1	-	Cahen, L., & Snelling, N. J. (1966). The geochronology of equatorial Africa. North-Holland Publishing Company.
2	-	Cahen, L., & Snelling, N. J. (1966). The geochronology of equatorial Africa. North-Holland Publishing Company.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Kirumba Complex, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1423068

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1423068:0

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Biotite

20.5km (12.7 miles)

ⓘ Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

27.1km (16.8 miles)

ⓘ Bishusha occurrence, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

36.8km (22.8 miles)

ⓘ Nyamuragira volcano, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

44.1km (27.4 miles)

ⓘ Mount Shaheru, Nyiragongo Volcano, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

55.3km (34.3 miles)

ⓘ Rusongati occurrence, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

86.8km (54.0 miles)

ⓘ Numbi Intrusion, Numbi, Kalehe Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo

99.1km (61.6 miles)

ⓘ Rusororo pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda

References

Denaeyer, M. E. (1958) Les syénites feldspathoïdiques du Kivu et leur rôle dans la genèse des laves des Virunga. Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie de Paléontologie & d'Hydrologie, 67. 459-488

Denaeyer, M. E. (1959). Les syénites métasomatiques du massif de Kirumba: Mémoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales. Classe Sci. Tech. NS, 9(2).

Cahen, L., & Snelling, N. J. (1966). The geochronology of equatorial Africa. North-Holland Publishing Company.

Denaeyer, M. E. (1966). Sur la présence d'une carbonatite ankéritique (rauhaugite) en bordure du complexe alcalin de Kirumba (Kivu). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 263(1), 9-12.

Denayer, M. E. (1970). Rapports isotopiques O e C et condition d'affleurement dês carbonatites de 1'Affrique Central. Compt. Rend. D, 270, 2155-2158.

Kampunzu, A.B., Kramers, J.D., Makutu, M.N. (1998) Rb-Sr whole rock ages of the Lueshe, Kirumba and Numbi igneous complexes (Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo) and the break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 26 (1). 29-36 doi:10.1016/s0899-5362(97)00134-6

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Biotite from Kirumba Complex, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo

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