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Graftonite from
Buranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Graftonite
Formula:Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graftonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:687818
Long-form Identifier:1:3:687818:4
GUID (UUID V4):399759e2-d2cb-461e-a0ef-d5fb1dbe0931
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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a new phosphate mineral from the Rubindi pegmatite, Rwanda FRÉDÉRIC HATERT1,*, PIERRE LEFÈVRE1, ANDRÉ-MATHIEU...is a new mineral species from the Rubindi pegmatite, Rwanda. It occurs as large idiomorphic grains reaching...Rubindi pegmatite, Rwanda. Introduction Among the four valid type-minerals reported in Rwanda, three...three were described in the Buranga pegmatite, which is host to over hundred of other mineral species (Daltry... More than half of the recorded minerals from Buranga are phosphates, of which two compositional groups
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
QINGHEIITE – BEUSITE – LITHIOPHILITE IN THE SANTA ANA PEGMATITE, SAN LUIS, ARGENTINA Miguel Angel GALLISKI §...Ana mine (32°53’32” S, 65°55’43” W), San Luis province, Argentina, in a beryl type, beryl–columbite–phosphate...beryl–columbite–phosphate subtype of rare-element pegmatite, and in the closely related La Empleada dike. At Santa Ana...crystallization of the border and wall zones of the pegmatite. The exsolution of this precursor led to the formation...beusite, lithiophilite, exsolution, granitic pegmatite, Santa Ana, Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina. Sommaire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the petrologic processes involving both single pegmatite dikes and entire pegmatitic swarms or fields....revealing the geological history of the hosting pegmatite. The central part of the 20th century was characterized... occurrence, and the features of the hosting pegmatite. As an example, the first complete descriptions...phosphate paragenesis characterizing a specific pegmatite are due to Mason (1941) and Quensel (1952), who...studies about: primary hagendorfite at the Kibingo pegmatite (Fransolet et al. 2004); the minerals belonging
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Li-Mn-Fe phosphate minerals from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda A.-M. FRANSOLET Institut de Min6ralogie...Belgium S U M M A R Y. F r o m the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, t h r e e occurrences of eosphorite-childrenite...ferrisickleriteheterosite formation. IN the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, Von Knorring (I965) has mentioned the...granitic pegmatites; this research, based only on the Buranga mine example, tends to show that new indications...Fe, Mn, Mg, and Ca were calibrated with Kabira graftonite (Von Knorring, I97o) and synthetic A1203 and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
wyllieite from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda (A); wyllieite from the Malpensata pegmatite, Italy (B); and...and qingheiite from the Santa Ana pegmatite, Argentina (C). Their crystal structures were refined, based...was confirmed in rosemaryite from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda (Hatert et al. 2006), as well as in the...wyllieite from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, of wyllieite from the Malpensata pegmatite, Italy, and of qingheiite...qingheiite from the Santa Ana pegmatite, Argentina. A petrographic study of ferrowyllieite and ferrorosemaryite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
their unusual mineral species. The Palermo No. 1 pegmatite is located in the White Moun­ tains of central...North Groton. Its surround­ ings and even the pegmatite itself are unpretentious. The min­ erals of greatest...issue of Rocks and Minerals entitled " T h e Pegmatite Minerals of the Palermo Quarry." Verrow's mineral...served to reveal the truly rich mineralogy of this pegmatite. By the end of the 1943 mining season, General...working primarily on the phosphates of the Palermo pegmatite. In May o f 1974, the mineral rights to the quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bertossaite {CaLi2[Al4(PO4)4(OH,F)4]} from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, was investigated by single-crystal X-ray...crystal structure, infrared spectroscopy, Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Sommaire Un échantillon de bertossaïte...{CaLi2[Al4(PO4)4(OH,F)4]} provenant de la pegmatite de Buranga, Rwanda, a été étudié par diffraction des rayons...cristalline, spectroscopie infrarouge, pegmatite de Buranga, Rwanda. Introduction Bertossaite, CaLi2[Al4(PO4)4(OH...and von Knorring & Mrose (1966) in the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, in association with augelite [Al2(PO4)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
between 400 and 600C, during the first stages of pegmatite evolution [hühnerkobelite is not a valid species...alluaudite and ferrisicklerite from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, without any replacement texture. This...Héreng (1989) re-examined the samples from the Buranga pegmatite, and observed three different primary parageneses:...large size of the alluaudite grains from the Buranga pegmatite, which can reach 1 cm in length, is also a...Hagendorf-Süd, Germany; alluaudite + fillowite in Rusororo, Rwanda, and Kabira, Uganda; alluaudite + ferrisicklerite
Journal (issue)
Richard A. Bideaux M ineralogist feature articles Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...Supply Co. $65.00. The Mineralogical Record Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...phosphate minerals, which occur at all stages of pegmatite genesis, are among the most extensive of any mineral...interest in them than mineralogists. No doubt, the pegmatite phosphates prove most reward­ ing collecting material...collectors overlook them so that many of the classical pegmatite localities, presently abandoned, still may yield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
other lithium minerals except in the Mterikati pegmatite. Lithiophorite is the only other lithium mineral...the Dam Site pegmatite. The refractive indices of montebrasite from the Benson 2 pegmatite (no. 13, table...replaces montebrasite in a sample from the Bikita pegmatite and members of the goyazite and possibly of the...in six perthite-rich pegmatites from the Miami district of Rhodesia appears to be manganoan fluorapatite...from the Bulema pegmatite (Kigezi, Uganda) have r 1.633 and 1-639. In the Bikita pegmatite, the grain-size
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na-in-triphylite geothermometer: applications to natural pegmatite phosphates Frederic Hatert • Luisa Ottolini Peter...assemblages from the Kibingo (Rwanda), Hagendorf-Süd (Germany), and Buranga (Rwanda) pegmatites, respectively...ferrisicklerite [Li1-x(Fe3?,Mn2?)PO4] from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, without any replacement texture. This...Héreng (1989) re-examined the samples from the Buranga pegmatite and observed three different primary assemblages:...Hagendorf-Süd, Germany; alluaudite ? fillowite in Rusororo, Rwanda, and Kabira, Uganda; alluaudite ? ferrisicklerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na–Mn–Fe-bearing phosphate mineral found in the Chanteloube pegmatite, Limousin, France. The mineral was named after...Varuträsk pegmatite, Sweden (Quensel, 1937, 1940), and hühnerkobelite from the Hühnerkobel pegmatite, Bavaria...alluaudite group. Alluaudite samples from the Buranga pegmatite were investigated by Thoreau (1954), and then...the new phosphate wyllieite in the Victory mine pegmatite, South Dakota, and found unit-cell parameters...described by Lundström (1874) in the Långban pegmatite, Ó 2019 E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
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amblygonite series, occurring in the Eight Mile Park pegmatite, near Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. As...containing “fremontite” from the Eight Mile Park pegmatite. A few years after, Heinrich & Corey (1955) published...for a sample of montebrasite from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, with 6.7 wt.% Na2O. Considering the fluctuation...sample of amblygonite from the Hebron (Maine) pegmatite with 10.17 wt.% F and 2.55 wt.% Na2O. According...in the Li-rich pegmatites from the Gatumba area, Rwanda, especially where more than 0.5 wt.% Na2O is detected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phosphate mineral from the Sebastião Cristino pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil FRÉDÉRIC HATERT1,*, MAXIME...mineral species from the Sebastião Cristino pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It occurs as rims around...most important pegmatite provinces in the world, the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province (EBPP). This...This province is located at the East side of the Saõ Francisco craton, mainly in the state of Minas Gerais...Gerais, among which 15 from the Conselheiro Pena district (Galiléia, Divino das Laranjeiras, Mendes Pimentel
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“Arrojadites are the most chemically complex of primary pegmatite phosphates, and no less than sixteen elements...containing Mn, Fe, and Na in the Branchville pegmatite, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (Brush and Dana 1878)...containing Fe, Mn, and Na found in the Serra Branca pegmatite, Picuí, Paraíba, Brazil. Mason (1941) suggested...phosphate mineral long known from the Nickel Plate pegmatite, Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota (Headden...detailed description of “arrojadite baryfère” from Rwanda and Morocco, respectively, and mentioned a similar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PHOSPHATE MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE JOCÃO PEGMATITE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL Maxime BAIJOT, Frédéric...Jocão pegmatite (or Cigana) is located in the well-known Eastern Brazilian Pegmatitic Province (EBPP)...mineral masses were collected from the dumps of the pegmatite: association I is composed of dendritic triphylite...of a high-temperature homogenous Ca-Li-bearing graftonite-beusite-like phase; when the temperature decreased...genetic sequence, secondary phosphates, Jocão pegmatite, Brazil § E-mail address: fhatert@ulg.ac.be
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
certainly exists at high temperature. In triphylite/graftonite [(Fe2þ,Mn2þ,Ca)3(PO4)2] exsolution textures,...beam diameter of 5 lm. The standards used were graftonite from Kabira (sample KF16, Fransolet 1975) (for...al. 1993). We used triphylite from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, as reference material for SIMS Li-analyses;...sarcopside lamellae, is known in the Cañada pegmatite (Fig. 4c), as well as sarcopside rims surrounding...included in a graftonite matrix (Table 6; RodaRobles et al. 2004). In the La Empleada pegmatite, Argentina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Jálama batholith in the Navasfrı́as Sn-W District, Salamanca, Spain T. LLORENS* AND M. C. MORO...crystallized to form a group of intra-granitic pegmatite dykes, which are hosted by its outermost facies...fractures to form the Cruz del Rayo field of pegmatite dykes, which are hosted by pre-Ordovician low-grade...series. A strong albitization of the granitic and pegmatite rocks led to the replacement of the primary assemblage...interaction. Introduction SECONDARY granite and pegmatite phosphates have been extensively documented (e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
STRUCTURE TYPE: CONTRIBUTION TO THE PARAGENESIS OF PEGMATITE PHOSPHATE GIANT CRYSTALS Peur B. Moone, Depar...structure analysis of an alluaudite from the Buranga pegmatite, Central Africa, elucidated the crystal chemistry...they are called by Fisher (1953) who lists 70 pegmatite phosphate species.Recently, Moore (1970b) has...10 feet acrossare known from the Palermo No. 1 pegmatite, North Groton, New Hampshire; severalpegmatitesin...Sitting Bull pegmatite, near Keystone, South Dakota (Roberts and Rupp, 1965). Graftonite, occursat many
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry of eosphorite from Chamachhu (Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan) 2+ [(Mn2+ 0.94Fe 0.06Al0...a granitic pegmatite outcropping in the area of Chamachhu (Changmachhu), Skardu district, Baltistan,...backgrounds, and a beam diameter of 5 µm. Minerals (graftonite for P, Fe, Mn, and Ca; grossular for Si and Al;...1301 Fe phosphate minerals from the Buranga Pegmatite, Rwanda. Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1015–1023... A.U., and Nizamoff, J.W. (2003) Pegmatology—Pegmatite Mineralogy, Petrology and Petrogenesis, 176 p
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composition of NaMn Fe2(PO4)3, collected in the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, are reported. All four compounds have...structure of a natural alluaudite sample from Buranga, Rwanda, was reported by Moore (1971), who found that...FeKa1 and FeKa2 Bragg reflections the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda (Fransolet 1975), and synthetic Na2MnFeIIFeIII(PO4)3...15 kV and a probe current of 20 nA. A Kabira graftonite standard (Fransolet 1975) was used for the Mn...single-crystal structure of the natural alluaudite from Buranga, #3, was determined by Moore (1971), and the X-ray
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
phoshate mineral associations of the Tsaobismund pegmatite, Namibia Andr6-Mathieu Fransolet l, Paul Keller...phosphate minerals occurring in the Tsaobismund pegmatite. This investigation is complemented by wet chemical...processes have been recognized in the Tsaobismund pegmatite: (i) the Mason-Quensel sequence results from a...Frommurze et al. 1942), with the description of the pegmatite bodies (Cameron 1955), and with the evolution...so far about the phosphate minerals in these pegmatite, except some short descriptions (Keller 1974,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract A sample from the Koktokay No. 3 granitic pegmatite, Altai Mountains, northwestern China, which shows...crystal chemistry. Sommaire Un échantillon de la pegmatite Koktokay No. 3, Altaï, République populaire de...100,000 pegmatite dykes occur in the Chinese Altai pegmatite field; the Koktokay No. 3 pegmatite is one...one of the most strongly zoned. This pegmatite, which shows a NW–SE elongation, intrudes a metagabbro located...mineral contents, nine zones were described in the pegmatite, and the sample investigated in this study was
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phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...Mode of Occurrence: Occurs in large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer... South Dakota. Also found in pegmatite at Chanteloube, France; Buranga, Ruanda; Varutrask, Sweden; Sukula...Sukula and Lemnas, Finland; and in several other pegmatite deposits Amblygonite Optical Constants: IX...in Miocene clay at Bellaver de Cerdena, Gerona Province, Spain; in a bituminous clay rock at Messel, Hesse
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GEOCHEMISTRY OF PHOSPHATES AND SILICATES IN THE SAPUCAIA PEGMATITE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: GENETIC IMPLICATIONS Maxime...The Sapucaia pegmatite is located in the well-known Eastern Brazilian Pegmatitic Province (EBPP), Minas...Minas Gerais, Brazil. Detailed mapping of the pegmatite body revealed five zones, showing distinct mineral...quartz core (Q). Phosphate masses found in the pegmatite contains two different assemblages: assemblage...geochemically primitive LCT-type pegmatite. The degree of differentiation of the pegmatite increases from the border
 
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