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Sample n° 16089

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
KALISTRONTITE K2Sr(SO4)2 sulfates - major
Description
Description: fragments of pure thin layer composed of well-developed small crystals
Information: Mees, F., 1999. Distribution patterns of gypsum and kalistrontite in a dry lake basin of the southwestern Kalahari (Omongwa pan, Namibia). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 24, 731-744.
Origin
  • Country: Namibia
  • Region: Omaheke Region
  • Locality: Aminuis, Omongwa pan
Specification
  • Donors: Mees
    Donation year: 2009
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: tubes
    Size:
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 3
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: no