Locality type: | Dome |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Biotite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Champirar Dome, Mzimba, Northern Region, Malawi |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 972737 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:972737:3 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 1613d72b-702c-4b79-8821-01d5cb443d02 |
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite |
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55.0km (34.2 miles) | ⓘChikangawa Intrusion, Nkhata Bay, Northern Region, Malawi |
74.5km (46.3 miles) | ⓘChipala Intrusion, Kasungu-Chipala Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu District, Central Region, Malawi |
75.9km (47.2 miles) | ⓘKasungu-Chipala Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu District, Central Region, Malawi |
82.1km (51.0 miles) | ⓘKasungu Intrusion, Kasungu-Chipala Intrusions, North Nyasa Alkaline Province, Kasungu District, Central Region, Malawi |
References |
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in: Dunn, P.J., Cabri, L.J., Ferraiolo, J.A., Grice, J.D., Jambor, J.L., Mueller, W., Shigley, J.E., Puziewicz, J., Vanko, D.A. (1985): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 69: 1195 |
Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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| Dunn, Pete J., Cabri, Louis J., Ferraiolo, James A., Grice, Joel Do., Jambor, John L., Mueller, Wolfgang, Shigley, James E., Puziewicz, Jacek, Vanko, David A. (1984) NEW MINERAL NAMES. American Mineralogist, 69 (11-12) 1190-1196 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | ophiolite belt of the Koryak-Kamchatska folded region, northeastern USSR. It occurs in intergrowths of...pegmatites. The pegmatites cut Precambrian gamet-biotite gneiss in the Tusion River valley of the Pamir...alteration product of cordierite from the Champirar Dome, Malawi, yieldedSiO240.0,Al2O336.0,FeO 5.4, MnO...that is found after biotite, or more probably, after replacement of the biotite with cordierite and the...orthoclase microperthite, sodic plagioclase,almandine,biotite, sillimanite, magnetite, hercynite, corundum, ilmenite |
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