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... diamond production came from Namibia . In addition to diamonds , copper and tin , quarrying of marble started in the Karibib area in 1909 , and a limited amount of semi - precious stones such as topaz , aquamarine , heliodore and ...
... diamond production came from Namibia . In addition to diamonds , copper and tin , quarrying of marble started in the Karibib area in 1909 , and a limited amount of semi - precious stones such as topaz , aquamarine , heliodore and ...
Page 187
... Diamond Area , the road enters and is bordered by impressive mountain ranges belonging to the Gariep Complex on both ... diamond deposits of the area . Apart from acting as a pri- mary conduit for the diamonds , found within the river ...
... Diamond Area , the road enters and is bordered by impressive mountain ranges belonging to the Gariep Complex on both ... diamond deposits of the area . Apart from acting as a pri- mary conduit for the diamonds , found within the river ...
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... diamond plac- ers . As one reaches the Orange River the first mine workings that can be seen are S of the river ... Diamond Deposit , which predominantly consists of Proto - Orange terraces . Here , the road turns to the W , following ...
... diamond plac- ers . As one reaches the Orange River the first mine workings that can be seen are S of the river ... Diamond Deposit , which predominantly consists of Proto - Orange terraces . Here , the road turns to the W , following ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed Damara Damara Granite Damara Orogen Damara Sequence deposits diamond dolerite dolomite dunes Dwyka Formation dykes Erongo Escarpment Etendeka Etjo Fault Fish River Subgroup fossils Geological gneisses Grootfontein Hakos Group Henties Bay hills Hohewarte Complex Huab intruded Kalahari Basin Kalahari Group Karibib Karoo Sequence Keetmanshoop Kuibis Subgroup Kuiseb Formation Kunene landscape layers limestone Lüderitz Maltahöhe marble Mesoproterozoic metamorphic meteorite minerals Mulden Group Namaqualand Namaqualand Complex Namib Desert Namibia Nappe Naukluft northern Nosib Group occur Okahandja Omaruru Orange River Otavi Otavi Group Otjiwarongo outcrops Outjo overlain overlying PALAEOPROTEROZOIC pegmatites peneplain prominent quartz latite quartzite ridge road continues road cuts rocks sand sandstone schist Schwarzrand Subgroup seen Sesfontein shale sills Sinclair Sequence Spitzkuppe Swakop Group Swakopmund terrane underlain thrust Tsondab Tsumeb Tsumeb Subgroup turn-off Ugab underlain by Cenozoic valley volcanic Windhoek Zone