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Kangankunde hill, Balaka District, Malawi

Monazite
Kangankunde hill, Balaka District, Malawi

Photo: Elmar Lackner
Latitude: 15°7'30"S
Longitude: 34°54'34"E
REE deposit in Late Cretaceous dolomitic carbonatite and fenite.

References

- D. N. Holt (1965): The Kangankunde Hill rare earth prospect. Government Printer, Zomba, Malawi, xx pp.
- Woolley, A.R. (1987): Lithosphere metasomatism and the petrogenesis of the Chilwa Province of alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites, Malawi. Journal Afr. Earth Sci. 6, 891-898.
- Eby, G.N., Roden-Tice, M., Kreuger, H.L., Ewing, W., Faxon, E.H., and Woolley, A.R. (1995): Geochronology and cooling history of the northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi. Journal Afr. Earth Sci. 20, 275-288.
- Wall, F. and Mariano, A.N. (1996) Rare earth minerals in carbonatites: a discussion centered on the Kangankunde carbonatite, Malawi. In: Rare Earth Minerals: Chemistry, Origin and Ore Deposits (A.P. Jones, F. Wall, & C.T. Williams, editors). Chapman & Hall, London, U.K. (193-225).
- Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): Rare earth element mines, deposits, and occurrences. USGS Open-File Report 02-189.
- Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): Carbonatites of the World. Explored Deposits of Nb and REE - Database and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 09-1139.


External Links

http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13772463M/Kangankunde_Hill_rare_earth_prospect

Mineral List

Ankerite
'Apatite'
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Biotite
Calcite
Daqingshanite-(Ce)
Dolomite
'Feldspar Group'
'Florencite'
Fluorite
Goyazite
Magnetite
'Manganese Oxides'
'Melilite Group'
'Monazite'
Monticellite
Nepheline
'Olivine'
Perovskite
Phlogopite
Pyrochlore Group
Quartz
Siderite
Sphalerite
Staurolite
Strontianite


27 entries listed. 18 valid minerals.

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