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Syenite from
Zomba-Malosa Complex, Southern Region, Malawi


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Type:Syenite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Syenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zomba-Malosa Complex, Southern Region, Malawi
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1429627
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1429627:9
GUID (UUID V4):b4aa3e9f-d24d-4ace-a6e2-4122387ad947
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals of aegirine have been collected at Zomba, Malawi (see fig. 2). These specimens were reported...4. Looking west from the highest point on Mount Malosa. The African plain can be seen in the distance...labeled as coming from Zomba, Malawi.* Zomba is a village located south of Zomba Mountain. A few South...2000). History and Geology The geology of the region that contains the aegirine-bearing pegmatites has...Nyasaland (now named Malawi) embarked on extensive mapping projects in the Zomba area, and several publications
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
composition of amphiboles may occur in a given complex. A subtrend found only In oversaturated complexes...variation of amphiboles from the Topsalls-St. Lawrence complex (Strong and Taylor, 1984) illustrated III (a) the...different sources for these granites. Cauro-Bastelica complex Amphiboles in the hypersolvus and fayalite-bearing...fayalite-bearing granites of the Cauro-Bastelica complex, Corsica (Giret et aI., 1980) exhibit a very limited range...and annite in mariolitic cavities. Mahe complex The Mahe complex, Seychelles (Hoshino, 1986) consists of
Report (chapter)
northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi A. R. Woolley & G. C. Jones S U M M A R Y: The...alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites lies at the southern end of the East African rift, and is unique within...with nepheline syenite and nephelinite), large complexes of nepheline syenite and syenite, and plutons...plutons of peralkaline syenite, quartz syenite and granite, together with dykes compositionally equivalent to...present: (1) syenitequartz syenite-granite, (2) nepheline syenite-syenite and (3) nephelinite-carbonatitenepheline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Punctuated anorogenic magmatism A-type granite Syenite Post-collisional magmatism Mineralization Nigeria...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...129–123 m.y., dominated by syenite and nepheline syenite, locally with quartz syenite units. There are no obvious...(Eby et al., 1995, 2004), peralkaline syenite, quartz syenite and A-type (i.e., ferroan) granite were
Journal (issue)
Baranda Some pegmatite minerals from the Zomba district, Malawi ......................................... etc. $10 v,16/#6 Graves Mtn. (GA), Gardiner Complex (Greenland), Canaphite, Hutchinsonite $7 v,17/#5...all over the world converged on one geo­ graphic region for such an event. It changed the course of a nation...Mountain, was discovered by four men from the southern U.S. in 1858. While sinking a shaft in 1859, the...and HORTON, F. W. (1940) Mines of the southern Mother Lode Region; Part II—Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on zircon from an alkaline pegmatite from Zomba–Malosa, Malawi Aneesh Soman • Thorsten Geisler • Frank...pegmatite from the Zomba–Malosa Complex of the Chilwa Alkaline Province in Malawi has been studied by...solution-aqueous solution systems. Keywords Zircon  Thorite  Malawi  Hydrothermal alteration  Interface-coupled ...partially altered zircon from an alkaline pegmatite in Malawi. Based on textural, chemical, isotopic/geochronological...Mt Malosa located within the Zomba–Malosa Complex of the Chilwa Alkaline Province (CAP) in Malawi. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mt. Painter uranium mining district, Arkaroola region, North Flinders Ranges, Australia (sample Tit-C;...alkaline pegmatite from the Zomba– Malosa complex of the alkaline province in Malawi (sample Zir-A; NHM-sample...these trace elements. The large central interior region has higher Cr than Sm concentrations and, correspondingly...spectra of synthetic REE-doped YPO4. The Raman-shift region of PO4 stretching bands is highlighted with a grey...(element concentrations given in ppm). Zir-A Mt. Malosa, Malawi; alkaline pegmatite M144a Ratnapura, Sri Lanka;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
review of five decades of research into an alkaline complex in South Greenland, with new trace-element and...November 2012; AE: T. Riley] ABSTRACT The Kûngnât Complex (12751.8 Ma) in the Gardar Alkaline Province,...compositional nearcontinuum from olivine gabbro through syenite intermediaries to alkali granite, ascribed to protracted...contamination of the magmas. K EY WORDS : Gabbro, syenite, layered intrusion, cumulates, ring-dyke, alkalic...peralkaline granites include the Zomba–Malosa complex, Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi (Woolley and Jones, 1987)
Report (volume)
northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi 335 BOWDEN, P., BLACK, R., MARTIN, R. F., IKEI...EMELEUS, C. H. Mid-Proterozoic alkaline magmatism in southern Greenland: the Gardar province 449 LARSEN, L...classic alkaline provinces, such as East Africa, southern Greenland and the Kola Peninsula, are included...Archaean. For example, biotites from the Poohbah Lake syenite in north-western Ontario have been dated at around...however. The Chilwa alkaline province in Malawi, at the southern end of the rift, is an essentially intrusive
Book
containing silicate that has in the Ilimaussaq complex though there it is relatively a very special tinbeen...fine-grained mass. The rock illustrated is from a region near Oslo, Norway. Samples of it were brought to...Coarse-grained nepheline-syenite from Kangerdluarsuk, the Ilimaussaq complex, Greenland. The rock consists...first described) or after a landscape, county, or region in which the type locality was situated. Aragonite...small faces belonging to {110}, from the Gardiner complex, Greenland. Field of view: 44 x 75 mm. fore {hkl}
Book (edition)
and O, OH, F, and H20 Groups and Other Anions or Complex and Some Beryllosilicates 1020 1061 1106 1116...followed in this edition. The many and often very complex silicate minerals are here classified for the first...may be less for simple structures or more for complex ones. Typically, the projection is down the shortest...but ant predomin the to refers label The true. complex structures this may not be by species in a site...appearance of its surfaces in reflected light. It is a complex property that depends on a mineral’s reflectivity;
Report (volume)
environments mineral assemblages are extremely complex, with more than I O species common in many cm-size.................. .. .............. 283 Breccia-complex uranium deposits ........................................................... 379 Low-yield mass region for fission products: Ag, Cd and Te .............to reclaim the fissile nuclides. Within the DOE complex there are approximately 380,000 m2 (100 million...and structures of U6+ minerals are exceedingly complex. Generally, the structures of U4 + minerals contain
 
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