Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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Lateritic niobium ore. Cancrinite syenite intruded by Nb-bearing calcite-carbonatite.

Refs.:
- Nasraoui, M. and Waerenborgh, J.C. (2001) Fe speciation in weathered pyrochlore-group minerals from the Lueshe and Araxá (Barreiro) carbonatites by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Canadian Mineralogist: 39: 1073-1080.
- http://www.emse.fr/~moutte/carbtit/lueshe/eug1999/

Mineral List:

Aegirine
'Apatite'
Calcite
Cancrinite
Crandallite

Hematite
Kalipyrochlore (TL)
Kaolinite
Lueshite (TL)
Montmorillonite

Pyrochlore
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Vermiculite
Zircon

14 entries listed. 12 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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