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Tychite from
Katwe Crater Lake, Katwe-Kikorongo volcanic field (Katwe volcanic field), Kasese, Western Region, Uganda


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Tychite
Formula:Na6Mg2(CO3)4(SO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tychite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Katwe Crater Lake, Katwe-Kikorongo volcanic field (Katwe volcanic field), Kasese, Western Region, Uganda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:510192
Long-form Identifier:1:3:510192:4
GUID (UUID V4):f1aa214f-af3c-4139-a0b6-9293a0a26f6f
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previously unknown. The two minerals, Northupite and Tychite, were recently discovered during a search for new...the shallow (about 14 inches deep) Katwe Crater Lake in Sw-uganda, core samplings were being extracted...Then at 50 and 110 foot levels, the very rare Tychite crystals were discovered. Both of these carbonates...the most famous being Borax Lake in California. However, the Borax Lake specimens were very small and...general, poor quality. Previous availability of Tychite crystals were offered in maximum 1 millimeter size
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
previously unknown. The two minerals, Northupite and Tychite, were recently discovered during a search for new...the shallow (about 14 inches deep) Katwe Crater Lake in Sw-uganda, core samplings were being extracted...Then at 50 and 110 foot levels, the very rare Tychite crystals were discovered. Both of these carbonates...the most famous being Borax Lake in California. However, the Borax Lake specimens were very small and...general, poor quality. Previous availability of Tychite crystals were offered in maximum 1 millimeter size
Book
localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...Mi11eml Discm•t•ries, /960--20/ 5 ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County...vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence, south of Bancroft. Sharp, flattened...( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing
 
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