Carbonatite from
Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi

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Classification
Locality type:	Project
Type:	Carbonatite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Carbonatite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1421909
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1421909:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Carbonatite

52.7km (32.8 miles)	ⓘ Matongo Carbonatite, Matongo, Kayanza Province, Burundi
71.6km (44.5 miles)	ⓘ Haute Ruvubu Complex, Kayanza Province, Burundi
References
Locality descriptionIdentification: Visual Identification Thoreau, J., Aderca, B. M., & Van Wambeke, L. (1958). Le gisement de terres rares de la Karonge, Urundi. Acad. R. Sci. Outre-Mer, 4, 684-718. Van Wambeke, L. (1977) The Karonge rare earth deposits, Republic of Burundi: New mineralogical-geochemical data and origin of the mineralization. Mineralium Deposita, 12 (3) 373-380 doi:10.1007/bf00206173 *Nakai, S., Masuda, A., Lehmann, B. (1988) La-Ba dating of bastnaesite. American Mineralogist, 73 (9-10) 1111-1113* Lehmann, Bernd, Nakai, Shun'ichi, Höhndorf, Axel, Brinckmann, Jörn, Dulski, Peter, Hein, Ulrich F, Masuda, Akimasa (1994) REE mineralization at Gakara, Burundi: Evidence for anomalous upper mantle in the western Rift Valley. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 58 (2) 985-992 doi:10.1016/0016-7037(94)90520-7 *Woolley, A. R. (2001) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3: Africa* - Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. The Geological Society of London.*p.28 Berger, Vladimir I.; Singer, Donald A.; Orris, Greta J. (2009) Carbonatites of the World, Explored Deposits of Nb and REE—Database and Grade and Tonnage Models . Open-File Report* 2009-1139. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091139 *Harmer, R.E., Nex, P.A.M. (2016) Rare Earth Deposits of Africa. Episodes, 39 (2) 381-406 doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2016/v39i2/95784*

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Carbonatite from Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi

Carbonatite from
Gakara Project, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi