Mineral Species
Anatase
Type Locality
No
Composition
TiO2
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Extremely rare
Distribution
Country rocks (kersantite)
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (igneous)
Entry Number
Species; TSNB10
General Notes
Lombaard et al. (1986) list anatase as an accessory mineral in the kersantite dykes that cut the upper part of the Tsumeb orebody between the surface and 20 Level.
Gebhard (1999) considered the status of anatase at Tsumeb as uncertain and we are not aware of any specimen material featuring this mineral.
Associated Minerals
anorthite; biotite series; clinochlore; fayalite; magnetite
