Agostinho Neto, Av. 4 de Fevereiro 7, 815 Luanda, Angola Earth and Ocean Sciences, School of Natural Sciences...of pyrochlores during magmatic evolution: the Tchivira carbonatites occur in a plutonic complex, the...Catanda carbonatites are volcanic in origin. In Tchivira pyrochlore, zoning is poorly developed; fluorine...contents are lower than those in the pyrochlores from Tchivira; and as substitution of Na at the A site increases...exsolution in the volcanic carbonatites. K EY WORDS : Angola, carbonatite, zonation in pyrochlore, fluorine,