Apatite from
Ilomba intrusion, Songwe Complex, Chitipa, Northern Region, Malawi

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Classification
Locality type:	Intrusion
Species:	'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:	Ca₅(PO₄)₃A
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Ilomba intrusion, Songwe Complex, Chitipa, Northern Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	143586
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:143586:3
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite

57.0km (35.4 miles)	ⓘ Panda Hill, Mbeya Rural District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania
80.2km (49.8 miles)	ⓘ Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite), Isoka, Isoka District, Muchinga Province, Zambia
97.6km (60.7 miles)	ⓘ Mbozi complex, Songwe Region, Tanzania
References
Woolley, A.R., Platt, R.G., Eby, G.N. (1996): Relatively aluminous alkali pyroxene in nepheline syenites from Malawi: mineralogical response to metamorphism in alkaline rocks. The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 423-434. Bloomfield, K. (1968). The pre-Karroo geology of Malawi. Memoir, Geological Survey of Malawi, 5. *RAY, GERALD E. (1974) The structural and metamorphic geology of northern Malawi. Journal of the Geological Society, 130 (5) 427-440 doi:10.1144/gsjgs.130.5.0427* Ray, G. E. (1975). The geology of the Chitipa-Karonga area. Bulletin, Geological Survey of Malawi, 42. Bloomfield, K., Deans, T. & Wells, M.K. (1981). The Ilomba alkaline complex, northern Malawi and associated uranium-niobium mineralisation. Overseas Geology and Mineral Resources, 57, 1-21. Eby, G. N., Woolley, A. R., Din, V., Platt, G. (1998) Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Nepheline Syenites: Kasungu-Chipala, Ilomba, and Ulindi Nepheline Syenite Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Malawi. Journal of Petrology, 39 (8) 1405-1424 doi:10.1093/petroj/39.8.1405 *Orris, Greta J.; Grauch, Richard I.; Grauch, R. I.; Orris, G. J. (2002) Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences. Open-File Report* 2002-189 doi:10.3133/ofr02189 citeseerx.ist.psu.edu (n.d.) https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.607.4437&rep=rep1&type=pdf**

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Apatite from Ilomba intrusion, Songwe Complex, Chitipa, Northern Region, Malawi

Apatite from
Ilomba intrusion, Songwe Complex, Chitipa, Northern Region, Malawi