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Milarite from
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Milarite
Formula:K(◻H2O)Ca2(Be2Al)[Si12O30]
Comments:Y-rich: K(Ca,Y)2(Be,Al)2[Si12O30]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirineⓘ6 photos of Milarite associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ4 photos of Milarite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Microclineⓘ3 photos of Milarite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Epididymiteⓘ1 photo of Milarite associated with Epididymite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Milarite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Milarite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:116335
Long-form Identifier:1:3:116335:3
GUID (UUID V4):66b2e985-33e5-46ae-8ef2-799fd9e1577a
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Alessandro Guastoni & Federico Pezzotta The Zomba-Malosa pluton...These pegmatites outcrop close to the summit of Mount Malosa (-2000 m.a.s.l.) and they are subhorizontal...X-ray diffraction performed on aegirines from Mount Malosa collected in the cavities indicated that the...quartz crystals from miarolitic cavities of Mount Malosa estimated entrapment pressure at 130 MPa (Zajacz...1990). The more common substitutions observed at Mount Malosa are goethite + albite after parisite, quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry of epididymite and eudidymite from Malosa, Malawi: A single-crystal neutron diffraction study...762(5)°, V = 1265.47 Å3, space group C2/c] from Malosa, Malawi, has been reinvestigated by means of energy...(Martin and De Vito 2005) of the Zomba-Malosa pluton in southern Malawi, were selected for the experiments...experiments in the present study. The Zomba-Malosa pluton, emplaced ~113 My, is composed of qz-syenite and peralkaline...description of some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district is in Petersen (1994). A recent structure
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anorogenic magmatism in the Chilwa Province of Malawi, East African Rift The Chilwa Province of alkaline...alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites in Malawi and neighboring Mozambique displays three major cycles...pegmatites that appear at the end stage of the Zomba–Malosa complex are arguably the most spectacular example...parisite-(Ce), xenotime(Y), caysichite, Y-rich milarite, hingganite-(Y), polycrase-(Y), Ce-rich pyrochlore...absence of basic rocks in cycle-2 complexes in Malawi, Woolley (1987) postulated that large volumes of
Journal (issue)
der Region Usti nad Laben. Rund 80 km Luftline weiter im Südosten liegt bei Kostälov in der Region Liberec...Berichte über diese teils recht Seitenerden-reichen Milarite und wurde stutzig - denn da war doch vor einigen...Erdrutsche die Abbaue verschüttet hatten. „Alpinotype" Milarite Die Milaritfunde sind an eine alpinotype Störungszone...pulvrigem gelbem Anatas (FoORD et al. 1986). Die Milarite sind beigeweiß bis grünlichgelb gefärbt und erreichen...Tucson, vgl. LAPIS 4/1997, S. 30). Die meisten Milarite wurden lose als Einzelkristalle geborgen; deutlich
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Borborema belt in Brazil, and in the Pala District of southern California. The spatial association with calc-alkaline...Consider the Chilwa alkaline province, in southern Malawi, of Cretaceous age. What makes it unusual,...largest plutons in the Chilwa Province (e.g., the Zomba–Malosa pluton) consist of syenite and peralkaline granite...the bodies of NYF pegmatite that occur at Mount Malosa in Malawi, associated with the classic A-type granite...parisite-Ce, xenotime-(Y), caysichite, Y-rich milarite, hingganite-(Y), polycrase-(Y), Ce-rich pyrochlore
Book
Republic of China Pages 76-77: Brookite crystals from Mount Bregaceto, Liguria, Italy Pages 104-105: Azurite...temperatures of around 1,500°F 1800°C) in an outcrop in southern Madagascar. Bottom: Crystal ofcalcite, a wide¬...exposed in a locality in southern Madagascar. Below: Granite pluton outcrop in southern Madagascar Right:...the Passo del Rombo in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy, or the splendid crystals of azure-blue...1500, the area of Baveno in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, was famous throughout Europe for the
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30067, Tel: 770-973-3632, E-mail: jcgray@gsu.edu Southern California Chapter Visit our website at www.mineralsocal...Lynch Station in Campbell County, Virginia, on the southern bank of Bishop Creek. It is not indicated on the...Highway 43. Figure 2. Mines and prospects in the southern portion of the James River–Roanoke River manganese...occurrences of iron and manganese ores are located in the Mount Athos Formation, which contains beds of quartzite...quartzite and an included white marble unit of the Mount Athos Formation. The shaft sunk in search of copper
Book
named Monteregie is now the current name of the region. he name Mont Saint-Hilaire is used interchangeably...what is now the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain region, Samuel de Champlain first named the mountain Mont...protecting the only remaining primeval forest in the region. THE EARLY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS T he earliest...research of other alkaline systems, most notably in southern Norway and southeastern Asia (Thailand, Cambodia)...there are numerous dikes, sills, and plugs in the region related to and coeval with Monteregian plutonic
Book
15 mm (1 9h2 in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...aggregates are found in Sri Lanka (Radegara, Galle region). Accumulations in Buckingham and Grenville, Quebec...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag...Austria and from the deposits in the Tri State region, Missouri, USA. Crystals up to 10 mm (3/s in) occurred...(3/M in) long were described from Burra district, Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to I 0 mm Cla
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to 15 mm ("/» in) come from Konder in Khabarovsk Region, small crystals, but mainly nuggets, weighing up...aggregates are found in Sri Lanka (Radegara, Galle region). Accumulations in Buckingham and Grenvillc, Quebec...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag...Austria and from the deposits in the Tri State region, Missouri, USA. Crystals up to 10 mm ('/» in) occurred...(J/s in) long were described from Burra district. Southern Australia, Australia. Crystals up to 10 mm (Ys
 
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