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Mount Erongo

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Tourmaline-feldspar-quartz rock, Mt. Erongo. This is aschorltourmaline-rich sample from the Erongo Granite. The Erongo Granite is a subvolcanicring dike,above an old volcano.

Mount Erongo(21º37'S 15º40'E) is a mountain of 2,350 metres northeast ofSwakopmundinErongo Region,Namibia.Like theBrandberg Mountainit is agraniticintrusion.It is the only place on Earth thatVersicorpuserongoensis,adung beetlespecies, occurs.[1]

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  1. ^Christian M. Deschodt, Adrian L.V. Davis & Clarke H. Scholtz (2011)."New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa"(PDF).Insect Systematics & Evolution.42(3): 277–294.doi:10.1163/187631211X568173.hdl:2263/19586.

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