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Karas, Karas Region

Tantalite Valley pegmatites

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: tantalite, lepidolite.

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

Why this spot

Warmbad district pegmatites mined on a small scale for tantalum since the 1920s

Documented locality in Namibian pegmatite literature.

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