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Namibia, Erongo Region

Brandberg West, Namibia

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Sn-W deposit

Documented tin-tungsten mine producing quartz, cassiterite and fluorite.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Old workings, remote desert

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