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Surinamite from
Chimwala, Chipangali District, Eastern Province, Zambia


Classification
Species:Surinamite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)3Al4BeSi3O16
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kyaniteⓘ1 photo of Surinamite associated with Kyanite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Surinamite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Surinamite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chimwala, Chipangali District, Eastern Province, Zambia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509388
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509388:5
GUID (UUID V4):5aad7ee3-54ce-400a-bbd3-793b4d92063d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
(Mg; Fe2+ )3 Al4 BeSi3 O16 Surinamite ° c 2001 Crystal Data: Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2...BeO »4% inferred from later analyses. (2) Chimwala area, Zambia; BeO assumed, then corresponding to (Mg...Antarctica); as pseudomorphs after cordierite (Chimwala area, Zambia). Association: Biotite, kyanite, sillimanite...taa®eite (Casey Bay, Antarctica); cordierite (Chimwala area, Zambia). Distribution: From the Bakhuis Mountains...Enderby Land, Antarctica. In the Chimwala area, Eastern Province, Zambia. Name: For Surinam, the country
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist, Volume 85, pages 1474–1484, 2000 Surinamite: A high-temperature metamorphic beryllosilicate...Australia ABSTRACT The sapphirine-like mineral surinamite, (Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+)3O[AlBeSi3O15], occurs at...mostly surrounded by Si-rich cordierite. A few surinamite grains enclose orthopyroxene, sillimanite, and...atoms per formula unit) and 2 to 13 ppm B in surinamite. Excess Si suggests the presence of significant...inferred for the South Harris rock, we suggest that surinamite formed at first by the continuous reaction BeSiAl–2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
after cordieritein polymetamorphic granulitesfrom Zambia Euowo W. F. ns Roewn Billiton Research B.V. P.O...Czechoslouakia Abotract The rare Be-Mg-Al silicate surinamite occurs in biotite-kyanite+garnet pseudomorphs...beryllian----cordieritein granulites from E Zambia. The surinamite-bearing assemblagewas formed by a relatively...betweenamphibolite and granulite facies.In general surinamite seemsto be restricted to granulites of a pol...cordierite (Be-rich minerals are rarely found with surinamite);(2) a relatively high-pressuremetamorphismin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Beryllonite, NaBe(PO4), in columnar aggregate from Kunar Province, Afghanistan and in glassy fragments from the...ened tabular hexagonal crystal from Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R090019 reproduced...of Be minerals in the Svecofennian province, Oslo igneous province, and Neoproterozoic pegma tes in Norway...Collins 2002; Jacobson et al. 2007) and the Superior Province, Ontario and Manitoba, Canada (e.g., Breaks et...Manjaka, Sahatany Pegma te Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Ilímaussaq peralkaline complex, Gardar Province, West Greenland, in an extensional environment;...Beryllonite, NaBe(PO4), in columnar aggregate from Kunar Province, Afghanistan, and in glassy fragments from the...CsLiBe2Al2Si6O18. Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar. R060583 reproduced with permission...Manjaka, Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew... Be2AlO4. Twinned crystals from the Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R100130 reproduced
Journal (issue)
Beryllonite, NaBe(PO4), in columnar aggregate from Kunar Province, Afghanistan and in glassy fragments from the...ened tabular hexagonal crystal from Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Photograph of sample R090019 reproduced...of Be minerals in the Svecofennian province, Oslo igneous province, and Neoproterozoic pegma tes in Norway...Collins 2002; Jacobson et al. 2007) and the Superior Province, Ontario and Manitoba, Canada (e.g., Breaks et...Manjaka, Sahatany Pegma te Field, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Coin diameter is ~1 cm. E.S. Grew
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ikke yngre enn 1050 millioner år (Chimwala, Chipata distrikt, Zambia, de Roever & Vrána 1985; Johnson...granites and related rare-element pegma tes, Superior Province of Ontario. Short Course Notes – Geological Associa...from a metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposit, Val Ferrera, eastern Swiss Alps. Canadian Mineralogist 37, 37-52. DELLA...alkali feldspars from ejecta in the Roman potassic province, Italy ; petrological implica ons. European Journal...(1985): Surinamite in pseudomorphs a er cordierite in polymetamorphic granulites from Zambia. American
Journal (issue)
ikke yngre enn 1050 millioner år (Chimwala, Chipata distrikt, Zambia, de Roever & Vrána 1985; Johnson...granites and related rare-element pegma tes, Superior Province of Ontario. Short Course Notes – Geological Associa...from a metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposit, Val Ferrera, eastern Swiss Alps. Canadian Mineralogist 37, 37-52. DELLA...alkali feldspars from ejecta in the Roman potassic province, Italy ; petrological implica ons. European Journal...(1985): Surinamite in pseudomorphs a er cordierite in polymetamorphic granulites from Zambia. American
Book (edition)
British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity Co., Michigan Bluff district, Placer Co., in AK, placers at Fairbanks, Iditarod...and quartz veins at Juneau. In Canada, Noranda district, PQ; Porcupine, Kirkland Lake, and Larder Lake...deposits, ON; Atlin and Caribou, BC; and Klondike district, YT. In Mexico, Altar and Magdalena, SON; Parral...(Verespatik). In Russia, gold is found on the eastern slope of the Ural Mts. for a distance of 500 miles
Book (edition)
expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....changes of administrative divisions in central and eastern Europe during the last 60 years are the reason...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
 
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