Namibia
Erongo Region
Usakos and Otjua Mine

Falster ans Simmons report that compositions of touormailnes from these regions barely cross into the rossmanite field

 Usakos

 

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 from Erongorossmanite-maybe
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