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

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
Apatite-(CaF)
Bermanite
Beryl
Betafite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Cassiterite
'Chalcedony
var: Agate'

Churchite-(Y)
Clinochlore
Columbite-(Fe)
Cookeite
Corundum
Elbaite
Eosphorite
Euclase
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fergusonite'
'Florencite'
Fluorite
'Gadolinite'
'Garnet Group'
Gibbsite
Gold
Hafnon
Holmquistite
Hübnerite
Hureaulite
Hydroxylherderite
Ixiolite
Kaolinite
Lepidolite
Magnetite
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Petalite
Phosphosiderite
Pollucite
Pucherite
Pyrochlore
Quartz
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Strüverite
Samarskite-(Y)
'Scapolite'
Schorl
Spessartine
Spodumene
Stibiomicrolite
Stibiotantalite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Thorianite
Thorogummite
Topaz
Triplite
Uraninite
Uranmicrolite
Variscite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yttrocolumbite-(Y) (TL)
Zircon


77 entries listed. 63 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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