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... meteorites is the greatest in the world and only matched by the Canyon Diablo Meteorite of northern Arizona ( Marvin 1999 ) . The Gibeon meteorites are classified as octahedrites , the most common type of iron meteorite , and consist ...
... meteorites is the greatest in the world and only matched by the Canyon Diablo Meteorite of northern Arizona ( Marvin 1999 ) . The Gibeon meteorites are classified as octahedrites , the most common type of iron meteorite , and consist ...
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... Meteorite The Hoba Meteorite is situated 20 km W of Grootfontein and represents the largest single meteorite known in the world today ( Fig . 8.12.1 ) . It was found by Jacobus Hermanus Brits in 1920 and was declared a National Monument ...
... Meteorite The Hoba Meteorite is situated 20 km W of Grootfontein and represents the largest single meteorite known in the world today ( Fig . 8.12.1 ) . It was found by Jacobus Hermanus Brits in 1920 and was declared a National Monument ...
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... meteorite , and in 1985 , Rössing Uranium Ltd made funds available to the National Monuments Council to establish an information center and to protect the meteorite from further vandalism . The Hoba Meteorite is situated on the ...
... meteorite , and in 1985 , Rössing Uranium Ltd made funds available to the National Monuments Council to establish an information center and to protect the meteorite from further vandalism . The Hoba Meteorite is situated on the ...
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