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
Specimen material is extremely rare. Gebhard (1999) considered the status of anatase at Tsumeb as uncertain. However, it was listed by Lombaard et al. (1986) as an accessory mineral in the kersantite dykes that cut the upper part of the orebody between the surface and 20 Level.
Associated Minerals
anorthite; biotite series; clinochlore; fayalite; magnetite
