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Spinel
from
Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Locality type:
Island
Classification
Species:
Spinel
Formula:
MgAl
2
O
4
Confirmation
Validity:
Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:
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Locality Data:
Click here to view Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:
715040
Long-form Identifier:
1:3:715040:1
GUID (
UUID V4
):
0
References
Year
âŽ
Author
Title
Publisher
Garson, M. S., & Smith, C. W. (1958). Chilwa Island: Geol. Surv. Nyasald., Mem, 1.
SNELLING, N. J. (1965) Age Determinations on Three African Carbonatites.
Nature
, 205 (4970). 491
doi:10.1038/205491a0
Woolley, A. R. (1969). Some aspects of fenitization with particular reference to Chilwa Island and Kangankunde, Malawi. British Museum (Natural History), Mineralogy, 2, 189-219.
Woolley, A. R.; Jones, G. C. (1987) The petrochemistry of the northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi, in
Alkaline Igneous Rocks
.
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
, 30 (1). 335-355
doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.1987.030.01.16
SIMONETTI, A., BELL, K. (1994) Isotopic and Geochemical Investigation of the Chilwa Island Carbonatite Complex, Malawi: Evidence for a Depleted Mantle Source Region, Liquid Immiscibility, and Open-System Behaviour.
Journal of Petrology
, 35 (6) 1597-1621
doi:10.1093/petrology/35.6.1597
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
Berger, Vladimir I.; Singer, Donald A.; Orris, Greta J. (2009) Carbonatites of the World, Explored Deposits of Nb and REEâDatabase and Grade and Tonnage Models .
Open-File Report
2009-1139. US Geological Survey
doi:10.3133/ofr20091139
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