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Monazite Group from
Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

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Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite Group

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite Group

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite Group

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite-(Ce), etc.

Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Locality type:

Prospect

Classification

Species:

'Monazite Group' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

REE(PO₄)

Age information

Maximum recorded age:

500 ± 20 Ma

Minimum recorded age:

500 ± 20 Ma

Sample ages:

	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Sample	Dating method
1	500 ± 20 Ma	Miaolingian	-	Pb

Sample references:

1	-	Burger, A. J., von Knorring, O., Clifford, T. N. (1965) Mineralogical and radiometric studies of monazite and sphene occurrences in the Namib Desert, South-West Africa. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 35 (271) 519-528 doi:10.1180/minmag.1965.035.271.07

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Monazite Group data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

408104

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:408104:3

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Monazite Group

16.3km (10.1 miles)

ⓘ Gaudeanmus Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

38.9km (24.2 miles)

ⓘ Carsie pegmatite, Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

52.2km (32.4 miles)

ⓘ Rössing uranium mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

62.8km (39.0 miles)

ⓘ Husab Mine, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

74.8km (46.5 miles)

ⓘ Etiro pegmatite, Etiro Farm 50, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

83.3km (51.8 miles)

ⓘ Krantzberg Mine, Omaruru Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

98.6km (61.3 miles)

ⓘ Uis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

References

(n.d.) Mineral Collection, Natural History Museum Vienna.

von Knorring, O., Clifford, T. N. (1960) On a skarn monazite occurrence from the Namib desert near Usakos, South-West Africa. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 32 (251) 650-653 doi:10.1180/minmag.1960.032.251.06

Burger, A. J., von Knorring, O., Clifford, T. N. (1965) Mineralogical and radiometric studies of monazite and sphene occurrences in the Namib Desert, South-West Africa. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 35 (271) 519-528 doi:10.1180/minmag.1965.035.271.07

Verwoerd, W. J. (1967). The carbonatites of South Africa and South West Africa. Government Printer, South Africa., 6.

Dunai, T., Stoessel, G. F. U., & Ziegler, U. R. F. (1989). Note: a Sr isotope study of the Eureka Carbonatite, Damaraland, Namibia. Comm. geol. Surv. Namibia, 5, 89-90.

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Monazite Group from Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Monazite Group from
Eureka carbonatite, Eureka Farm 99, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia