Aris Quarries

The quarries produce a huge range of minerals, many of which are rather uncommon. Mindat lists 121 minerals from the site, 6 of which it is the type locality for – arisite-Ce, arisite-La, ellingsenite, escheite, sazhinite-La, and windhoekite.

Most of the minerals came from the workings of the Ariskop quarry, but it seems they are worked in unison and labelling tends to just mark them as the Aris quarries.

The site will be of especial interest to micromineral collectors and systematic mineral collectors due to the large amount of uncommon minerals found here.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-7687.html
• https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Namibia/Khomas%2C%20Region/Windhoek-Land%2C%20Kreis/Aris/Aris-Steinbr%C3%BCche%20%28Ariskop%20Quarry%3B%20Railway%20Quarry%29
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Aris_Quarries

We do have some more information, and sometimes specimens from specific Namibian locales.

Namibian locales

• Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
• Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
• Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
• Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
• Molopo Mine, Strathmore pegmatites, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
• Okenwasi Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
• Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
• Orange River area, Namibia
• Otuani pit, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
• Sandamap Farm, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
• Sodalite mine, Orotumba, Swartbooisdrif Dikes, Epupa, Kunene Region, Namibia
• Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
• Van der Plas Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia

We may have some other specimens from Namibia, check the links below.

Namibia