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Carbonatite from
Songwe Hill REE Project (Songwe Hill carbonatite), Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi


Locality type:Project
Classification
Type:Carbonatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carbonatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Songwe Hill REE Project (Songwe Hill carbonatite), Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1218156
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1218156:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Carbonatite
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘNkalonje Hills, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘNamangali Hill, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘTumbine Intrusion, Milange District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘPython Island, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘUtale Occurrence, Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi
References
Dixey, F., Campbell-Smith, W., & Bisset, C. B. (1937). The Chilwa Series of Southern Nyasaland: Bull. geol. Surv. Nyasaland, 5.
Garson, M. S. (1965). Carbonatites in southern Malawi. Geol. Surv. Malawi. Bull, (15).
Garson, M. S., & Walshaw, R. D. (1969). The geology of the Mlanje area. Bulletin, Geological Survey of Malawi, 21.
Broom-Fendley, Sam; Brady, Aoife E.; Wall, Frances; Gunn, Gus; Dawes, William (2017) REE minerals at the Songwe Hill carbonatite, Malawi: HREE-enrichment in late-stage apatite. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.019
 
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