Locality type:

Deposit

Classification

Species:

Grunerite

Formula:

◻{Fe₂²⁺}{Fe₅²⁺}(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1511762

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1511762:3

GUID (UUID V4):

4a740616-cfd1-459b-a011-abb48501fa46

Nearest other occurrences of Grunerite

0.2km (0.1 miles)

ⓘ Kukuluma Mine, Geita Region, Tanzania

0.7km (0.4 miles)

ⓘ Matandani pit, Geita Region, Tanzania

References

Kwelwa, Shimba D., Paulus H. G. M. Dirks, Ioan V. Sanislav, Thomas Blenkinsop, and Sergio L. Kolling. (2018) "Archaean Gold Mineralization in an Extensional Setting: The Structural History of the Kukuluma and Matandani Deposits, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania" Minerals 8, no. 4: 171. https://doi.org/10.3390/min8040171

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	Kwelwa, Shimba, Dirks, Paulus, Sanislav, Ioan, Blenkinsop, Thomas, Kolling, Sergio (2018) Archaean Gold Mineralization in an Extensional Setting: The Structural History of the Kukuluma and Matandani Deposits, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Minerals, 8 (4) 171 doi:10.3390/min8040171	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	the Kukuluma and Matandani Deposits, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania Shimba D. Kwelwa 1,2 , Paulus H. G...G. M. Dirks 1,3 and Sergio L. Kolling 2 1 2 3 4 * ID , Ioan V. Sanislav 1,3, , Thomas Blenkinsop 4...edu.au (P.H.G.M.D.) Geita* Gold Mine, Geita, P.O. Box 532, Geita Region, Tanzania; skolling@anglogoldashanti...Three major gold deposits, Matandani, Kukuluma, and Area 3, host several million ouncez (Moz) of gold, along...long, WNW trend in the E part of the Geita Greenstone Belt, NW Tanzania. The deposits are hosted in Archaean

Grunerite from Area 3 West, Geita Region, Tanzania

Grunerite from
Area 3 West, Geita Region, Tanzania