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Biotite from
Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1421891
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1421891:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘMatongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi
70.7km (43.9 miles) ⓘMasenga hill, Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘGakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
89.6km (55.7 miles) ⓘTwangiza Mine, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
91.0km (56.6 miles) ⓘGitarama pegmatite field, Nyamabuye, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda
References
Van den Haute, P., Jonckheere, R. & Mombers, K. 1985. Fission-track dating and thermal history of the alkaline plutonic complex of the Upper Ruvubu (Burundi). In: 13th Colloquium of African Geology (St. Andrews). Occasional Publication, International Centre for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences, 147.
TACK, L., & PAEPE, D. (1981). LE MASSIF INTRUSIF DE SYENITES FOIDALES DE LA HAUTE-RUVUKU, BURUNDI. Rapport Annuel pour l'annee 1980 du Department de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, 173-178.
Tack, L., & De Paepe, P. (1983). Le volcanisme du Sud-Kivu dans le nord de la plaine de la Rusizi au Burundi et ses relations avec les formations gÃĐologiques avoisinantes. Rapport Annuel du Departement de Geologie et de Mineralogie du Musee Rayal de l'Afrique Central Annees 1981 et 1982, Tervuren, Belgique, 137-145.
Cahen, L.; Snelling, N. J.; Delhal, J.; Vail, J. R.; Bonhomme, M.; Ledent, D. (1984) The geochronology and evolution of Africa. Clarendon Press.
Tack, L., De Paepe, P., Deutsch, S., & LiÃĐgeois, J. P. (1984). The alkaline plutonic complex of the Upper Ruvubu (Burundi): geology, age, isotopic geochemistry and implications for the regional geology of the Western Rift. In GÃĐologie africaine (pp. 91-114).
Cahen, L.; Snelling, N. J.; Delhal, J.; Vail, J. R.; Bonhomme, M.; Ledent, D. (1984) The geochronology and evolution of Africa. Clarendon Press.
Tack, L., De Paepe, P., Deutsch, S., & LiÃĐgeois, J. P. (1984). The alkaline plutonic complex of the Upper Ruvubu (Burundi): geology, age, isotopic geochemistry and implications for the regional geology of the Western Rift. In GÃĐologie africaine (pp. 91-114).
Lubala, R. T., Kampunzu, A. B., & Makutu, M. N. (1985). Un inventaire des complexes anorogÃĐniques du Burundi, du Ruanda et du ZaÃŊre. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 3(1-2), 169-174. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(85)90034-X
Kurtanjek, M. P., & Tandy, B. C. (1989). The igneous phosphate deposits of Matongo-Bandaga, Burundi. In Phosphate deposits of the world. Phosphate rock resources (pp. 262-266).
 
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