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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 44
... diamond mines are by far the most important mining operations in the country . The precious stones have accumulated in alluvial deposits along the Namibian coast , both onshore and offshore , as well as in old terraces of the Orange ...
... diamond mines are by far the most important mining operations in the country . The precious stones have accumulated in alluvial deposits along the Namibian coast , both onshore and offshore , as well as in old terraces of the Orange ...
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... Diamond Mines ( CDM ) geologists , who returned to the area af- ter Dr. Hans Merensky , together with Reuning , had discovered rich diamond placers to the S , at Alexander Bay in South Africa . This time the prospectors were successful ...
... Diamond Mines ( CDM ) geologists , who returned to the area af- ter Dr. Hans Merensky , together with Reuning , had discovered rich diamond placers to the S , at Alexander Bay in South Africa . This time the prospectors were successful ...
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