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Caysichite-(Y) from
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Caysichite-(Y)
Formula:(Ca,Yb,Er)4Y4(Si8O20)(CO3)6(OH) · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ2 photos of Caysichite-(Y) associated with Quartz at this locality.
Aegirineⓘ1 photo of Caysichite-(Y) associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Xenotime-(Y)ⓘ1 photo of Caysichite-(Y) associated with Xenotime-(Y) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Caysichite-(Y) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:13904
Long-form Identifier:1:3:13904:7
GUID (UUID V4):71265322-5146-498c-9e1e-43bdcfb2f489
References
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crystals of aegirine have been collected at Zomba, Malawi (see fig. 2). These specimens were reported...Figure 4. Looking west from the highest point on Mount Malosa. The African plain can be seen in the distance...labeled as coming from Zomba, Malawi.* Zomba is a village located south of Zomba Mountain. A few South...2000). History and Geology The geology of the region that contains the aegirine-bearing pegmatites has...Nyasaland (now named Malawi) embarked on extensive mapping projects in the Zomba area, and several publications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(specimen and cut stones) with smoky quartz on matrix, Mount Antero, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature and Science...34043 Aegirine and Associated Minerals from Mount Malosa, Malawi, B. Cairncross, 31-37 Africa, azurite, 4043;...minerals named after South Africans, 48-53; Mount Malosa, Malawi, 31-37; Rhodes/rhodesite,50-53; Tsumeb,...from African Localities, R. I. Gait, 25-30 Agardite-(Y), New Mexico, 301 Agate, Colorado, 233, 252-68; Michigan...Nigeria, 110 Aragonite, Tsumeb, 21 Arfvedsonite, Malawi, 36 Arsenogoyazite, New Mexico, 301 Art, see Robinson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anorogenic magmatism in the Chilwa Province of Malawi, East African Rift The Chilwa Province of alkaline...alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites in Malawi and neighboring Mozambique displays three major cycles...pegmatites that appear at the end stage of the Zomba–Malosa complex are arguably the most spectacular example...parisite-(Ce), xenotime(Y), caysichite, Y-rich milarite, hingganite-(Y), polycrase-(Y), Ce-rich pyrochlore...absence of basic rocks in cycle-2 complexes in Malawi, Woolley (1987) postulated that large volumes of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formed in a subduction setting; in contrast, NYF (Nb–Y–F-enriched) pegmatites, are affiliated with anorogenic...nous attribuons aux pegmatites NYF (enrichies en Nb–Y–F) une affiliation aux suites anorogéniques, formées...pegmatitiques des complexes sous-saturés classiques, y inclus les complexes carbonatitiques. Les pegmatites...and a suite of exotic Zr–Th–U minerals containing Y, Hf, Pb, and LREE in chromitite in the fertilized...Borborema belt in Brazil, and in the Pala District of southern California. The spatial association with calc-alkaline
 
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