Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
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| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 15° 16' 18'' South , 35° 18' 5'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -15.27167,35.30139 |
| GeoHash: | G#: kv3157csj |
| Locality type: | Mountain |
| Köppen climate type: | Aw : Tropical savanna, wet |
Alkali pegmatites with unusual REE minerals. Famous for excellent and large aegirine crystals, feldspars, arfvedsonites and rare Be minerals.
Geologically part of the Chilwa Alkaline Province.
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities57 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.
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Malawi
- Zomba District
- Mount Malosa
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References
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Petersen, O. V., Grosmann, M. (1994) Some Pegmatite Minerals from the Zomba District, Malawi, Mineralogical Record, 25, 29-38.
Petersen, O.V., Rønsbo, J.G. & Leonardsen, E.S. (1994) Hingganite-(Y) from the Zomba-Malosa complex, Malawi. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1994, 185-192.
Cairncross, B., Messner, K & Farquharson, E. (1999) Die Pegmatite des Mount Malosa bei Zomba, Malawi. Lapis 24 (4), 22-32. (in German).
Johnson, O., Stahl, K., Petersen, O. V., Micheelsen, H. I. (1999) Structure refinement of natural non-metamict polycrase-(Y) from Zomba-Malosa complex, Malawi. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh. 1999, 1-10.
Massanek, A. (1999) Neu aus Malawi: Caysichit-(Y), Lapis 24 (4), 33.
Demartin, F., Guastoni, A. & Pezzotta, F. (2003) Barylith, Niobophyllit & yttriumreicher Milarit - Neufunde aus den Pegmatiten von Zomba-Malosa, Malawi. Lapis 28 (1), 18-21 (in German).
Guastoni A., Pezzotta F., Demartin F. (2003) Le pegmatiti di Zomba-Malosa (Malawi). Riv. Mineral. Ital., 27 (2), 66-77 (in Italian).
Diego Gatta, G., Rotiroti, N., McIntyre, G.J., Guastoni, A. & Nestola, F. (2008) New insights into the crystal chemistry of epididymite and eudidymite from Malosa, Malawi: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study. American Mineralogist 93, 1158-1165.
Guastoni, A., Nestola, F., Giaretta, A. (2009) Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi. American Mineralogist, 94, 1216–1222.
Guastoni, A., Kondo, D. & Nestola, F. (2010) Bastnäsite-(Ce) and Parisite-(Ce) from Mt. Malosa, Malawi. Gems & Gemology 46, 42-46.
De Ascenção Guedes, R., Lebocey, J. & Bayle (2010) Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 24-27 juin 2010. Le Règne Minéral. 94, 41-58 [on a find of apatite p. 52-54].
Rečnik, A. (2011) Eine mineralogische Expedition zum Mt. Malosa, Malawi. Mineralien Welt, 22 (6): 78-97.
External Links
http://www.edu.uni-klu.ac.at/~mmessner/sites/malawi/zomba.htm
http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/zomba.htm
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Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi