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Cassiterite from
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:116337
Long-form Identifier:1:3:116337:7
GUID (UUID V4):a7514bb2-20d5-4a3f-a0e8-adf81330cc8d
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rich deposits of alluvial columbite, zircon and cassiterite associated with the Younger Granites of Nigeria...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 ZombaMalosa complex are arguably the most spectacular example...absence of basic rocks in cycle-2 complexes in Malawi, Woolley (1987) postulated that large volumes of
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zircon localities is quite long. The Pikes Peak region of Colorado has been a historical source of exceptional...of pale tan zircon crystals from Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi. Lino Caserini specimen, Jeff Scovil...occasionally available from Rio do Peixe, Tocantins, North Region. Exceptional zircon specimens have been collected...light-colored 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.0-cm zircon crystal from the Southern Urals, Vishnovogorsk, Chelybinsk Oblast, Russia...where the mineral occurs with beryl, topaz, and cassiterite. Good zircon specimens have been found at Sillinjarvi
Catalog/List
AEGIRINE Very rich mass of black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, lxl ins £5 lx2ins _lyro?'~~e ....__ Malawi £10 _---- -- - -- - --·- ·- 34 AEGIRINE Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount Ste...CALEDONITE Pb Cu CO/3 SO/4 CASSITERITE SnO CASSITERITE SnO CASSITERITE SnO CASSITERITE SnO CASSl TERITE SnO...Kangankunde Hill, zomba, lx2 £7.50 2x2 £15 2x2.Y2 £20 MONAZITECe 486 Cc La N Th PO/4 Malawi Slight!~ radioactive...grey crystalline mass with either Wolfarm or Cassiterite A) Green 3mm area on rock B) larger area £5 Radioactive
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Sn minerals in the literature. Reports of cassiterite are particularly sparse; to our knowledge these...pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia, and Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi (Mindat, accessed 12/2015). In the...the Stettin Complex, small grains of cassiterite and ilmenite were found in heavy-mineral separates from...Evergreen Drive revealed four small grains of cassiterite embedded in Fe-oxides, likely derived from alteration...Watkins Ave., Oneonta, NY 13820; 3131 Todd Rd., Mount Sidney, VA 24467; 4218 Fairhaven, Hudson J0P 1H0
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Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi .........................................all over the world converged on one geo­ graphic region for such an event. It changed the course of a nation...Mountain, was discovered by four men from the southern U.S. in 1858. While sinking a shaft in 1859, the...Sellaite (MgF2) is known from some hydrothermal cassiterite veins in volcanogenic set­ tings, but it is a...and HORTON, F. W. (1940) Mines of the southern Mother Lode Region; Part II—Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Baveno, Italy; Cuasso al Monte, Italy; Mt. Malosa, Malawi), five other porphyry Cu deposits (Bajo de...“two-phase field” is used to describe the P-T-X-region below this solvus. “Vapor” is used for an H2Orich...Medio Canada Pinabete Baveno Cuasso al Monte Mt. Malosa Stronghold Santa Rita Alumbrera Bingham Butte Grasberg...inclusions of molybdenite, biotite, columbite, cassiterite, and yttrofluorite are present. Many pseudosecondary...inclusions of molybdenite, columbite, biotite, cassiterite, and yttrofluorite are present. B. Enlargement
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deposits, sirnilar to those in Switzerland and southern Austria, in the north. (2) Hercynian granite with...sedimentary and volcano-sedimentary sequences in the southern Alpine area and Sardinia. (3) volcanic rocks of...of Perrnian and Jurassic ages in the southern Alpine area of the northeast. (4) a great number of metalliferous...Ca' Bernardi and Perticara mines in the Marches Region, and the sphalerite, chalcopyrite and various rare...aegirine crystal is 26 cm), from Mt. Malosa, Zomba-Malosa district, Malawi. Roberto Appiani photo. PEZZOTTAITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi. American Mineralogist 94:1216–22. Zaitsev...fluorapatite, beryl, phosphates, tourmaline, and cassiterite. •  DMP: monazite- and xenotime-group species
Corporate Document
Republic of Malawi Ministry of Mining Final Report of the Project for Establishment of Integrated Geographic...Ltd. dummy Frontispiece 1 Map of Malawi Former capital: Zomba Headquarters of Geological Survey Department...Lake Chilwa located in the southeastern part of Malawi and Chisi Island: Chisi Island is composed of syenite...Lake Malawi Upper right: Syenite distributed in Chilwa Alkaline Province in the south of Malawi (Cretaceous.............................. 19 3. The Works in Malawi ..............................................
Catalog/List
England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass Mount Stc Hilaire, Quebec with Fluorescent orange Sodalite...black crystals, some Mount Malosa, Zomba District, free standing. ______ ______ Malawi Black crystal sections...CO/3 SOM CASSITERITE SnO____________ CASSITERITE SnO__________ CASSITERITE SnO_________ CASSITERITE SnO_________...SnO_________ 80 CASSITERITE SnO___________ 84 CELADONITE Mica group CELESTITE Sr SOM_________ 81 63...calcite or pyrolusite ^Somerset _________ Mount Malosa Malawi Terminated white crystal or crystals, intergrown
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19:24 malachite 19:24,27 pseudomalachite 19:24,27 Mount Cobalt adamite 11:12, 12:31 clinoclase 19:24 cobaltite...19:24 Mount Elliott Mine augite 19:28 calcite 19:28 goethite 19:28 gypsum 19:28 quartz 19:28 Mount Glorious...Glorious Mine, Cloncurry pseudomalachite 12:27 Mount Oxide Mine alunite 19:25 antlerite 19:25 asbolane 19:25...crocoite 16:7 crocoite 17:15 Anchor Mine, Lottah cassiterite 17:15 fluorapatite 17:15 fluorite 17:15 molybdenite...Blazey Gate cassiterite 14:32 orthoclase 14:32 Bunny Mine, Stenalees arsenopyrite 14:27 cassiterite 14:27 chalcocite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Borborema belt in Brazil, and in the Pala District of southern California. The spatial association with calc-alkaline...Consider the Chilwa alkaline province, in southern Malawi, of Cretaceous age. What makes it unusual,...largest plutons in the Chilwa Province (e.g., the ZombaMalosa pluton) consist of syenite and peralkaline granite...the bodies of NYF pegmatite that occur at Mount Malosa in Malawi, associated with the classic A-type granite...to the spectacular NYF-type pegmatites of the ZombaMalosa pluton, there are many others that are more
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ethiopia) and the Tantalite Valley pegmatites (southern Namibia) and Ÿ Large compositional variations...1915 to the mid 1980s about 140,000 tons of cassiterite and 4,500 tons of mixed Ta-Nb ore concentrate...“resource potential” was estimated at 200,000 tons cassiterite and 10,000 tons coltan concentrates (Dewaele...g., in the Lugulu (Lulingu) district along the southern margin of the Kasese batholith in South Kivu (de...mineral supply chain due-diligence initiatives in the region and at the Ta (and Sn) smelter level, combined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
syenitic pegmatite from the Vishnevye Mountains, Urals Region, Russia. The progressive alteration of the chevkinite...granites and syenites of the Graciosa Province, southern Brazil, Vlach and Gualda (2007) documented increases...(Cherry) Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast’, southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia. The specimen (K4) comes from...shown in Fig. 4b comprises an oscillatory zoned region overprinted by a darker (lower Z) phase. The presence...(REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi. Am Mineral 94:1216–1222 Harlov DE, Wirth
Catalog/List
location details l cm£4 2cm£8 Mount Malosa, Zomba District. Malawi IxI ins £5 Rich line grained black...Al Si O C0/3 CASSITERITE Sn O CASSITERITE SnO CASSITERITE SnO CASSITERITE Sn 0 CASSITERITE Sn 0 CELADON...crystal of Gamet. Borrowdalc Cumbria Zomba Plateau Quarry. Zomba. Malawi Lake Jaco . Mexico Green massive...creamy dolomite crystals. Just one crystal showing Mount Malosa.Malawi l x l £5 120 267 269 4 580 i\...grey crystalline mass wi1h either Wolfram or Cassiterite Pure clear. cleaved piece, like glass Single
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cleavage Mount Ste Hilaire, Quebec Ix! £ 1.10 ,Canada Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Ix½ £3 Malawi Nandan...£2.50 2x2 £4 2x3 £6 ½ x½ £4 £9 Paramirim Region,Agua Quenta,Bnhia, Brazil Benallt Mine. Lleyn Wales...CASSITE RITE SnO 80 CASSITERITE SnO 582 CASSITE RITE SnO 566 CASSITE RITE SnO 1042 CASSITERITE ♦ 634 621 84...size scattered Zomba Plateau Quarry, Zomba, !xi £4 C in crystalline white calcite Malawi 159 GRAPHITE Rich...Faras Mine, Bigadic, Turkey ½ x½ £2.50 8mm£6 Mount Malosa.Malawi Ix! £5 Greystones quarry,Lezant
Catalog/List
Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of black crystal...--CHALCOCITE Gcevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall CASSITERITE Bolivia -no more informnrion S I G 105 131ack...the metallic inside of a fire extinguisht 52 1 CASSITERITE Galicia, Spain (no other details] 39 /\RTIFICIAL...C 0/3 lx2 £15 5mm £3 lxl £8 lx ½ £ 5 ½x ½ £3 CASSITERITE United Mines, St Day Cornwall CHALCOPYRITE 16...SnO Cu Fe S ½ X ½ £1.5 IX ½ £3 I x ½ £3 ------CASSITERITE CHALCOPYRITE Whcal Josiah, Devon Great Consols
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and others discuss inclusions in quartz from this region. Alpine type parageneses are also known from North...BUKANOV 1995). Mit Einschlüssen in Quarzen dieser Region befasst sich u.a. SKOBEL (1996). Alpinotype Paragenesen... just in USA, deposits similar to the Herkimer region are known from Alaska, Arkansas and Texas. CH4-rich...verbreitetes Phäno men. Allein aus den USA sind der Region von Herkimer vergleichbare Bildungen aus Alaska...organic inclusions in nicht eindeutig lokalisierten Region in der ch inesischen Provinz Sichuan auf den Mineralienmarkt
Catalog/List
wave ½"£3 lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections...lxl£5 lx.2£7 MnMgSiO A) £ 3 B) £S Cu s 1084 CASSITERITE Whcal Phoenix, Cornwall 751 CHALCOCITE Remolinos...lxl £3 lx2 £S 2x2 £10 lxl £3 lx2 £5 2x2 £9 80 CASSITERITE East Balleswidden mine, St Just Cornwall 521...Location interest lx2 £S SnO Smm£3 NaCu CO/3 750 CASSITERITE Pince of Wales Mine, near Callington, Cornwall...side. lxl £3 lx2 £S lxl £3 lx2 £S 2x2 £10 582 CASSITERITE Whitstone,Bovey Tracey.Devon 584 CHALCOPYRITE
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LO-- -- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda...the metallic inside of a fire extinguish, 575 CASSITERITE United Mines, St Day Cornwall ARTIFICIAL.3mm...Cu CO/3 IX ½£3 375 1042 - - - - -·---· - CASSITERITE Drakewalls Mine Cornwall Brown massive areas...areas in quartz with killas Ix! £4 lx2 £6 80 CASSITERITE East Balleswidden mine, St Just Cornwall small brown...tourmaline. Location interest lx2 £5 Sn 0 1084 CASSITERITE Wheal Phoenix, Cornwall Relatively rich brown
Catalog/List
£3 Ix! £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...crystal b) 2 or 3 crystals A) £3 B) £5 CuS ■ CASSITERITE Galicia, Spain (no other details) Rich dark brown...in quartz ½x ½ £3 Ix½ £5 lxl £8 lx2 £15 521 CASSITERITE Pince of Wales Mine, near Callington., Cornwall...Wheal Josiah, Devon Great Consols Mine, Devc CASSITERITE Drakcwalls Mine Cornwall Rich metallic brassy...quartz with killas lxl £3 lx2 £5 lxl £4 lx2£6 80 CASSITERITE . East Balleswidden mine, St Just Cornwall 71
Catalog/List
CaCO/3 _ _ _ _ J 127 BARYTES Babbacom be Devon 80 CASSITERITE . . -- E~ t Balleswidden mine, St Just c ~ w...Swml ess Quarry, S. W of Glasgow, Scotland I042 CASSITERITE Drakewalls Mine Cornwall Pure mass of int.ergrown...-- ---------- - ------- 22 B~-;;;,1i 1084 CASSITERITE Whcal Phoenix, Cornwall Relatively rich brown...___ _____ ____ _ _ · ___ Zeolite_ _ _ __ 575 CASSITERITE United Mines, St Day Cornwall Sharp brown micro...micro crystals on matrix Ix½ £3 SnO 750 CASSITERITE · . Pince of Wales Mine, near Callington, Cornwall
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Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia .........................................Krasny Chikoy, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberian Region, Russia Jindr=ich Kynický,1 Jan Kynický,2 Bryan...INTRODUCTION Gem tourmaline from Russian’s Transbaikalia region has become a valuable part of our global mineral...Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, central Transbaikalia region in Zabaykalsky Krai, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The...Malkhan, covers an area of nearly 100 km2, mostly on southern slopes of the Malkhan Ridge, at the confluence
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localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...(Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the...discoveries in the famous alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa in the late 2000s include specimens showing...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during
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30067, Tel: 770-973-3632, E-mail: jcgray@gsu.edu Southern California Chapter Visit our website at www.mineralsocal...Lynch Station in Campbell County, Virginia, on the southern bank of Bishop Creek. It is not indicated on the...Highway 43. Figure 2. Mines and prospects in the southern portion of the James River–Roanoke River manganese...occurrences of iron and manganese ores are located in the Mount Athos Formation, which contains beds of quartzite...quartzite and an included white marble unit of the Mount Athos Formation. The shaft sunk in search of copper
 
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