Connoisseur's Choice: Nambulite, Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Bruce Cairncross

doi:10.1080/00357529.2020.1791625

Connoisseur's Choice: Nambulite, Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Bruce Cairncross

Geology

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Abstract

The discovery of nambulite at the Kombat mine in Namibia in 1975 raised the bar for this rare species. Originally described three years earlier from the type locality in Japan, Kombat was the second reported locality, but unlike the massive type-material, the Kombat mine nambulite crystals are extraordinary. The best crystals are bright vermilion, perhaps rivaled in color only by Broken Hill, Australia, rhodonite or proustite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	530-534
Number of pages	5
Journal	Rocks and Minerals
Volume	95
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00357529.2020.1791625
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020

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Economic Geology
Stratigraphy

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Connoisseur's Choice: Nambulite, Kombat Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

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