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Mautia Hill, Kongwa, Dodoma Region, Tanzania

Skarn zone. Högbohmite-sapphirine assemblages at junction of dolomite marble and quartz-yoderite- kyanite talc schist.



References:
- McKie, D. (1965): The magnesium aluminium borosilicates: kornerupine and grandidierite. Mineralogical Magazine 34: 346-357 [on kornerupine from Mautia Hill]
- Grew, E.S., Pertsev, N.N., Vrána, S., Yates, M.G., Shearer, C.K., and Wiedenbeck, M. (1998): Kornerupine parageneses in whiteschists and other magnesian rocks: is kornerupine + talc a high-pressure assemblage equivalent to tourmaline + orthoamphibole? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 131, 22-38.





Mineral List:
Andalusite
Bixbyite
'Chlorite Group'
Corundum
Dolomite
Enstatite
Hematite
Högbomite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Kornerupine
Kyanite
Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S (TL)
Magnesiohornblende
Piemontite
Pseudobrookite
Quartz
Rutile
Sapphirine
Talc
'Tourmaline'
Yoderite (TL)


22 entries listed. 18 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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