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Kyanite from
Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania


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Kyanite, etc.

Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
05225100017366192606912.jpg
Kyanite, etc.

Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
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Kyanite, etc.

Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Kyanite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Yoderite6
Talc5
Quartz3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kyanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66025
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66025:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kyanite
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘWinza, Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
References
Am Min 67: 76-84
McKie, Duncan (1963) Order-disorder in sapphirine. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 33 (263) 635-645 doi:10.1180/minmag.1963.033.263.02
Grew, Edward S.; Pertsev, Nikolai N.; VrÃĄna, Stanislav; Yates, Martin G.; Shearer, Charles K.; Wiedenbeck, Michael (1998) Kornerupine parageneses in whiteschists and other magnesian rocks: is kornerupine + talc a high-pressure assemblage equivalent to tourmaline + orthoamphibole? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 131 (1). 22-38 doi:10.1007/s004100050376
Chadwick, K.M. and Rossman, G.R. (2009) Orange kyanite from Tanzania. Gems & Gemology, 45, 146-147.
 
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