Python Island, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawii
Regional Level Types | |
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Python Island | Island |
Zomba | District |
Southern Region | Region |
Malawi | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
15° 16' 38'' South , 35° 36' 52'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Köppen climate type:
Northern part of Lake Chilwa, contains a vent filled with blocks of gneiss and small areas of breccia consisting of angular fragments of slightly fenitized granulite and syenitic gneiss in a sparse comminuted matrix of siderite and goethite.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ 'Florencite' Reference: Garson, M. S. (1965). Carbonatites in southern Malawi. Geol. Surv. Malawi. Bull, (15). |
ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) Reference: Garson, M. S. (1965). Carbonatites in southern Malawi. Geol. Surv. Malawi. Bull, (15). |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 Reference: Garson, M. S. (1965). Carbonatites in southern Malawi. Geol. Surv. Malawi. Bull, (15). |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Florencite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Woolley, A. R. (2001). Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world. Part 3: Africa. Geological Society. Natural History Museum, London, p. 169.
Garson, M. S. (1965). Carbonatites in southern Malawi. Geol. Surv. Malawi. Bull, (15).
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