Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

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Unusual, Al-rich phosphate pegmatite.

References

- Bertossa (1965) La pegmatite de Buranga. Bull. Serv. Geol. Rwanda, 2: 1-5.
- von Knorring (1969) A note on the phosphate mineralisation at the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Bull. Serv. Geol. Rwanda, 5: 42-45.
- Fransolet, A.-M. (1980) The Eosphorite-Childrenite Series Associated with the Li-Mn-Fe Phosphate Minerals from the Buranga Pegmatite, Rwanda. Mineralogical Magazine: 43: 1015-1023.
- von Knorring, O. and Sahama, T. G. (1982): Some FeMn phosphates from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen, Frauenfeld: 62, 343-352.
- Von Knorring, O., and E. Condliffe (1987) Mineralized pegmatites in Africa. Geological Journal: Volume 22, Issue S2: 253-270.
- Fransolet, André-Mathieu; Knorring, Oleg von; Fontan, Francois
Nimeke (1992) A new occurrence of samuelsonite in the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Volume 64(1): 13-21.
- Fransolet, Andre-Mathieu (1995) Wyllieite et rosemaryite dans la pegmatite de Buranga, Rwanda. European Journal of Mineralogy 7, 567-575.
- Daltry, V.D.C. and O. von Knorring (1998) Type-Mineralogy of Rwanda with Particular Reference to the Buranga Pegmatite. Geologica Belgica - Volume 1(1).

Cook, Robert B. (2000) Brazilianite. Rocks & Minerals: January 2000.

Mineral List

Actinolite Albite var: Cleavelandite Alluaudite Alluaudite-Na□ Amblygonite Anorthoclase 'Apatite' Arrojadite-(KFe) Attakolite Augelite Autunite Barbosalite Berlinite Bermanite Bertossaite (TL) Beryl Biotite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bjarebyite Brazilianite Burangaite (TL) Cacoxenite

Cancrinite Cassiterite Cerussite Chalcopyrite Columbite Crandallite Elbaite Eosphorite Epidote Fergusonite-(Y) Ferrisicklerite Fillowite Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite Frondelite Galena Gatumbaite (TL) Goethite Graftonite 'Gummite' Heterosite 'Hornblende' Hureaulite Lacroixite

Lazulite Lepidolite Lipscombite Lithiophilite Magnetite Microcline Microlite Group var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) Mitridatite 'Monazite' Muscovite Natromontebrasite Orthoclase Phlogopite Phosphosiderite Purpurite Pyrite Quartz var: Amethyst Rhodonite Rosemaryite Samuelsonite Schorl Scorodite

Scorzalite Serrabrancaite Sicklerite Siderophyllite Sphalerite Spodumene Stanĕkite Stewartite Strengite Tantalite-(Fe) Tantalite-(Mn) Tavorite Thoreaulite Topaz 'Tourmaline' Triphylite Triplite Trolleite Variscite Varulite Vernadite Vivianite Wavellite Wyllieite

96 entries listed. 82 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).