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Forsterite from
Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lueshe Mine, Bwito, Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:838222
Long-form Identifier:1:3:838222:1
GUID (UUID V4):18880832-e762-4465-8e38-09874c8a380a
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
60.8km (37.8 miles) Nyiragongo Volcano, Nyiragongo Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
place during and after replacementof diopside + forsterite * calcite by tremolite + dolomite + ankerite...rock type Brevik, Norway; nephelinesyenite Lueshe, Lake Kivu, Zaire; carbonatite Hybla, Ontario, Canada;...Panda Hill, Mbeya, Tanzania; carbonatite Woodcox mine, Hybla, Ontario; granitic pegmatite MacDonaldmine...Leushe, Lake Kivu, Zaire; carbonatite Fredricksvarn,NoMay; nepheline syenite Lueshe, Lake Kivu, Zaire; carbonatite...carbonatite Lueshe, Lake Kive, Zaire; carbonatite Jacupiranga,Sao Paulo, Brazil; carbonatite Araxe, Minas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
meteoric alterations of the Lueshe carbonatite complex žDemocratic Republic of Congo / identified by a REE...whole-rock samples of the Lueshe carbonatite complex ŽNE of Democratic Republic of Congo.. The fresh and hydrothermally...fluorhydric-nitric solution ŽHF q HNO 3 .. The Lueshe carbonatite complex contains a suite of REE-carriers...Meteoric weathering; Rare-earth elements; Republic of Congo 1. Introduction Among the chemical characteristics...large quantities of Fig. 1. Geological map of the Lueshe complex Žmodified after Maravic et al., 1989..
Catalog/List
Italy. massive, green 2 variety ADAMITE: Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. crystals ADAMITE,variety...Index, Washington, USA. crystals ALBITE: Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quobcc, Canada. crystals ALBITE: St....good crystal sections AS ,'\BOVE ALGOOONITE:Calumot Mine, Michigan, USA. massive ALL'\NITE: . Quadeville...in feldspar /\LLEGHi'.NYITE:/\llcgheny County, North Carolina, USA, crudG crystals to massive ALLOPHANE:Juanita...1-:incrva .i'l Mine, Cavo-ln-Rock, Illinois, USA. good crystals ALT/1ITE: Hilltop Mine, Organ Mountain
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
deposit consists of two plug-shaped orebodies named Mine II and East Area, respectively emplaced in carbonatite...dikes near the center of the complex (East Area and Mine II orebodies). The direct relationship between phoscorite-series...(our data) while mining focused on the Boa Vista mine in Catalão II. Recent modeling of the fresh rock...Area orebody and 7.2 Mt at 1.23 wt.% Nb2O5 for the Mine II, adding up to a total reserve of approximately...I pyrochlore chemical composition with that of Lueshe (Nasraoui and Bilal, 2000), Oka (Gold et al., 1986;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydrous silicates in the Kvaløya lamproite dyke, North Norway Kåre Kullerud & Dmitry Zozulya & Erling J...The mineral was first described from the Bayan-Obo mine in Inner Mongolia, China. On the type locality,...Buryatia, Russia (Koneva et al. 2008), Lueshe, Democratic Republic of Congo (Wall et al. 1996), and Haast, New...been reported from a carbonatite in Lueshe (Democratic Republic of Congo)(Wall et al. 1996). Baotite from...shows a Fig. 1 Geological map of Kvaløya Island, North Norway, showing sampling localities. Modified from
Book (edition)
localities as inclusions in the limestone”’ (italics mine). Actually, the first published description of...‘‘fine-grained but crystalline,” (5) that they were 1] thank Dr. G. R. Udas for bringing this historic description...carbonatite dikes cutting the kimberlite of the Premier mine (p. 542) he classed as magmatic, but 1 Bowen admitted...G. B. Du Bois (1956, 1959), B. C. King (1949). Congo (Belgian): A. Meyer and P. de Bethune (1958, 1960)...) around a “core” of alkalic silicate rock: Lueshe, Congo, and Chishanya, Southern Rhodesia. In some cases
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consisting essentially of apatite, magnetite and forsterite or *Corresponding author (e-mail: mjlee@rock25t...typical silicate minerals, which are successively forsterite, phlogopite and tetraferriphlogopite from stage...consist of calcite, fluorapatite, magnetite, forsterite and phlogopite Pyrochlore from the Sokli complex...crystallization of most other magmatic minerals such as forsterite, magnetite, calcite, phlogopite and baddeleyite...altered parts is also reported from the Bingo and Lueshe pyrochlores (Williams et al., 1997). Comparison
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magnetite, apatite, and one of the silicates, forsterite, diopside, or phlogopite’. According to Krasnova...13.5 21.5 27.8 Okorusu 8.2 0.2 2.7 2.7 32.7 4.9 Lueshe 4.4 2.8 64.6 0.8 17.9 0.8 Sarfartôq 78.5 1.0 1...Greenland carbonatites (Bell and Simonetti 2010) North American carbonatites (Bell and Simonetti 2010)...in millimetres (d) Pyrochlore concentrate, Niobec Mine, Quebec, Canada; scale in millimetres. forming...and 23 (a); e.g. Catalão, Brazil; Lueshe, Democratic Republic of Congo; and St. Honoré, Oka, and Aley,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Raglan; Stevenson's quarry, Auckland; Lake Pupuke, North Shore, Auckland; Smale's quarry, Onepoto Basin;...Hill, Derbyshire. South Africa Wesselton diamond mine (kimberlite pipe). Indian Ocean Kerguelen Archipelago...(dunite). Arkansas Murfreesboro (kimberlite). North Carolina Webster (dunite, r'r,'ebsterite, and enstatite)...California batholith (olivine norite). Belgian Congo Lueshe carbonatite. South Africa Bushveld complex...leucite basait florvs. Idaho Snake River basalts. North Carolina Addie (dunite). California Siskiyou
Book (edition)
co-author, teacher, mentor, colleague and friend, Dr. Joseph A. Mandarino. -Malcolm E. Back Fleischer's...they are: Dr. Peter Bayliss, Dr. Ernst A.J. Burke, Dr. Anton and hakhmouradian,Robert Gault, Dr. Julian...Låszl6 Horvåth, Dr. Uwe Kolitsch, Locock,Gaspare Malet.to,Dr. Roger Mitchell, Renato Pagano. Dr. Ole Petersen...Robert Ramik,Andy Roberts, hallit, Dr. Chris Stanley,Tony Steede and Dr. ThomasWitzke. upport and encouragementof...of the compounds to the other; for example, ..Forsterite. Mg 2SiO,. orth., fom1s a series with Fayalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
soils was a modification of a technique suggested by Dr. T. Deans of the Institute of Geological Sciences...many other carbonatite complexes, such as Sukulu, Lueshe, and Chilwa, occurs extremely rarely in the soils...with those of the type Siberian material (loaned by Dr. T. Deans) on the electron microprobe indicate that...been confirmed by a chemical analysis carried out by Dr. von Knorring on a pure hand-picked sample of 0.10...Aldan, Siberia, occurs in metasomatic calcite-forsterite-magnetite rocks of an alkaline ultrabasic massif
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
rocks of the ijolite–melteigite series, apatite–forsterite–magnetite rocks Žphoscorite. of the ore complex...intrusions of peridotite Žs diopside olivinite. to the north and of clinopyroxenite to the south. The olivine-rich...generations of magnetite rich-ores and apatite–forsterite rich-rocks Žphoscorites. associated with carbonatites...fenite zone is semi-annular, widening from the north to southwest Ž300–350 m up to 4 km wide.. The list...These fine-grained phoscorites are composed of forsterite, green phlogopite, Ti–magnetite, clinohumite
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - --··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker...1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure...Bcnallt Minc,Llcyn. Wales 1036 ALSTONITE Fnllowlielcl Mine, Northumberland White masses in malrix wilh micro
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...£10 2x3 £15 Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix...5cm £4 no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with... lx2 £3 2x2 £6 2x3 £10 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...x2 £ 1.50 2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black...Kola Russia 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South... . --- .. ------- - -· 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 1099 CATAPLEIITE Bratthagcn, near Larvik...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd arhyllan...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isolueshite crystal with euhedral inclusions of “forsterite” (now hydrous Mg silicate). magnetite, dolomite...euhedral solid inclusions with a shape typical for forsterite crystals, but consisting of iron-magnesium silicate...neutron-diffraction studies of natural lueshite from Lueshe (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada) indicated...(2004): Phoscorites and Carbonatites from Mantle to Mine: the Key Example of the Kola Alkaline Province....carbonatites. – Phoscorites and Carbonatites from Mantle to Mine: the Key Example of the Kola Alkaline Province.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hydroxycalciopyrochlore in marble exposed in the Václav graphite mine at Bližná, southern Czech Republic. Roundish grains...Mo–Nb–Th– REE mineralization in the Bližná graphite mine, which contains the following minerals: pyrochlore...from an alkali feldspar granite at the Maoniuping mine, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China by...in carbonatite-like marble in the Václav graphite mine at Bližná, 35 km southwest of České Budějovice,... southern Bohemia, Czech Republic (Fig. 1). The mine is situated in the southwestern part of the Krumlov
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
P. d.e B1tltune, The alkatic amphibole of the Lueshe carbonatite; P. de Bttlu,me and H. rons, on the...page l40ttquartz and fayalite, like quartz and forsterite, cannot therefore coexist in the same rock.")
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatite of Western Tanganyika and the Lueshe carbonatite, Congo. A small plug of albitite is found associated...It is bounded in general by Wadies Samra in the north-eastern portion and Tarr in the south-west. The...suacm,ol to mid-amphibolite facies towards the north-east near the Samra albitite. About 2 km to the...pyroxene-hornfels facies. Here the marbles contain forsterite and spinel, and black slates have been converted...University of Glasgow, where the kind assistance of Dr. D. Bowes, other colleagues and the technical staff
Book (edition)
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...lepidolite (trilithionite-polylithionite), olivine (forsterite-fayalite), and wolframite (ferberitehiibnerite)...by Strunz (1996). Thanks to the kind permission of Dr. E. Nagele from the E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung...arisen with localities in Congo-Zaire: the country, named Democratic Republic of Congo since 1960, was changed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
obtained from a new local mine. In the 1980s, the location of the mine, called ‘gold mine’, was recognised to...catastrophic earthquakes of 1703 and 1730, this mine district was abandoned. Locardi and Orsini (1990)...(Stoppa and Lupini, 1993). The high content of forsterite (~6% vol.) and Cr-phlogopite (~6% vol.) xenocrysts...from Northern Latium to Rome (Fig. 1b). To the north, in CE the Vulsini volcanic complex, the largest...(60 wt.% Al2O3, 26.5 wt.% MgO, 10.7 wt.% FeO), forsterite, perovskite and apatite (Rosatelli et al., MA
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Phoscorite–Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia: I. Forsterite Julia A. Mikhailova 1,2 , Gregory Yu. Ivanyuk...foidolite–melilitolite and phoscorite–carbonatite. Forsterite is the earliest mineral of both peridotite and...evolution of magmatic systems. Crystallization of forsterite from Ca-Fe-rich peridotite melt produced Si-Al-Na-K-rich...pipe. Crystallization of phoscorite began from forsterite, which launched destruction of silicate-carb...crystallochemistry of forsterite. Marginal forsterite-rich phoscorite consists of Fe2+ -Mn-Ni-Ti-rich forsterite similar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(northern Karelia, Kola Peninsula in Russia and north-eastern Finland) includes twenty two complexes consisting...carbonatitic minerals (i.e. calcite, dolomite, forsterite, phlogopite, tetraferriphlogopite, diopside)...is a plutonic rock, consisting of magnetite, forsterite, apatite, diopside, phlogopite, tetraferriphlogopite...is due to significant variations in contents of forsterite, magnetite, apatite, phlogopite, tetraferriphlogopite...Phoscorites from other Kola localities can be forsterite-free, and they contain diopside or aegirine (Turiy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusive formations in the shallow complexes of the north of the USSR, and volcanics in Equatorial Africa... However, precisely velopment of a silicate (forsterite) after pyrox­ in the series of rocks of the carbonatite...concerned with the ations of the forsterite-magnetite-apatite rock forsterite-magnetite-apatite "rocks of...the facies formed later in time, where primary forsterite is replaced by minerals of the humite group,...Kola Peninsula). Thus, if the paragenesis of forsterite-magnetite-apatite with calcite and phlogopite
 
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