Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi

Alkali pegmatites with unusual REE minerals. Famous for excellent and large aegirine crystals, feldspars, arfvedsonites and rare Be minerals.

Geologically part of the Chilwa Alkaline Province.

References:
- Petersen, O.V., Rønsbo, J.G. & Leonardsen, E.S. (1994): Hingganite-(Y) from the Zomba-Malosa complex, Malawi. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1994, 185-192.

- Cairncross, B., Messner, K & Farquharson, E. (1999): Die Pegmatite des Mount Malosa bei Zomba, Malawi. Lapis 24 (4), 22-32. (in German).

- Guastoni A., Pezzotta F., Demartin F. (2003): Le pegmatiti di Zomba-Malosa (Malawi). Riv. Mineral. Ital., 27 (2), 66-77.

- Demartin, F.; Guastoni, A. & Pezzotta, F. (2003): Barylith, Niobophyllit & yttriumreicher Milarit - Neufunde aus den Pegmatiten von Zomba-Malosa, Malawi. Lapis 28 (1), 18-21 (in German).

- American Mineralogist, 94 (2009), 1216–1222.


- http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/zomba.htm
- http://www.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/~mmessner/sites/malawi/zomba.htm