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


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Species:Eudialyte
Formula:Na15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Eudialyte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ilomba intrusion, Songwe Complex, Chitipa, Northern Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:143590
Long-form Identifier:1:3:143590:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
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.
Woolley, A. R., Platt, R. G., Eby, N. (1992) Niobian titanite and eudialyte from the Ilomba nepheline syenite complex, north Malawi. Mineralogical Magazine, 56 (384) 428-430 doi:10.1180/minmag.1992.056.384.19
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
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