Locality type:

River

Classification

Species:

'Monazite' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

REE(PO₄)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Monazite data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Liha river, Mambasa, Mambasa Territory, Ituri, DR Congo

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1520853

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1520853:6

GUID (UUID V4):

0291f8d5-ae3b-4bdf-a1a8-e730d7e36e8f

References

www.africamuseum.be (n.d.) https://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/mineralogy/city_samples/Mambasa%252C%2520Liha%2520river%252C%2520G18

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	Graupner, T., Melcher, F., Gäbler, H.-E., Sitnikova, M., Brätz, H., Bahr, A. (2010) Rare earth element geochemistry of columbite-group minerals: LA-ICP-MS data. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 691-713 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.691	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	precipitation of minerals incorporating REE (e.g. monazite, apatite, garnet). Badanina et al. (2006) also... Haute Lenda, Lubero, Kivu, DRC G6, Enehe, Mambasa, Ituri, DRC b Dominant CGM in concentrate Longotyugan...Polar Urals, Russia columbite-(Fe) G18, Liha river, Mambasa, Ituri, DRC columbite-(Fe) Högsbo, Göteborg...mine, Shabunda, Kivu, DRC Tanco pegmatite, Bird River greenstone belt, Manitoba, Canada Maru belt, NW...Rwanda a/b/c DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 4 3 Shuni Hill pegmatite, Adola Belt, Ethiopia

Monazite from Liha river, Mambasa, Mambasa Territory, Ituri, DR Congo

Monazite from
Liha river, Mambasa, Mambasa Territory, Ituri, DR Congo