Nepheline from
Klinghardt Group, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia

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Classification
Locality type:	Volcanic Field
Species:	Nepheline
Formula:	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Klinghardt Group, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1270579
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1270579:1
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline

8.1km (5.0 miles)	ⓘ Granitberg Complex, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
44.0km (27.3 miles)	ⓘ Pomona Complex, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
91.0km (56.6 miles)	ⓘ Dicker Willem (Dicker Wilhelm; Garubberg), ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
References
Kaiser, E. (Ed.). (1926). Die diamantenwüste Südwest-Afrikas: zugleich erläuterung zu einer geologischen spezialkarte der südlichen diamantfelder l: 25000 (Vol. 2). D. Reimer. Kröner, A. (1973). Comments on “Is the African plate stationary?”. Nature, 243(5401), 29-30. doi.org/10.1038/243029a0 Lock, B. E., & Marsh, J. S. (1981). Tertiary phonolite volcanism in the Klinghardt mountains of South West Africa/Namibia. South African Journal of Geology, 84(1), 1-6. *Marsh, Julian S. (1987) Evolution of a strongly differentiated suite of phonolites from the Klinghardt Mountains, Namibia. Lithos, 20 (1) 41-58 doi:10.1016/0024-4937(87)90023-5* Koller F, Skoda R, Palfi A, Popp F, Jost B (2014) Paleogene phonolites of the Aris, Staalhart and Klinghardt groups, central and south Namibia, Africa. 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 194

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Nepheline from Klinghardt Group, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia

Nepheline from
Klinghardt Group, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, ǁKaras Region, Namibia