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Cassiterite from
Gamba Hill, Busiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso, Central Region, Uganda


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gamba Hill, Busiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso, Central Region, Uganda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:156283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:156283:5
GUID (UUID V4):00b33d59-b81f-418d-b2a2-134dc34ca5c3
References
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Report (issue)
67 51.33 Total 99.61 100.66 100.00 (1) Gamba Hill, Uganda; contains additionally U3 O8 0.06%. (2) Acari...(4) BiTaO4 . Occurrence: In granite pegmatite (Uganda and Mozambique); as stream-rounded pebbles (Acari...schorl, cassiterite (Gamba Hill, Uganda). Distribution: On Gamba Hill, near Kambala, southwest Uganda. In
Report (issue)
(Ta1.44 Nb0.51 )Σ=1.95 O6 . (2) Wampewo pegmatite, Uganda; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO; corresponds...stibiotantalite, cassiterite, microlite, beyerite, tourmaline, albite, quartz (San Diego Co., California...zircon, lepidolite, quartz (Wampewo pegmatite, Uganda). Distribution: In the USA, from the Himalaya and...Diego Co., California; at the Brown Derby No. 1 pegmatite, Quartz Creek district, Gunnison Co., Colorado...Colorado. In the Wampewo pegmatite, Gamba Hill, near Kampala, southwest Uganda. Name: To honor Frederick James
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral, from Uganda. By E. J. WAYLAND,A.R.C.S., M.I.M.M. Director, Geological Survey of Uganda, and L. J...--The discovery of tin-ore in Ankole (south-western Uganda) led to a great deal of prospecting on the part...proved it to contain a little finely divided cassiterite, and partly in consequence of this some field...discovery is a place called Gamba Hill (32 ~ 10' E., 0 ~ 30' N.) in Busiro County, lying between the Kampala-Mubendi...of the BISMUTOTANTAL1TE, A NEW MINERAL~ FROM UGANDA 187 flakes, thus separating two systems of parallel
Report (issue)
IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE: Southern Rhodesia ••• ••• Uganda. ••• ••• ••• •• • South-West Africa ••• • •• Union...ene. Lepiclolite, also known as lithia mica, the co,mmo.n est mine1~a1 contain111g· lithium, is a complex...yea1--s between 5 ,900 and 1,380 tons. Under p1--esent co,n ditions, prices obtainable are not · very"' remunerative...most impo1~tant of these dykes are on the Dt1ke's Hill Claims, which are near Guide's Farm and 4½ miles.... 1 • Uganda.* Since the discovery in 1928 of bismutotantalite at Gamba Hill in the Busiro district
Book
East Africa Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda Bruce Cairncross Published by Struik Nature...its publication. This independent peer review was co-ordinated by Pippa Parker: Publisher, Struik Nature...12 Burundi 13 Kenya 14 Rwanda 16 Tanzania 17 Uganda 20 Gemological properties 21 A to Z of minerals...countries are among the finest in the world. The region and its gems are particularly dear to my family...identification and to introduce it to Tiffany & Co. An interesting fact is that both of the national
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovered in a granitic pegmatite at Gamba Hill, Kampala, Uganda (Wayland & Spencer 1929), where it occurs...and buffcolored mica; tourmaline and traces of cassiterite occur in the same pegmatite. Frenzel (1955) studied...bismutotantalite occurs in the Wampewo and Mbele pegmatites, Uganda, where it is commonly altered to bismuthian microlite...that the cell dimensions of bismutotantalite from Uganda and Brazil are very similar (a ≈ 4.9, b ≈ 11.8...ADUSUMILLI, M.S. (1966): Bismuth minerals from Borborema region, Brazil. Mineral. Mag. 35, 785-787. 103 39#1-fév-01-2219-09
Catalog/List
KNaCuAlSiOOH 723 AKAGANEITE Nandan Meteroite, Lihu,Nandan Co, China brown chips, probably mixed with Goethite...A Rich pinkish fine grained mass in calcite .CeSr CO/3 Ix½ £2.50 Ix! £4 Feldspar 20 ANCYLITE Ce Mt Yukspor...about l inch £4 Gamet ~y,_µ .Eitarama,Ruanda, Central Africa ~6--......--.-·-····· ___ 477 ALMANDINE...withpossible micro crystals ½" £2.50 Ix[ £4 Ba Ca CO/3 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway Rich brown-purple...matrix. lxl £3 lx2 £6 2x2 £10 503 AUSTINITE Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County.Utah, USA white crystallised
Catalog/List
District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central Africa Rich mass of black crystal sections ,on...__ _ 723 AKAGANEITE Nandan Meteroite, Lihu,Nandan Co, China 1064 ANAPAITE Bellver, Lerida, Spain brown...colourless micro crystals on 3mm matrix £2.80 Ce Sr CO/3 Ix I £ 1.50 Ix2 £3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar...variety CLEA VELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses Ce Sr CO/3 lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £10 feldspar Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4...Cdsim1 ns sugary tcxtun:d mass. ½" £3 Ix I £6 Ila Ca CO/J Ix I £5 Ix2 £8 2x2 £ 16 2x3 £25 gamct grnup S ANDRADITE
Catalog/List
SO/4 723 AKAGANEITE Nandan Meteroite, Lihu,Nandan Co, China brown chips, probably mixed with Goethite...-- -·-·- -·1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central Africa Pure white cleavage mass lxl £3 lx2£6 2x2£10...Ardennes ,Belgium Amplubole 500 AUSTINITE Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County,Utah, USA white crystallised...surface. Ix½ £1.50 lx2 £2.50 2x2 £5 2x3 £7,50 Ca P0/4 CO.13 F 768 AXINITE Roscommon Cliff.St Just ,Cornwall...small quartz crystals, Fluorescent yellow LW ½ x ½ £4 Co Fe Mn Fe S1O lxl £3 lx2 £5 - - - -- - -·-- - -BADDELEYITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Royal Museum for Central Africa, MA c Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren...Neoproterozoic (1000-542 Ma) TE 4.3.1. Kibara Belt (east-central Africa) 4.3.1.1. Radiometric data CE P 4.3.1...are typical for pegmatites of the Kibara Belt of Central Africa, pegmatites associated with the Older Granites...von Knorring & Fadipe, 1981; Fetherston, 2004). Central African countries (Democratic Republic CE P of...of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda) have an almost 100-year-long history of Sn and Ta production
Catalog/List
Notodden,Norway ✓: KNEBELITE Svartberg, Ludvika, Central Sweden A Copper rich variety of ldocrasc. Relatively...Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland 622 BARYfES Masson Hill, near Matlock,Derbyshire White masses in matrix...Chloritc Ix½ £1.50 lx2 £2.S0 2x2 £5 2x3 £7,50 Ca P0/4 CO/3 F 57 BISMUTHINITE Carrock Mine Caldbeck fells Cumbria...cellular mass BiS lx2 £120 2x2 £2.40 _ __ _ CaP0/4 CO/3 F I x½£4 -- - - --- --- 512 BORNITEGeevor Mine...CaCO/3 _ _ _ _ J 127 BARYTES Babbacom be Devon 80 CASSITERITE . . -- E~ t Balleswidden mine, St Just c ~ w
Catalog/List
Invoice sent with the parceL Eilarama,Ruanda, Central Africa AMBLYGONITE 1073 Near Chclan, E.Washinglon...Hnrdanger,NorwaY AKAGANElTE Nandan Meteroite, Lihu,Nandan Co, China 7 23 811 single blue 3mm crystal on quartz...Russia colourless micro crystals on 3mm matrix Cc Sr CO/3 £2.80 37 ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,Norlh Sweden ALLANITE...yellow-brown single crystal about 5mm size Pb� £4 Broken Hill, New South Walcs,Australia 658 ANGLESITE good small...cJ £7.50 I x.2 £2.50 BARYTES Aragon Spain Masson Hill, near Matlock,Dcrbyshirc 622 676 ARAGONITE individual
Catalog/List
Ix½ £3 Malawi Nandan Meteroite, Lihu,Nandan 3mm £3 Co, China 5mm £2 Yakut ia,Russia lx2 £2 .20 ! x i £5...LSTONITE Ba C a CO/3 A LUJ\UNITE Al SO/4 A LUMINITE Al SO/4 A LUMOHYDROCALCITE Ca Al CO/3 ALUN ITE KAI...TiO/2 Al'\ CYLITE Cc Ce SrCO/3 AN CYLITE Ce Ce Sr CO/3 AN DAU ISITE AISiO ANDALUSITE-- - -- -♦ Al MnSiO...ne grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli Co unty, Montana U.S.A Glomel. Brittany, France I x½...lcm£4 Rich white to faint ly blue masses Broken Hill, New South Wales,Australia Staffordshire Engl and
Book (edition)
mineral is stretched during tensile stress; Top: The central elongated tatya- boudinage-like textures would...originally thought to be the result of exsolution and/or co-precipitation. More recent research, however, revealed...Sulfur, native Bismite yes Zincite lamellar Cassiterite pseudohexagonal stellate or reticulate forms...grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia;...Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey (sample: Halbach); XPL If marked in description
Book (edition)
photograph their specimens for this book. Front co,·er photos: Turquoise, polished. 55 mm, ZhiJandy...Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas, Argentina, H Back cO\·erphoto: Wolframite. 45 mm. Yaogangxian, China,...crystal optics for reflected light, valid for opaque Co/or, transparenCJ', luster,streak minerals, the general...well balanced selection of mineral localities was central to the authors' effort. We took into consideration...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)
Book
Freiberg, E. Germany; Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and...Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone at Corocoro...closely related to mohawkite, which contains Ni and Co. It is a member of the cubic crystal system; reniform...Colombia, near the river Pinto. It occurs in the Broken Hill area of New South Wales and in New Zealand and the...localities are Atacama, Chile and Cobalt, Ontario; Broken Hill, New South Wales. Treatment. Any dilute acid apart
Book (edition)
chemical-environment during growth may determine the habit. Co/or-Luster: Many, if not most mineral species are...Tsumeb; Namibia; Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various...mine, Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah; in Inyo, San Bernardino...864-866, Nev.r 4 ADELITE GROUP York, Wiley, 1951. Hill, R. J., Am. Min., 61:979- 986 (1976). ADELITE GROUP...crystals with calcite in a spurrite rock at Scawt Hill, Antrim County, Ireland; and in the Laacher See
Book (edition)
of Canada. Clay Mineralogy, by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). Crystal Chemical Classification of Minerals...bo6 >hopeaeeaas4 “F ay Ga» aif < HU Bly CMH FAA Oi CO 7. ered FE> & 19S af eda 6 hat Neteny Wang...Tsumeb; Namibia; Chanarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various...mine, Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utah; in Inyo, San Bernardino...864-866, New 4 ADELITE GROUP York, Wiley, 1951. Hill, R. J., Am. Min., 61:979-986 (1976). ADELITE GROUP
Book (edition)
environment during growth may determine the habit. Co/or-Luster: Many , if not n1ost mineral species are...Memoir 122. "Clay Mineralogy," by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968). "Crystal Data: Determinative Tables," Third...foremost, Jean Roberts deserves the equivalent of co-authorship for her almost daily contribution to the...Harry Schwartzmann- Pres. of the National Instrument Co. of Mamaroneck-without his engineering, imaginativeness...help and advice. Andrew Azan-Pres., Aristo Grid Lamp Co.; pioneer in the development of the cold cathode
Book
Molybdenum Al Sb Ar As Ba Be Bi B Br Cd Cs Ca C Ce Cl Cr Co Cu Dy Er Eu F Gd Ga Ge Au Hf He Ho H In 1 Ir Fe Kr...of how Zr V Fe Cs (NO. ) (S03) (P03) (Se03) (As03) Co Cu W elements combine: that atoms link by swapping...important ore minerals hematite, Fe203, and cassiterite, Sn02, a tin oxide, are representative of the...particular feldspars or micas, or perhaps beryl, cassiterite, or tourmaline. The rest of this chapter is intended...gold, gold tellurides, magnetite, ilmenite, cassiterite, scheelite, wolframite, molybdenite, garnet,
Book
pink-purple, reddish-brown. Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA. H= < 3, Dj4j= 1.4, Dc= 1.45, IXD 01...Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=?, D(.= 3.572, VIID 20b...yellowish-green, bluish-green. Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA. H=?, Din=?, Dc=?, VllD 17. Fehr...greyish, greenish-white. Kipawa River, Timiskaming Co., Quebec, Canada. H= 5.5, Djjj= 2.902, D(,= 2.887...Translucent bluish-green. New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. H=?, Dj44= 2.96, D(;= 2.951, VIIIF
Report (issue)
ac seinen cece ce trent eee Men nen ere ROS BERN CO Sa CLLR Wey eer n wo tert Menten, cee re ety wcrtr...ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The following individuals and institutions co-operated in lending specimens or donating representative...5-Fm3m; a = 3.644; Z = 4 3099 (Cu/Ni)—Houghton Co., Michigan (UBC, polished section); foreign lines...228; Z = 2 atoms 3235 (Cu/Ni)—Mohawk mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan (ROM, M11447); same pattern, together...arsenian copper, given by “whitneyite” from Hough- ton Co., Michigan (UBC, polished section) Cell dimensions
Journal (issue)
Pathologist, Department of Agriculture, Bermuda, in co-operation with the Imperial Bureau of Soil Science...Organic matter 1 Carbon dioxide • N C • • • 1 co, • . ti {Carbon, C Atonnc ra o N·t N 1 rogen, ...of COA. Not including moisture lost at 105° C. or CO 2 from carbonates. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF '' FINE EARTH...37·84 t· {Carbon, Atomic ra 10 N't 1 N rogen, co. }0•006 ' Total. Per cent. Nitrogen • Organic...ft'om the peYcentage of Co 2 • Not including moisture lost at 105° C. or CO 2 from caYbonates. SOILS
Book (edition)
and affection that I dedicate this edition to my co-author, teacher, mentor, colleague and friend, Dr...Holmium Al Sb A As Ba Be Bi B Br Cd Ca C Ce Cs Cl Cr Co Cu Dy Er Eu F Gd Ga Ge Au Hf He Ho Hydrogen Indium...320-328 (str.) witb 0/ivenite 0 Adamsite-(\'). , aY(CO,lz·6IIJO. tric .. rclated to Tbomasclarklte-(Y),...AgardJte-(Ce), CeCu.(AsO4)i(OH).-3H1O, hex., Clara mine, central Black Forest, Gennany,A1ifSS(2004),17-23,NJMA 181(1)...Mo-W deposit), Betpakdala desert. Karaganda region, central Kazakhstan. 56. 635, ZV.\.fO 99(3), 333-339
Book (volume)
cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...vibrations of a large number of atoms within the region of coherent vibrations. However, in real periodic
 
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