Nestled on the edge of the Kalahari in northern Namibia, lie the rolling hills of the Otavi Mountainland. They harbour treasures such as rich mineral deposits, unique minerals and fossils, and an underground karst wonder-world. Indigenous people have mined copper here for centuries, and today the complex geological heritage of the Otavi Mountainland is an integral part of the national heritage of the Namibian people. This excursion will deal with the polymetallic mineralisation in the Otavi Montainland, and day trips will be undertaken from the town of Tsumeb, which is world famous for the Tsumeb Mine and its outstanding mineralogy. The Excursion will also look at karst structures, as well as the most interesting palaeontology from Miocene to recent times. The first Miocene hominoid south of the equator, Otavipithecus namibiensis, has been found in the mined out structures of the Berg Aukas Mine here.

Field Trip Leaders: Arno Günzel, Volker Petzel
Start/end: Windhoek
Date: 5 days,  last week August 2016
Price: TBA
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