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Parisite-(Ce) from
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi


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Parisite-(Ce), etc.

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce)

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce)

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce), etc.

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce), etc.

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce)

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce)

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce), etc.

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce), etc.

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Parisite-(Ce)

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce)

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
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Parisite-(Ce), etc.

Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Parisite-(Ce)
Formula:CaCe2(CO3)3F2
Comments:Many "parisites" are pseudomorphs after muscovite. Please see: https://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,106,325357,325535#msg-325535
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirine40
Quartz13
- var Smoky Quartz1
Zircon12
Microcline12
BastnÃĪsite-(Ce)9
Xenotime-(Y)7
Pyrochlore Group7
Orthoclase6
Feldspar Group2
Albite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Parisite-(Ce) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Photo GalleryView Gallery (38 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8403
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8403:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Parisite-(Ce)
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘSongwe Hill REE Project (Songwe Hill carbonatite), Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi
References
Cairncross, Bruce; Messner, Karl; Farquharson, Eric (1999) Die Pegmatite des Mount Malosa bei Zomba, Malawi [The pegmatites of Mount Malosa near Zomba, Malawi]. Lapis, 24 (4). 22-32; 50
Guastoni, A., & Pezzotta, F. (2007). REE-mineral phases replacing helvite, niobian-rutile, bastnÃĪsite-(Ce) from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi. Granitic Pegmatites: the State of the Art. Memorias, 8, 42-43.
Guastoni, A., Nestola, F., Giaretta, A. (2009) Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi. American Mineralogist, 94 (8) 1216-1222 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3185
Guastoni, Alessandro, Kondo, David, Nestola, Fabrizio (2010) BastnÃĪsite-(Ce) and Parisite-(Ce) From Mt. Malosa, Malawi. Gems & Gemology, 46 (1) 42-47 doi:10.5741/gems.46.1.42
 
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