Mineral Species
Titanite
Type Locality
No
Composition
CaTiOSiO4
Crystal System
Monoclinic
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Very rare
Distribution
Country rocks (feldspathic sandstone)
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (detrital)
Entry Number
Species; TSNB353
General Notes
As a very rarely encountered detrital mineral in the feldspathic sandstone bodies, derived from sediments of the Mulden Group (Lombaard et al. 1986).
Minute grains of titanite were identified by analysis (unspecified technique) in a polished ore section offered for auction by Carsten Slotta (Mintreasure) in January 2024 (www.e-rocks.com; accessed January 2024). The paragenesis included colusite, galena, germanocolusite and tennantite.
Associated Minerals
albite; almandine; anorthite; biotite series; calcite; clinochlore; epidote; fluorapatite; germanocolusite; graphite; ilmenite; magnetite; microcline; montmorillonite; orthoclase; quartz; rutile; tourmaline supergroup; zircon
