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Kaolinite from
Nyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1232785
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1232785:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘNyamiumba Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘRusororo pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘGifurwe Mines, Gifurwe, Rusarabuge, Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘMusha-Ntunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘRubindi pegmatite (Kabilizi), Bwira, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘBijyojyo, Ndaro, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘNtunga, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda
References
De Clercq, F. (2012). Metallogenesis of Sn and W vein-type deposits in the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (Rwanda). Unpubl (Doctoral dissertation, PhD thesis. KU Leuven).
Pohl, W. L., Biryabarema, M., Lehmann, B. (2013) Early Neoproterozoic rare metal (Sn, Ta, W) and gold metallogeny of the Central Africa Region: a review. Applied Earth Science, 122 (2) 66-82 doi:10.1179/1743275813y.0000000033
Dewaele, S., De Clercq, F., Hulsbosch, N., Piessens, K., Boyce, A., Burgess, R., Muchez, Ph. (2016) Genesis of the vein-type tungsten mineralization at Nyakabingo (Rwanda) in the Karagwe–Ankole belt, Central Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (2) 283-307 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0608-x
 
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