Allanite-(Ce) from
Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Locality type:

Mine

Classification

Species:

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula:

(CaCe)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1091632

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1091632:0

GUID (UUID V4):

108ccf95-cd57-452f-8d8c-2a0e244ae845

Nearest other occurrences of Allanite-(Ce)

48.8km (30.3 miles)

ⓘ Zaaiplaats Mine, Zaaiplaats tin field, Mokopane, Mogalakwena, Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

References

Atanasova, M., Cairncross, B. and Windisch, W.R. (2016) Microminerals of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Popular Geoscience Series 6, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa, 79 pg

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Wood, S. A., Ricketts, A. (2000) ALLANITE-(Ce) FROM THE EOCENE CASTO GRANITE, IDAHO: RESPONSE TO HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION. The Canadian Mineralogist, 38 (1) 81-100 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.38.1.81*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 38, pp. 81-100 (2000) ALLANITE-(Ce) FROM THE EOCENE CASTO GRANITE, IDAHO: RESPONSE...83844-3022, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The response of allanite-(Ce) in the Eocene Casto granite of Idaho to hydrothermal...activity has been investigated. Unaltered, igneous allanite from the Casto pluton is characterized by a narrow...and Ce are depleted. Increasing alteration lead to extensive corrosion and replacement of allanite by...hydrothermal solutions, the REE and Th originally in allanite were not transported significant distances, but
	*Liebscher, Axel, Franz, Gerhard - Eds.* (2004) Epidotes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Vol. 56. Mineralogical Society of America**	Report (volume)
	geochemical important accessory minerals such as allanite, and minerals typical for rare bulk compositions...magmatic regime (Chapter 9, Schmidt and Poli). Allanite (Chapter 10, Gieré and Sorensen) and piemontite...named after Thule, the ancient name for Norway. Allanite, the rare earth element epidote, was already described...after its locality Andros Island/Greece; dissakisite(Ce) (Grew et al. 1991), named from Greek dissakis twice...Mg analogue has been described twice; dollaseite-(Ce) (Peacor and Dunn 1988), named after W. A. Dollase

Allanite-(Ce) from Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Allanite-(Ce) from
Buffalo Fluorspar Mine, Mookgophong, Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality, Waterberg District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa