| Locality type: | Island |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Baryte |
| Formula: | BaSO4 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Baryte data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 715029 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:715029:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Baryte |
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| 33.8km (21.0 miles) | ⓘNkalonje Hills, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 37.9km (23.5 miles) | ⓘBangala Hill Dike, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 47.4km (29.4 miles) | ⓘSongwe Hill REE Project (Songwe Hill carbonatite), Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 73.7km (45.8 miles) | ⓘKapiri deposit, Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 77.8km (48.3 miles) | ⓘKangankunde Carbonatite Complex, Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 95.4km (59.3 miles) | ⓘNsengwa Hill, Neno, Southern Region, Malawi |
| References |
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Eby, G.N., Roden-Tice, M., Krueger, H.L., Ewing, W., Faxon, E.H., Woolley, A.R. (1995) Geochronology and cooling history of the northern part of the Chilwa Alkaline Province, Malawi. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 20 (3) 275-288 doi:10.1016/0899-5362(95)00054-w Dowman, E., Wall, F., Treloar, P. J., Rankin, A. H., & Corkhill, C. (2017). Rare-earth mobility as a result of multiple phases of fluid activity in fenite around the Chilwa Island Carbonatite, Malawi. Mineralogical Magazine, 81(6), 1367-1395. |
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Nchisi Island, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi