Alto Ligonha pegmatites, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

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Nb-Ta pegmatite district.

References

- Dias, Bettencourt M.(1957): Les pegmatites d'Alto Lingonha. in Commision de Coopération Technique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara (C.C.T.A.). Geologie. Comités regionaux Centre, Est et Sud. Conférence de Tananarive Avril 1957. I, 279-282
- Dias, M.B. and Wilson, W.E. (2000): Famous mineral localities: The Alto Ligonha pegmatites (Mozambique). Mineralogical Record, 31, 459-497.
- Schäfer, P. and Arlt, T. (2000): Die Pegmatite von Alto Ligonha in Nord-Mozambique. Lapis, 25 (9), 13-17 (in German).

Mineral List

Albite var: Oligoclase Allanite-(Ce) Amblygonite Andalusite Bermanite Beryl Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Cassiterite Churchite-(Y) Clinochlore Columbite-(Fe) Cookeite Corundum Elbaite Eosphorite Euclase Euxenite-(Y) 'Fergusonite'

'Florencite' Fluorapatite Fluorite 'Gadolinite' 'Garnet' Gibbsite Gold Hafnon Holmquistite Hübnerite Hureaulite Hydroxylherderite Ixiolite Kaolinite Lepidolite Magnetite Microcline var: Amazonite Microlite Group var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

Molybdenite 'Monazite' Montebrasite Montmorillonite Muscovite Orthoclase Petalite Phosphosiderite Pollucite Pucherite Pyrochlore Group Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977) Quartz var: Agate Rutile var: Ilmenorutile var: Strüverite Samarskite-(Y) 'Scapolite' Schorl

Spessartine Spodumene 'Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.)' Stibiotantalite Tantalite Tantalite-(Fe) Tantalite-(Mn) Tapiolite-(Fe) Thorianite Thorogummite Topaz 'Tourmaline var: Indicolite' Triplite Uraninite Variscite Xenotime-(Y) Yttrocolumbite-(Y) (TL) Zircon

78 entries listed. 61 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).