Lum et al. (2016) report that pegmatites in the
Erongo Volcanic Complex in central Namibia host a variety of
spectacular minerals of interest to museums and collectors. Associated
with beryl from this region is schorl, foitite and rossmanite. They
presented several images of rossmanite present in inclusions in blue,
green and colorless beryl from the Erongo Region.
Falster AU, Simmons WB (2019) Rubellite Chemistry. Mineral Monograph
20, 24-27. |  |
| Rossmanite inclusions in colorless beryl from the Erongo Region Modified from Figure 4 of Lum et al. (2016) | Tourmaline from the Erongo Mountain pegmatite From Falster et al. (2018) |
References:
Lum, JE, Viljoen F, Cairncross B, Frei D (2016) Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of BERYL (AQUAMARINE) from the Erongo Volcanic Complex, Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 124, 104-125.
Falster AU, Simmons WB (2019) Rubellite Chemistry. Mineral Monograph 20, 24-27.
Falster AU, Simmons WB, Webber KL, Boudreauz AP (2018) Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Erongo Sub-Volcanic Granite-Miarolitic-Pegmatite Complex, Erongo, Namibia. Canadian Mineralogist 56, 425-449.
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Updated: 18-Oct-2019