 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Alessandro Guastoni & Federico Pezzotta The Zomba-Malosa pluton...These pegmatites outcrop close to the summit of Mount Malosa (-2000 m.a.s.l.) and they are subhorizontal...X-ray diffraction performed on aegirines from Mount Malosa collected in the cavities indicated that the...quartz crystals from miarolitic cavities of Mount Malosa estimated entrapment pressure at 130 MPa (Zajacz...1990). The more common substitutions observed at Mount Malosa are goethite + albite after parisite, quartz |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountain (Stove Mountain), Saint Peters Dome, and Mount Rosa (Raines 2001). From Cookstove Mountain, Glass...Africa, Mount Malosa in the Zomba-Malosa alkaline syenite-granite complex in southern Malawi is famous...ocherous material, specimen 5.3 cm wide, Mount Malosa, Malawi. Under daylight (left) and LW (365-nm) UV...interpenetrating smaller genthelvites and aegirine, Mount Malosa, Malawi. Under daylight (left) and LW (365-nm) UV...Reproduced with permission Mongolia Autonomous Region, have produced outstanding collector-quality specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (specimen and cut stones) with smoky quartz on matrix, Mount Antero, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature and Science...34043 Aegirine and Associated Minerals from Mount Malosa, Malawi, B. Cairncross, 31-37 Africa, azurite, 4043;...minerals named after South Africans, 48-53; Mount Malosa, Malawi, 31-37; Rhodes/rhodesite,50-53; Tsumeb,...Nigeria, 110 Aragonite, Tsumeb, 21 Arfvedsonite, Malawi, 36 Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson..., Aegirine and Associated Minerals from Mount Malosa, Malawi, 3 1-37; Spectacular Minerals from the Kalahari |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia, and Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi (Mindat, accessed 12/2015). In the...Watkins Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820; 3131 Todd Rd., Mount Sidney, VA 24467; 4218 Fairhaven, Hudson J0P 1H0...clinohumite, humite, and norbergite), molybdenite, monazite-(Ce), pararealgar, pyrite, pyroxene-group minerals...in the far northeastern corner of Cambodia. This region is known for its extensive deposits of gem-quality |  | Macdonald, Ray, Bagiński, Bogusław, Kartashov, Pavel M., Zozulya, Dmitry, Dzierżanowski, Piotr, Jokubauskas, Petras (2015) Hydrothermal alteration of a chevkinite-group mineral to a bastnäsite-(Ce)-ilmenite- columbite-(Fe) assemblage: interaction with a F-, CO2-rich fluid. Mineralogy and Petrology, 109 (6) 659-678 doi:10.1007/s00710-015-0394-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | alteration of a chevkinite-group mineral to a bastnäsite-(Ce)-ilmenite- columbite-(Fe) assemblage: interaction...chevkinite-(Ce) which occurs in a syenitic pegmatite from the Vishnevye Mountains, Urals Region, Russia....progressive alteration of the chevkinite to a bastnäsite-(Ce)-ilmenite-columbite-(Fe) assemblage through a series...the exception of La, released from the chevkinite-(Ce) were reincorporated into later phases, such that...Jiang (2006) described the alteration of chevkinite-(Ce) to a corona of allanite-ilmenitetitanite-epidote-quartz |  | Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R. H., Ren, M., Sen, A. K., Pruseth, K. L. (2013) Rinkite, cerianite-(Ce), and hingganite-(Ce) in syenite gneisses from the Sushina Hill Complex, India: occurrence, compositional data and petrogenetic significance. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (8) 3137-3153 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.8.08 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 77(8), pp. 3137–3153 Rinkite, cerianite-(Ce), and hingganite-(Ce) in syenite gneisses from the Sushina Hill...mainly to the agpaitic rocks are rinkite, cerianite-(Ce), and cerian thorite. Rinkite, formed at the ortho-magmatic...F) with very high Nd/Ce (>2.46) ratios reported to date. Hydrothermal cerianite-(Ce), formed by the decomposition...crystals rich in Ce (~63 74 wt.% CeO2) and Y (6.03 11.69 wt.% Y2O3). The presence of cerianite-(Ce) indicates...hydrothermal fluid in an oxidizing milieu. Hingganite-(Ce) is present in the miaskitic unit and is considered |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.1400012 AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE OF SYNCHYSITE-(Ce) IN AMYGDULES FROM THE ESTEREL VOLCANIC ROCKS, FRANCE:...appear to be particularly enriched in synchysite-(Ce), developed as fibrous aggregates together with chlorite...crystallize from the hydrothermal solution was synchysite-(Ce), whose REE pattern has strong similarities to the...basalt. Keywords: rare-earth elements, synchysite-(Ce), basalt, alteration, amygdule, Esterel, France....synchysite-(Ce) in this uncommon environment. GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT The Massif de l’Esterel (southern France) |  | | Catalog/List | | Florencite Ce, Greenockite,Harkerite,pure Kornerupine,Ludwigite,Native Bismuth nuggets Peprossite Ce, Purpurite...England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount Stc Hilaire, Quebec with Fluorescent orange Sodalite...black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal sections...actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________ grey botryoidal on matrix New...Zeolite__________________ ________________ £1.40 ANCYLITE Ce Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite Dark Star |  | | Journal (issue) | | second Cornish locality 16:13 BETTERTON, J. (1996) Monazite-(La) and anatase from Penberthy Croft Mine, St...Hilary, Cornwall 16:13 BETTERTON, J. (1996) Monazite-(Ce) from Croft Gothal mine, Cornwall 17:17 BETTERTON...19:24 malachite 19:24,27 pseudomalachite 19:24,27 Mount Cobalt adamite 11:12, 12:31 clinoclase 19:24 cobaltite...19:24 Mount Elliott Mine augite 19:28 calcite 19:28 goethite 19:28 gypsum 19:28 quartz 19:28 Mount Glorious...Glorious Mine, Cloncurry pseudomalachite 12:27 Mount Oxide Mine alunite 19:25 antlerite 19:25 asbolane 19:25 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia .........................................Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia Jindr=ich Kynický,1 Jan Kynický,2 Bryan...INTRODUCTION Gem tourmaline from Russian’s Transbaikalia region has become a valuable part of our global mineral...Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, central Transbaikalia region in Zabaykalsky Krai, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The...Malkhan, covers an area of nearly 100 km2, mostly on southern slopes of the Malkhan Ridge, at the confluence |  | | Book | | localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...(Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the...discoveries in the famous alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa in the late 2000s include specimens showing...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during |  | | Catalog/List | | Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal...lx2£3 1 .5cm£4 Ix! £1.50 ALBITE Maine US/\ ANCYLITE Ce Mt Yukspor, Kola Russia 963 20 variety CLEA VELANDITE...CRI STOBALITE 424 Vcchec, Slanskc Mtns, Presov Region, Slovakia 220 Rich coverage of dull grey micro...masses in matrix Fairly rich pinkish areas in Sycnite Ce Fc Mn Y Zr l x l 80p lx2 £ 1 .50 2x2 £3 2x3 £5 P...area, Pacific Occa 2 79 MOLYBDENITE Copiapo 1 1 I Region Chile Black-bro\\11 part section showing the interior |  | | Book | | Republic of China Pages 76-77: Brookite crystals from Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite...20 Cadmium Calcium Mg Mn C 6 Carbon Hg 80 Ce 58 Cerium Mo 42 Molybdenum Tc 43 Technetium...temperatures of around 1,500°F 1800°C) in an outcrop in southern Madagascar. Bottom: Crystal ofcalcite, a wide¬...exposed in a locality in southern Madagascar. Below: Granite pluton outcrop in southern Madagascar Right:...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue |  | | Catalog/List | | wave ½"£3 lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections...X 20 needed 1.5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich...CeSr CO/3 Ix½ £2.50 Ix! £4 Feldspar 20 ANCYLITE Ce Mt Yukspor, Kola Russia colourless micro crystals...crystallised mass ½" £2 lx!l,£4 CaBOOH 284 MICROCLINE Mount Malosa.Malawi Terminated white crystal or crystals...ob\ious lxl £2.40 Mo S MOLYBDENITE Copiapo 111 Region Chile 667 MUSCOVITE Watarase River, Ashio Mine |  | | Catalog/List | | LO-- -- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda...Lauvland, Frigstad, Evje Norwa_y_ __ _ _ 20 ANCYLITE Ce Mt Yukspor, Kola Russia ./ Rich grey-white cleavages...matrix £2.80 Ce Sr CO/3 Ix I £ 1.50 Ix2 £3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar - - -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star...variety CLEA VELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses Ce Sr CO/3 lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 feldspar Ix½ £2.50... Ix! £1.50 lx2 £3 2x2 £5 Feldspar 4 MICROCLINE Mount Malosa.Malawi Terminated white crystal or crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | £3 Ix! £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...·- _ ______ _ ___ _Ti0/2 ___ . ___ _ 20 ANCYLITE Ce Mt Yukspor, Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal... lxl £1.50 lx2 £3 2x2 £5 Feldspar 4 MICROCLINE Mount MalosaMalawi Terminated white crystal or crystals...obvious lxl £2.40 Mo S 279 ■ MOLYBDENITE Copiapo 111 Region Chile Small silvery molybdenite in matrix + yellow...-cleavages lxl £4 lx2£8 FLUORESCENl 1cm £4 Ix½ £6 664 MONAZITE Ce Croft Gothal Mine.St Hilary Cornwall 912 NATIVE |  | | Catalog/List | | mass in quartz or Sidcrite. lxl £2 lx2 £4 664 MONAZITE Ce Croft Gothal Mine.St Hilary Cornwall Fawn micro..._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - ···•· ··- - - ·· --~~~-OR_~~CE~l 515 SCHEELITE Hawk's Wood Mine, edge of Bodmin...½" £3 lx½ £5 Zn AsO/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass of black crystal sections...single crystal about 1cm size £4 FeAsS £6 20 ANCYLITE Ce Mt Yukspor, Kola Russia 30 ATACAMITE Dooneen Mine...Quilace, Santa Cruz Dept, Bolivia 4 MICROCLINE Mount Malosa.Malawi Stream worn pure metallic nodule Tenninated |  | | Journal (issue) | | showing location of the Grenville Province and its southern subdivisions; modified from Price and Douglas...Boundary Zone (CMBBZ) of the Grenville across southern Quebec, southeastern Ontario and northwestern...(Hogarth, 1970). During the Paleozoic, much of the southern portion of the study area was covered by sediments...et al., 1988). Younger rocks are unknown in the region; if they were once present they were probably eroded...Associated species include altered pyrite, allanite-(Ce) and intergrowths of levyne and erionite. The meionite |  | | Book | | 15 mm (1 9h2 in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...aggregates are found in Sri Lanka (Radegara, Galle region). Accumulations in Buckingham and Grenville, Quebec...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag...Austria and from the deposits in the Tri State region, Missouri, USA. Crystals up to 10 mm (3/s in) occurred...(3/M in) long were described from Burra district, Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to I 0 mm Cla |  | | Book | | to 15 mm ("/» in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...aggregates are found in Sri Lanka (Radegara, Galle region). Accumulations in Buckingham and Grenvillc, Quebec...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag...Austria and from the deposits in the Tri State region, Missouri, USA. Crystals up to 10 mm ('/» in) occurred...(J/s in) long were described from Burra district. Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to 10 mm (Ys |  | | Book | | named Monteregie is now the current name of the region. he name Mont Saint-Hilaire is used interchangeably...what is now the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain region, Samuel de Champlain first named the mountain Mont...protecting the only remaining primeval forest in the region. THE EARLY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS T he earliest...research of other alkaline systems, most notably in southern Norway and southeastern Asia (Thailand, Cambodia)... from Mont Saint-Hilaire. The mineraljohnsenite-(Ce), a eudialyte-group species discovered at Mont Saint-Hilaire |  | | Book | | known since long to possess large reserves of monazite in the Coastal mineral sands of the western and...coastal tracts of South Indian peninsular shield. Monazite is rich in light rare earth element. Exploration...West Bengal are presented. REE-bearing minerals, monazite, zircon and garnet are present with variable grades...the placer deposits of eastern and southern Indian coasts. Monazite resource of 12.45 million tonnes (Mt)...recovery of beach sand heavy minerals, including monazite. Recovery of light REE (LREE) is being done by |  | | Book | | Ac Ag Al Am Ar As At Au B Ba Be Bi Bk Br C Ca Cd Ce Cf Cl Cm Co Cr Cs Cu Dy Er Es F Fe Fm Fr Ga Gd Actinium...flash floods. WELL-DEVELOPED screes on cliffs in southern Morocco; such deposits may be the source of the...larger fossils. Cretaceous and younger rocks of southern England and North America have many greensand...the Cretaceous period, thick chalks are found in southern England. They contain layers of flint nodules...plants trapped in the volcanic ash. Tuffs from Mount Vesuvius, Italy, contain casts of humans killed |  | | Book | | the Early Precambrian crystalline basement in southern North China Craton is the mosaic amalgamation... 2001; Ernst et al. 2008). It is also an ideal region to understand the cycles of supercontinent assembly...southward termed the Huaxiong block (reactivated southern margin of the North China Craton), the North Qinling...(Chen et al. 2009b). The western SQL (including southern Shaanxi, eastern Gansu, and northern Sichuan)...Early Precambrian crystalline basement in the southern margin of the North China Craton. (2) the tectonic |
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