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... distance . After a further 7 km , a high , dark mountain range appears in the SE and is composed of mixtite , dolomite and shale of the Numees Formation of the Gariep Complex overlying the Na- maqualand Complex . The road then ...
... distance . After a further 7 km , a high , dark mountain range appears in the SE and is composed of mixtite , dolomite and shale of the Numees Formation of the Gariep Complex overlying the Na- maqualand Complex . The road then ...
Page 218
... distance . The road to Okorusu Mine turns off to the NW about 40 km north of Otjiwarongo . The mine is one of the chief producers of acid - grade fluorspar in the World . The fluorspar is associated with a carbonatite , which is part of ...
... distance . The road to Okorusu Mine turns off to the NW about 40 km north of Otjiwarongo . The mine is one of the chief producers of acid - grade fluorspar in the World . The fluorspar is associated with a carbonatite , which is part of ...
Page 260
... distance both to the E and the W are composed of dolomite and limestone of the Tsumeb Subgroup with Chuos Formation at the base . In the middle distance , in the E , the Kranzkuppen , Fahle Kuppen and Schwarzkuppen are composed of ...
... distance both to the E and the W are composed of dolomite and limestone of the Tsumeb Subgroup with Chuos Formation at the base . In the middle distance , in the E , the Kranzkuppen , Fahle Kuppen and Schwarzkuppen are composed of ...
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