| Locality type: | Island |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz 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: | 715039 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:715039:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 908f4ea7-96dc-4b6c-8a87-c1a12bd6342d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 11.9km (7.4 miles) | ⓘMpyupyu Hill, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 31.9km (19.8 miles) | ⓘTundulu Complex, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 32.2km (20.0 miles) | ⓘMongolowe-Chaone-Chikala Complexes, Machinga, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 32.9km (20.5 miles) | ⓘMount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 43.1km (26.8 miles) | ⓘMachemba Mountain, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 47.4km (29.4 miles) | ⓘSongwe Hill REE Project (Songwe Hill carbonatite), Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 53.1km (33.0 miles) | ⓘMichese Intrusion, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 53.5km (33.3 miles) | ⓘUtale Occurrence, Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 54.0km (33.5 miles) | ⓘNamangali Hill, Phalombe, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 63.7km (39.6 miles) | ⓘNailuwa Occurrence, Balaka, Southern 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. |
