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St Anne's Mine (St Anne Mine; St Anns Mine), Mwami, Karoi (Urungwe; Hurungwe) District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

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St Anne's Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe

Photo: Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals
Located SE of Miami.
Hydrothermally kaolinized zone in a F-enriched granitic pegmatite intruded in Precambrian staurolite schists (Lomagundi system).
2 meters wide and 250 meters long

References

- Foord, E.E.; Taggert jr., J.E.; Gaines, R.V.; Grubb, P. L.C & Kristiansen, R. (1996): Zimbabweite, a new alkali-lead-arsenic tantalate from St. Anns mine, Karoi District, Zimbabwe. Bull. Mineral., 109: 331-336
- Kristiansen, R. (1998): Apropos kontakt med stein i Zimbabwe. STEIN 25 (1), 20-21 [ a historical notice on the found of zimbabweite]
Extra Lapis English 14:58-59

Mineral List

Albite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine

Elbaite
Euclase
Kaolinite
Microcline
Muscovite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Uvite
Zimbabweite (TL)


13 entries listed. 10 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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