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Buranga pegmatite, Gatumba District, Western Province, Rwanda

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Ref.: Bertossa (1965) La pegmatite de Buranga. Bull. Serv. Geol. Rwanda, 2: 1-5.

von Knorring (1969) A note on the phosphate mineralisation at the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Bull. Serv. Geol. Rwanda, 5: 42-45.

Fransolet, A.-M. (1980) The Eosphorite-Childrenite Series Associated with the Li-Mn-Fe Phosphate Minerals from the Buranga Pegmatite, Rwanda. Mineralogical Magazine: 43: 1015-1023.

von Knorring, O. and Sahama, T. G. (1982): Some FeMn phosphates from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Schweizerische mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen, Frauenfeld: 62, 343-352.

Von Knorring, O., and E. Condliffe (1987) Mineralized pegmatites in Africa. Geological Journal: Volume 22, Issue S2: 253-270.

Fransolet, André-Mathieu; Knorring, Oleg von; Fontan, Francois
Nimeke (1992) A new occurrence of samuelsonite in the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Volume 64(1): 13-21.

Fransolet, Andre-Mathieu (1995) Wyllieite et rosemaryite dans la pegmatite de Buranga, Rwanda. European Journal of Mineralogy; June 1995; v. 7; no. 3; p. 567-575.

Daltry, V.D.C. and O. von Knorring (1998) Type-Mineralogy of Rwanda with Particular Reference to the Buranga Pegmatite. Geologica Belgica - Volume 1(1).

Cook, Robert B. (2000) Brazilianite. Rocks & Minerals: January 2000.




Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
  		• Quartz4.DA.05
    SiO
     
    2
    Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
  		• Alluaudite8.AC.10
    (Na,Ca)Mn
    2+
     
    		(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
  		• Amblygonite8.BB.05
    LiAl[(F,OH)|PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Arrojadite-(KFe)8.BF.05
    {KNa}{Fe
    2+
     
    		[ ]}{Ca}{Na
     
    2
    		[ ]}{Fe
    2+
    13
    		}{Al}[(OH)
     
    2
    		|HPO
     
    4
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    11
    		]
  		• Augelite8.BE.05
    Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Barbosalite8.BB.40
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Berlinite8.AA.05
    Al[PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Bermanite8.DC.20
    Mn
    2+
     
    		(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    4
    		[Mn
    3+
    2
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
  		• Bertossaite (TL)8.BH.25
    (Li,Na)
     
    2
    		(Ca,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mn
    2+
     
    		)Al
     
    4
    		[(OH,F)|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
  		• Bjarebyite8.BH.20
    (Ba,Sr)(Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
  		• Brazilianite8.BK.05
    NaAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Burangaite (TL)8.DK.15
    (Na,Ca
     
    0.5
    		)(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)Al
     
    5
    		[(OH,O)
     
    3
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Crandallite8.BL.10
    CaAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    5
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Fillowite8.AC.50
    {Mn
    2+
     
    		}{Na
     
    8
    		}{Ca
     
    4
    		Na
     
    4
    		}{(Mn
    2+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    43
    		}[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    36
  		• Gatumbaite (TL)8.DJ.10
    CaAl
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Lacroixite8.BH.10
    NaAl[F|PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Lazulite8.BB.40
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)Al
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Lithiophilite8.AB.10
    LiMn
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Phosphosiderite8.CD.05
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Purpurite8.AB.10
    (Mn
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    3+
     
    		)[PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Rosemaryite8.AC.15
    (Na,Ca,Mn)(Mn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Mg)Al(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
  		• Samuelsonite8.BF.10
    (Ca,Ba)Ca
     
    8
    		Fe
    2+
    2
    		Mn
    2+
    2
    		Al
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    10
    		]
  		• Scorzalite8.BB.40
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)Al
     
    2
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
  		• Strengite8.CD.10
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
  		• Triphylite8.AB.10
    LiFe
    2+
     
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
  		• Trolleite8.BB.45
    Al
     
    4
    		[OH|PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
  		• Wyllieite8.AC.15
    (Na,Ca,Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Fe,Mg)Al(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    Group 9 - Silicates
  		• Muscovite9.EC.15
    KAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Unclassified Minerals
  		• 'Apatite'-
  		• Natromontebrasite-


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