Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia

mindat Locality ID: 7864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Coronadite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Quartz	Rutile

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: C Ca Fe H K Mn Na O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H K Mn Na O S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Coronadite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum None Quartz Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Boltwoodite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Weeksite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	67
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	144
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	42

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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