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... minerals of economic importance like diamonds , semi - precious stones and a variety of ore minerals . Many minerals of sci- entific interest or just beautiful crystals have been found , often incidental to prospecting and mining ...
... minerals of economic importance like diamonds , semi - precious stones and a variety of ore minerals . Many minerals of sci- entific interest or just beautiful crystals have been found , often incidental to prospecting and mining ...
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... minerals . Studies of some of the other minerals have helped to understand crystal chemistry , especially copper - zinc arsenates as well as the large number of other arsenides and lead silicates . The Kombat deposits are also of ...
... minerals . Studies of some of the other minerals have helped to understand crystal chemistry , especially copper - zinc arsenates as well as the large number of other arsenides and lead silicates . The Kombat deposits are also of ...
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... minerals have been found , like boltwoodite and betafite . Complexes of alkaline rocks and related carbonatites host quite a num- ber of interesting minerals including different species of the pyrochlore group , monazite , xenotime ...
... minerals have been found , like boltwoodite and betafite . Complexes of alkaline rocks and related carbonatites host quite a num- ber of interesting minerals including different species of the pyrochlore group , monazite , xenotime ...
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