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Naipa mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

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Mineralogical Record, Volume 31, 6.

Probably an extension of Muiâne pegmatite.





Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Replaces tourmaline.
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Albite
    var: Cleavelandite
    Reference: [J.C. Goni, C. Guillemin : "Etude de la paragenèse de quelques minéraux des pegmatites d'Alto Ligonha (Mozambique)", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist. , 1964, 553-556]
  		•  'Asbestos'
    Description: Replaces tourmaline (dravite).
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Clinochlore
    var: Leuchtenbergite
    Description: Colorless, fibroradiated or palmated filling of cracks in tourmaline.
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Columbite
    (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: []
  		•  Dravite
    [Na][Mg
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Elbaite
    [Na][(Li,Al)
     
    3
    		][Al
     
    6
    		][(OH)
     
    3
    		|OH|(BO
     
    3
    		)
     
    3
    		|Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    18
    		]
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Naipa mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
    © Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals
  		•  Fluornatromicrolite
    (Na,Ca,Bi)
     
    2
    		Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		F
    Habit: Octahedrons to 3cm
    Reference: [Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:252]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Description: Lower zone of the pegmatite.
    Reference: [J.C. Goni, C. Guillemin : "Etude de la paragenèse de quelques minéraux des pegmatites d'Alto Ligonha (Mozambique)", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist. , 1964, 553-556]
  		•  Lepidolite
    Description: Testaceous hemispheric masses (up to 20 cm diameter). Replaces tourmaline.
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.; Mineralogical Record (2001) 32:252]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Replaces tourmaline.
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Microlite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		Ta
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(O,OH,F)
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Naipa mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
    © Edelmin
  		•  Muscovite
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Colour: Violet.
    Description: Hexagonal plates. Three-individues groupings with a triangular outline.
    Reference: [J.C. Goni, C. Guillemin : "Etude de la paragenèse de quelques minéraux des pegmatites d'Alto Ligonha (Mozambique)", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist. , 1964, 553-556]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Replaces tourmaline.
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Stibiomicrolite
    (Sb,Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    Habit: octahedrons, modyfied by narrow dodecahedron
    Colour: green
    Description: the same? material appears infrequently for sale as fluornatromicrolite
    Reference: [Min. Rec. Vol. 31, p. 486.]
  		•  Tantalite-(Mn)
    MnTa
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Description: Posterior to muscovite.
    Reference: [J.C. Goni, C. Guillemin : "Etude de la paragenèse de quelques minéraux des pegmatites d'Alto Ligonha (Mozambique)", Bull. Soc. Franç. Minér. Crist. , 1964, 553-556]
  		•  Topaz
    Al
     
    2
    		[(F,OH)
     
    2
    		|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Indicolite'
    Reference: []
  		•  'Tourmaline
    var: Rubellite'
    Colour: Green, pink.
    Reference: [Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1964, LXXXVII, p. 553-556.]
  		•  Uranmicrolite
    (U,Ca,Ce)
     
    2
    		(Ta,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		(OH,F)
    Reference: [Min. Rec. Vol. 31, p. 489.]


    21 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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