| Locality type: | Outcrop |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Ankerite |
| Formula: | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Ankerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Carbonatite outcrops, Swartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 612470 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:612470:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite |
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| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘSwartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘSodalite mine, Orotumba (Oroutumba), Swartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| 46.9km (29.1 miles) | ⓘNb-Ta-P-(LREE) carbonatite deposit, Epembe Complex, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia |
| References |
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von Seckendorff, V., Drüppel, K., Okrusch, M., Cook, N. J., Littmann, S. (2000) Oxide-sulphide relationships in sodalite-bearing metasomatites of the Epembe-Swartbooisdrif Alkaline Province, north-west Namibia. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (5) 430-450 doi:10.1007/s001260050254 Thompson, R., Smith, P., Gibson, S., Mattey, D., Dickin, A. (2002) Ankerite carbonatite from Swartbooisdrif, Namibia: the first evidence for magmatic ferrocarbonatite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 143 (3) 377-396 doi:10.1007/s00410-002-0350-0 |
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