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... deposits and prospects . There are however thousands of other deposits , particularly a large number of pegmatites in central and southern Namibia , that are known for their minerals . Thus Namibia ranks on the African continent second ...
... deposits and prospects . There are however thousands of other deposits , particularly a large number of pegmatites in central and southern Namibia , that are known for their minerals . Thus Namibia ranks on the African continent second ...
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... deposits of Berg Aukas and Abenab belong to a third notable group of mineral deposits in the Otavi Mountainland ( Killik 1986 ) . They are known for minerals such as de- scloizite , smithsonite and willemite , which form beautiful ...
... deposits of Berg Aukas and Abenab belong to a third notable group of mineral deposits in the Otavi Mountainland ( Killik 1986 ) . They are known for minerals such as de- scloizite , smithsonite and willemite , which form beautiful ...
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... deposits , CDM headquarters moved to Oranjemund in 1943 . Meanwhile , diamond mining also occurred in the area N of Lüderitz , and small settlements were established in the middle of the desert at Charlot- tenfelder , Holsatia and ...
... deposits , CDM headquarters moved to Oranjemund in 1943 . Meanwhile , diamond mining also occurred in the area N of Lüderitz , and small settlements were established in the middle of the desert at Charlot- tenfelder , Holsatia and ...
Contents
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
Present mineral production and exploration | 29 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed 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