| Locality type: | Deposit |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lofdal-Bergville REE deposit, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 486951 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:486951:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘPetrified Forest National Monument, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| 25.2km (15.6 miles) | ⓘMesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia copper valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| 72.0km (44.7 miles) | ⓘAis (Ais Dome), Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 81.5km (50.6 miles) | ⓘOmehane, Otjinamewa (Otjionamewa), Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 83.3km (51.8 miles) | ⓘBrandberg West Mine, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 87.5km (54.4 miles) | ⓘTafelkop, Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 88.3km (54.9 miles) | ⓘOkenyenya Complex, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 94.3km (58.6 miles) | ⓘUis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 95.9km (59.6 miles) | ⓘUis Pegmatites, Uis, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| 98.9km (61.5 miles) | ⓘViolet Crown Mine, Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia |
| References |
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Wall, F., Niku-Paavola, V.N., Storey, C., Müller, A. & Jeffries, T. (2008) Xenotime-(Y) from carbonatite dykes at Lofdal, Namibia: unusually low LREE:HREE ratio in carbonatite, and first dating of xenotime overgrowths in zircon. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 861-877. Ren, Junping; Gu, Alei; Sun, Kai; Zhang, Hang; Li, Jianwu; Sun, Hongwei; Lu, Yiguan; Tong, Xin; Wu, Xingyuan; Zhou, Zuomin (2025) A Review of Rare Earth Elements Resources in Africa. Minerals, 15 (9). doi:10.3390/min15090980 |
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