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Erongo, Erongo Region

Erongo Mountains (aquamarine and tourmaline)

Gem locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Aquamarine, schorl on feldspar, jeremejevite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Cretaceous Erongo granite / miarolitic pegmatites

Premier aquamarine and schorl locality; jeremejevite also from Erongo

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