Based on compiled mineralogical and geochemical data, we show that burbankite-rich ferrocarbonatite is altered to calcite–bastnäsite–monazite ore at Swartbooisdrift, NW Namibia. The magmatic carbonatite assemblage comprises ankerite, magnetite, pyrochlore, fluorapatite, and locally abundant burbankite. All of these minerals can be enriched in layers that define a magmatic flow banding. Burbankite formation can be restrained to...

Stratiform sediment-hosted Cu deposits are significant global sources of Cu and other important metals. The Polish Kupferschiefer produces Ag, Au, Pb, Ni, Se, and Re as by-products, whereas Co is one the of most important metals in the stratiform sediment-hosted Cu-Co deposits of the Central African Copperbelt and the Namibian Dolostone Ore Formation deposit. This study combines new and published laser ablation inductively cou...