| Locality type: | Island |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Magnetite |
| Formula: | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Magnetite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nchisi Island (Chilwa Island; Shirwa Island), Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 487030 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:487030:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d7e06ea7-b930-4cce-a62e-7086ed21b897 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite |
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| 31.9km (19.8 miles) | ⓘTundulu Complex, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 43.1km (26.8 miles) | ⓘMachemba Mountain, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 68.8km (42.8 miles) | ⓘMlanje Massif, Mulanje, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 77.8km (48.3 miles) | ⓘKangankunde Carbonatite Complex, Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 88.5km (55.0 miles) | ⓘLake Malombe Vents, Mangochi, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 91.6km (56.9 miles) | ⓘChaumbwi Vent, Ntcheu, Central Region, Malawi |
| References |
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Eby, G.N., Roden-Tice, M., Kreuger, H.L., Ewing, W., Faxon, E.H., and Woolley, A.R. (1995): Geochronology and cooling history of the northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi. Journal Afr. Earth Sci. 20, 275-288. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(95)00054-W Dowman, E., Wall, F., Treloar, P. J., Rankin, A. H., & Corkhill, C. (2017). Rare-earth mobility as a result of multiple phases of fluid activity in fenite around the Chilwa Island Carbonatite, Malawi. Mineralogical Magazine, 81(6), 1367-1395. |
