb Mine, Abenab West Mine (Grootfontein)  Sphalerite fl. orange Tsumeb mine, Kombat mine, Berg Aukas, Abenab West mine, Aris quarry, Arandis area Heulandite Tafelkop  Diopside Fl. bright blue Henderson Mine, Usakos Tubessis (Erongo) Okahua. Otjiwarongo Dravite fl. yellow Mesopotamia 504, Copper Valley, Khorixas Gurumanas  Natrolite Aris Quarries Trona blue-white yellow-orange SW + LW Otjiwalundo salt pan Sulphohalite fl. white - cream - white LW Otjiwalundo salt pan Pirssonite weak fl. blue-white SW Otjiwalundo salt pan Thenardite fl. bright white SW + LW Otjiwalundo salt pan Magadiite fl. yellow-white SW + LW Aris Quarry Brazilianite Etiro pegmatite, Karibib district  Titanite aka Sphene fl. weak brown SW Many locations Mangancummingtonite (formerly known as Tirodite) fl. red SW + LW Otjosondu, Otjozondjupa Region   Macphersonite fl. strong yellow SW, LW Tsumeb mine Ashoverite  Fl. bluish-white SW Tsumeb mine Tilasite fl. pink-orange SW Tsumeb mine Fraiponite (Henkel only) Tsumeb Yellow-white LW, Greenish SW Massicot (Henkel only) fl. yellow SW + LW Tsumeb Nosib mine, Otavi Scolecite Fl. bluish-white LW, yellow SW Grootberg Pass Messum crater, Brandberg  Lithiophilite Yellow LW Namibia locations Hilairite Fluomin info Aris Quarry Cristobalite Fl. red Tubussis Farm 22, Karibib Arnhem Cave Witherite Tsumeb, Kombat mine, Rosh Pinah                Rare fl. species Karibibite - SW yellow Karibib lithium pegmatite, Karibib district, Erongo (type locality) My Copper Valley specimens not fluorescent Otavite - SW/LW red Tsumeb Mine (type locality) Tarbuttite Skorpion Mine rare zinc phosphate Images Fl. pale yellow Boltwoodite Goanikontes, 35 km from Swakopmund Boltwoodite notes Images Claim owner Andreas Polifi lives in Windhoek Justin B. knows him Kenyaite sometimes fl. pale yellow, SW Aris quarry, Windhoek district     Milarite near Rossing 3 Rossing specimens not fluorescent Mins. Unlimited reported to be not fluorescent, too  Magnesio-axinite Tubessis, Erongo Richterite - bright fl. orange Kombat Mine Petalite Helikon Mine, near Karibib Strathmore pegmatites, Uis Pegmatites, Uis Only 2 specimens are fluorescent Specimen 1 is fl. orange-pink Specimen 2 is fl. white Cupro-Scheelite  Natas, Khomas region 80km south of Windhoek (may be Hardap)  Hydroxylherderite may fluoresce weak yellow under SW Kleine Spitzkoppe Amblygonite Location around Erongo  Harkerite Kombat Mine ( also Sakhaite - possible fluorescent) Austinite fl. white-green Tsumeb Norsethite fluorescent pink Rosh Pinah      Pyrophyllite Klein Spitzkoppe, Erongo Tetranatrolite Aris quarry (aka Gonnardite, found in Lesotho) Helvite fl. pink and fl. red Thorite fl. green Amis Complex, Brandberg area Strathmore pegmatites, Cape Cross area Radioactive   Villiaumite fl. red or orange Aris Quarry Makatite fl. white- pale cream SW + LW, observed in Makatite from Aris quarry Burbankite Kalkfeld, Damaraland Krantzberg Mine, Omoruru  Cryolite Kalkfeld, Damaraland Aris quarries  Nahcolite Kalkfeld, Damaraland fl. weak blue, weak yellow Torbernite fl. yellow Erongo Mountain radioactive  Bertrandite fl. green SW + LW Kleine Spitzkoppe Demburg pegmatite, Karibib   Metanovacekite Yellowish green to greenish yellow LW, SW Erongo Mts. Metanovacekite info radioactive Margarite fl. bluish-white Otjisongati Mines Tainiolite Dicker Willem  Dundasite fl. yellow-white SW Tsumeb Mine Weeksite Rossing Mine fluorescent + radioactive Roger's Mins. reports Rossing specimen not fluorescent Minium fl. orange Tsumeb Mine, Berg Aukas, Abenab West Mine RT reports Tsumeb specimen not fluorescent  Halloysite fl. various colors Rubicon Mine, Karibib area Gyrolite Sandamab Mine, Usakos mm available My Sandamab specimen not fluorescent  Zinnwaldite fl. peach-yellow, SW + LW  Erongo Mts. Van der Made pegmatite, Etiro, Karibib Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Kombat Mine  Gibbsite Klein Spitzkoppe granite stock  Thornasite fl. green SW +LW Aris Quarries Calcio-ancylite-(Ce) fl. blue gray SW + LW Aris Quarries Analcime SW green blue white, LW -green, creamy white yellow Aris Quarries Clinochrysotile fl. according to New Fl. Warmbad, Orange River Uranophane Beta fl. green Rossing Mine Tyuyamunite fl. radioactive Rossing Mine  Chabazite fl. Klein Spitzkoppe Montebrasite Some specimens fl. orange LW Strathmore pegmatites and Karibib area Phosphuranylite  Lattice quartz occurrence Erongo Mt. area Eylettersite Greenish yellow SW, weak cream brown LW  Lattice quartz occurrence Erongo Mt. area  Phurcalite Yellowish-green SW + LW Radioactive  Lattice quartz occurrence Erongo Mt. area  Natrophosphate Fl. weak orange SW, LW Aris Quarries Haiweeite weak dull green SW, LW Rossing Mine Talmessite  fl. weak green SW Tsumeb mine Prosopite fl. blue white SW, LW Tsumeb Mine Pollucite  Fl. cream white blue green SW, weak orange LW Erongo, Helikon II pegmatite   Mitridatite Fl. red LW Clementine II pegmatite Sandamab pegmatite  Cancrinite Fl. yellow Locations  Sylvite Kalkfeld, Kunene, Namibia Matlockite Berg Aukas  Saw specimen for sale            Geological Survey of Namibia  National Earth Science Museum home  National Earth Science Museum, Geological Survey page  Walvis Bay Gem and Mineral Club  Brandberg Rest Camp, Uis  Article about Namibian mines Mining Journal Online    Chamber of Mines Photo Gallery * Directory of Mines * * Producing Mines of Namibia * Mine List - Maps           Articles Damaraland Central Igneous Complexes Brandberg, Erongo, Okorusu, etc. with pictures Okorusu, Namibia fluorspar ores Geology of Tsumeb (Mineral Gallery) Karibib, centre of marble mining in Namibia               Field Trip Reports - Namibia + Geological field trips and available tours (*)   2002 Namibia Mineral Trip  2002 Field Trip report - Horst including Rossing Siding, Namib Lead Mine * Turnstone Tours, Swakopmund*  Willie Steyn's Site Photo Gallery * Geological Tours* * Desert Day Tours *  *Giant crystals up to 20 m at Farm Verloren* *Messum Crater 4x4 route* Gypsum crystals, gypsum plains Henties Bay Tourism * Damaraland Minerals 4x4 Route* Pegmatites Henties Bay Tourism *Brandberg West 4x4 route* Brandberg West tungsten mine Henties Bay Tourism  Escursione mineralogica nella Namibia centrale e nel sud Damaraland - 1999 translated version can be found by searching Google for "cupro-scheelite  2007 Namibia Tour Gem and Mineral Council Geodite Namibia Tours Etusis Lodge (Farm Etusis) Karibib Geo-tourism Analysis Brandberg Rest Camp, Uis    A 4200 km long mineral trip in Namibian sand and stone desert 2002       Popular Mine Tours  * Rössing Mine *   Mine tours available, no collecting       Guides + other resources   Chris Johnston, Omaruru dealer chris@khanrivermining.com.na Monty van der Smit Uis, Namibia phone/fax: +(264)-64-504096 mobil: 081- 1283350 e-mail: monty@iway.na (wir sprechen Deutsch) Namibia Individuell  *Tozour Namibian Fluorescents *  Impressions of Tsumeb  Kristall Galerie, Swakopmund The Mineralogical Record: Tsumeb! (Volume 8, Issue 3 - May/June 1977)    Tsumeb Geology List of Photos + Maps Namibia history site  GetMap - Namibia       Mineral Prospector's License Apply for Prospector's Licence from the Dept. of Mines office in Windhoek (supposed to apply for this six weeks prior to entering Namibia) and Export Permits.       People Sid Pieters - 1920-2003 - In Memoriam Oleg yon Knorring - 1915-1995 - Memorial     Notes  Namibia is slightly less than half the size of Alaska. "Tsumeb is one of the greatest mineral localities of all time. It's famous for zinc, lead, cobalt and copper minerals. The total mineral species count from this area has topped 300 and over 20 of them are found only there." "The Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, Africa is widely thought of as the premier mineral locality in the world. This mine produced more variety of truly superb minerals than anywhere else in the world. The mine closed over two decades ago." The Namib Desert has changed little for 100 million years. It's the oldest desert on Earth.   Careful not to collect any rare "Para-site"     Places to stay Zambia Zambia localities       Zimbabwe Zimbabwe localitites Bikita pegmatite Albite, Allophane, Amblygonite, Apatite, Bikitaite, Calcite, Eucryptite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Petalite, Pollucite, Simpsonite, Spodumene     Tanzania Tanzania localities     Malawi Malawi localities  Mt. Malosa    Rift Mineral Province Zircon         Mozambique    Alto Ligonha Pegmatite-District Beryl, Dravite, Fluorite, Hydroxylherderite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Petalite, Rubellite, Scapolite, Spodumene, Topaz, Zircon         Madagascar Madagascar localities  Thames Valley Minerals: Madagascar  GGG Gems  Fabre - Africa, Madagascar  Minresco Fluorescent List     Hambergite       Field trips Field Course on the Rare Element Pegmatites of Madagascar,, 2001, Federico Pezzotta homepage Gem and Mineral Council, Natural History Museum, LA   Geological maps of Madagascar   Corby Waste, researcher Contact: Corby Waste