	*Mitchell, Roger H. (2015) Primary and secondary niobium mineral deposits associated with carbonatites. Ore Geology Reviews, 64. 626-641 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.03.010*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	signiﬁcant Nb mineralization in the form of niobian titanite and diverse Nb–Zr-silicates (marianoite-wöhlerite);...re-evaluated [e.g. Oka (Canada); Fen (Norway); Panda Hill (Tanzania)] for their economic potential. Although...major element in many titanates (rutile, ilmenite, titanite), zirconolite, and other titanosilicates such...solutions, niocalite, niobian rutile or niobian titanite, might exceed that of associated pyrochlore-bearing...Silicates Niocalite Wöhlerite Marianoite Niobian titanite (□,Ba,Sr)2−x(Nb, Ti)2O6(OH,F)1−y.nH2O (□ Ce,Ca)2−x(Nb
	*Lumpkin, Gregory R., Ewing, Rodney C. (1995) Geochemical alteration of pyrochlore group minerals; pyrochlore subgroup. American Mineralogist, 80 (7) 732-743 doi:10.2138/am-1995-7-810*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	River. Ontario. Canada; carbonatite Panda Hill, Mbeya, Tanzania; carbonatite Woodcox mine, Hybla, Ontario;...MacDonaldmine,Hybla,Ontario; granitic pegmatite Panda Hill, Mbeya, Tanzania; carbonatite Leushe, Lake Kivu, Zaire;...pyroxene; Qtz : quartz; Srp : serpentine;Ttn : titanite; Zrn: arcon. has been documented in severalprior...bariumstrontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika. Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 10-25...The alteration ofpyrochlore to fersmite in the Mbeya carbonatite.Geologieen Mijnbouw, 39, 512-515. -(1963)
	Lawrence, L., Spandler, C., Roberts, E.M., Hilbert-Wolf, H.L. (2021) Mineralogy and origin of the alkaline Nsungwe Formation tuffs of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Lithos, 380. 105885pp. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105885	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Formation tuffs of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania L. Lawrence, C. Spandler, E.M. Roberts, H.L....Formation tuffs of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania, LITHOS (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos...occurring ~400 km beneath Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, defined as the African superswell (Nyblade, 2011)...the Usangu Basin and Tukuyu Journal Pre-proof region of the Rungwe Volcanic Province (RVP) (Fig. 1b)...vent or source of appropriate age is known in the region for the NFT, which presents a further challenge
	*(1993) International strategic minerals inventory summary report; niobium (columbium) and tantalum. Circular* 930. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/cir930m**	Report (issue)
	Most production appears to be centered in the region of the major alkaline intrusive complexes of Lovozero...Peninsula and Vishnevogorsk in the middle Ural region. • Both niobium and tantalum are held on the U...~~-~'-'~· ec·I' Q ~. .r :!~;>'. ~, - . . · Mnma Hill TAPanda H'll NZANIA •axa Geolog;c d • · / ...Greenland United States Brazil Gabon Kenya Nigeria 2 Tanzania Uganda Zaire Malaysia2 · 3 Soviet Union3 Thailand2...figures quoted by ISMI for Greenland, Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are not accorded status even within
	Bizimis, Michael, Salters, Vincent J. M., Dawson, J. Barry (2003) The brevity of carbonatite sources in the mantle: evidence from Hf isotopes. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 145 (3) 281-300 doi:10.1007/s00410-003-0452-3	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Island, S.Malawi Kangankunde, S. Malawi Nathace Hill, Tundulu, S. Malawi Deerdepoort, Pretoria Central...major/minor Age (Ma) Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania Museum Zone, Panda Hill, Tanzania Bukusu, Uganda The whole rock...the highest and lowest total REE contents (Nathace Hill, Oldoinyo Lengai) have the most fractionated REE...Bell and Simonetti, 1996). The data from the Panda Hill sample falls within the mantle array in the 207Pb/204Pb...143Nd/144Nd ratios than the C. The NC fraction from the Panda Hill and Deerdepoort samples have more radiogenic
	Nedosekova, I. L. (2007) New data on carbonatites of the Il’mensky-Vishnevogorsky alkaline complex, the southern Urals, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 49 (2) 129-146 doi:10.1134/s107570150702002x	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	subvolcanic carbonatite from the Panda Hill deposit, Mbeya, Tanzania (van der Veen, 1965). Secondary dolomite...amphiboles from the Buldym carbonatites fall in region G, where amphiboles are in equilibrium with carbonatitic...dolomite as well. In addition, chromite, chondrodite, titanite, corundum, quartz, and fluorite are noted. Zircon
	SIMONETTI, A., BELL, K. (1994) Isotopic and Geochemical Investigation of the Chilwa Island Carbonatite Complex, Malawi: Evidence for a Depleted Mantle Source Region, Liquid Immiscibility, and Open-System Behaviour. Journal of Petrology, 35 (6) 1597-1621 doi:10.1093/petrology/35.6.1597	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Malawi: Evidence for a Depleted Mantle Source Region, Liquid Immiscibility, and Open-System Behaviour...'hydrothermal' activity, concentrated primarily in the core region. Minerals such as fluorite, barite, quartz, galena...Zambezi Rift (Fig. 1; Garson, 1965, 1966). This region also contains major intrusions of peralkaline granite...has been determined for the carbonatite, and a titanite fission track age of 126±8 Ma (G. N. Eby, pers... / ^ Illlilllldf sIIIIr /J Zambia J i/ * Tanzania - - • . - . - • " • Chilwa .Alkalln*
	Mangler, Martin F., Marks, Michael A.W., Zaitzev, Anatoly N., Eby, G. Nelson, Markl, Gregor (2014) Halogens (F, Cl and Br) at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania): Effects of magmatic differentiation, silicate–natrocarbonatite melt separation and surface alteration of natrocarbonatite. Chemical Geology, 365. 43-53 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.11.027	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Halogens (F, Cl and Br) at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania): Effects of magmatic differentiation, silicate–natrocarbonatite...their alteration products from Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania) are compared to those of associated silicate...natrocarbonatites from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania) and the associated silicate rocks in order to...Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano Oldoinyo Lengai is located in Tanzania, approximately 16 km south of Lake Natron within...ENGW1 rock samples Fort Portal water samples Panda Hill escarpment OL 804 fresh and altered natrocarbonatites
	Deans, T., McConnell, J. D. C., Pickup, R. (1955) Isokite, CaMgPO₄F, a new mineral from Northern Rhodesia. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 30 (230) 681-690 doi:10.1180/minmag.1955.030.230.01	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	ooCeurs in the carbonatite plug which forms Nkumbwa Hill Oat. 10 10"S. long. 32 ~ 51' E.), 15 miles east...recorded being Panda Hill in Tanganyika, 90 miles to the north, and Kangankunde Hill in Nyasaland, 380...Nkumbwa is much more akin to Kangankunde than to Panda Hill. Most of the specimens used in the present study...Rhodesia Geological Survey during his mapping of the hill in 1952, but additional material was obtained by...apatite, for whereas the fine red soils on ~Nkumbwa Hill contain abundant apatite liberated from the underlying
	*Tkachev, A. V., Rundqvist, D. V., Vishnevskaya, N. A. (2020) Comparison of Supercontinent Cycles in the Metallogeny of Niobium. Geology of Ore Deposits, 62 (1) 49-68 doi:10.1134/s1075701520010067*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Baerzhe; (35) Bonga; (36) Kaluwe; (37) Mrima Hill; (38) Panda Hill; (39) Oka; (40) Araxa; (41) Catalão I; (42)...Chuktukon Toongi Baerzhe Bonga Kaluwe Mrima Hill Panda Hill Oka Araxa Catalão I Catalão II Salitre Tapira...molybdenite; mz, monazite; tn, tantaloniobates; tt, titanite; wr, isochron on rock; z, zircon; zw, zinnwaldite;...in the Congo Craton, and the Kaluwe, Panda Hill, and Mrima Hill complexes in the influence zone of the...interest in the thick lateritic crust of the Mrima Hill massif, but hypergene-altered pyrochlore can also
	Simandl, George J., Paradis, Suzanne (2018) Carbonatites: related ore deposits, resources, footprint, and exploration methods. Applied Earth Science, 127 (4) 123-152 doi:10.1080/25726838.2018.1516935	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Cax)2–x(CO3)], known from Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania). A reﬁnement to the IUGS chemical classiﬁcation...natrocarbonatitic lavas from Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania that contain 38–40 wt.% combined Na2O and K2O...Roberts 1984; Zaitsev et al. 2013); Kerimasi, Tanzania (Hay 1983; Zaitsev 2010; Guzmics et al. 2011);... 2010) to very recent (e.g. Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania, which is considered an active volcano). Frequency...carbonatite provinces: (a) East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and one occurrence in Zambia); (b) Namibia and
	Graupner, Torsten, Klemd, Reiner, Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm, Goldmann, Simon, Behnsen, Helge, Gerdes, Axel, Dohrmann, Reiner, Barton, Jay M., Opperman, Rehan (2018) Formation conditions and REY enrichment of the 2060 Ma phosphorus mineralization at Schiel (South Africa): geochemical and geochronological constraints. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (8) 1117-1142 doi:10.1007/s00126-018-0791-7	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	variable source. Fluorapatite, early allanite and titanite are the main REY carriers at Schiel. Fluorapatite...lower REYtotal concentrations (6.9–14.9 wt%). Titanite is abundant in most syenitic rocks (REYtotal 1...powders and mineral separates (apatite, allanite, titanite, mafic fraction, Th-REE phosphate). Element Material... Material analyzed Whole-rock powder Whole-rockpowder Titanite Allanite (light coloured) Allanite (dark coloured)...powder Whole-rock powder Mafic fraction Apatite Titanite Allanite (light coloured) Allanite (dark coloured)
	Chakhmouradian, A. R., Zaitsev, A. N. (2002) Calcite–Amphibole–Clinopyroxene rock from the Afrikanda complex, Kola peninsula, Russia: mineralogy and a possible link to carbonatites. III. Silicate minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (5) 1347-1374 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.5.1347	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	major amounts of diopside, amphibole, calcite, titanite, perovskite, magnetite and chlorite. Apart from...reactions observed in CAPR (perovskite ⇒ titanite, ilmenite ⇒ titanite and amphibole ⇒ chlorite) indicate a...clinopyroxene, amphibole, schorlomite, phlogopite, titanite, cerite-(Ce), chlorite, zircon, zirconosilicates...quantités importantes de diopside, amphibole, calcite, titanite, pérovskite, magnétite et chlorite. En plus des...dans les roches CAPR (pérovskite ⇒ titanite, ilménite ⇒ titanite et amphibole ⇒ chlorite) indique une
	*(2008) Chapter 7 The Neogene-Recent volcanic rocks. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 33. Geological Society of London. 39-77 doi:10.1144/m33.7*	Report (chapter)
	have resulted from later regional mapping by the Tanzania Geological Survey, together with radiometric dating... 1972) but there is no equivalent in northern Tanzania of the earlier Kenyan flood phonolites, dated...identifications by the petrographic laboratory of the Tanzania Geological Survey, or on whole-rock chemistry...Valley and Neogene– Recent Volcanoes of Northern Tanzania. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 33, 39–77...the features unique to the volcanoes of northern Tanzania. Note: In the following accounts of the individual
	*(1955) Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources* Vol. 5 (1) Colonial Geological Surveys**	Journal (issue)
	Mitie, Sierra Leone • I General view of Masaboin Hill, taken from European Compound . . . . . . . 82...and redeposition along the major faults of the region. New analyses of the 12 Letter from Prof. F. A...Kenya-(argon method 22 ) (a) 1 mile north of Kinyiki Hill apparent (b) 1 mile south of Tsavo apparent (c)...method 28 ) (a) Detrital zircons, foot of Tambane Hill apparent ages of two samples: 609 and 545 m.y. (b)...Northern Rhodesia-( ordinary lead 4 8 , 50 ) Broken Hill (average of two analyses on different specimens)
	Walter, B.F., Parsapoor, A., Braunger, S., Marks, M.A.W., Wenzel, T., Martin, M., Markl, G. (2018) Pyrochlore as a monitor for magmatic and hydrothermal processes in carbonatites from the Kaiserstuhl volcanic complex (SW Germany) Chemical Geology, 498. 1-16 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.08.008	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Church, 2005; Woolley and Kjarsgaard, 2008). titanite-group PT E The most common HFSE-carriers in...Dem. Rep. Congo) or re-evaluation (e.g., Panda Hill in Tanzania, Oka in Canada and Fen in Norway; Gendron...drill hole at the Steinreise location (on a small hill called NU Horberig immediately west of the Badberg)...clinopyroxene ± garnet ± apatite ± magnetite ± titanite ± pyrochlore-group minerals SC that is variably
	*Mackay, Duncan A. R., Simandl, George J. (2014) Geology, market and supply chain of niobium and tantalum—a review. Mineralium Deposita, 49 (8) 1025-1047 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0551-2*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Prairie Lake [Nuinsco Resources Ltd. 2014], Nkombway Hill [van Straaten 2002] and Sukulu [Karagambe-Kaliiza...g. Nechalacho [Ciuculescu et al. 2013] and Iron Hill [Staatz et al. 1979; van Gosen 2009]). Known major...Crevier, Canada (HR) Elk Creek, USA (HR) Iron Hill, USA (HR) Mabounie, Gabon (HR+W) Montviel, Canada...Australia (W) Mrima Hill, Kenya (W) Oka, S-60 Zone, Canada (HR) Panda Hill, Tanzania (HR+W) Prairie Lake...granite-hosted deposits such as Orlovka (in the Chita region of Siberia, Russia; Reyf et al. 2000) and Zinnwald-Cinovec
	*Kresten, Peter, Troll, Valentin R. (2018) The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90224-1*	Book
	the geological and environmental context of the region followed by in depth and colourful descriptions...magma at the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in northern Tanzania (Dawson 1962). Ample work has since been carried...1a) in the East African Rift System of northern Tanzania, stands out from the other carbonatite occurrences...surroundings in the East African Rift in northern Tanzania. The small hills on the left side of the image...the currently active Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania is striking. A signiﬁcant difference between the
	*(1956) Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources* Vol. 6 (2) Colonial Geological Surveys**	Journal (issue)
	Rhexoxylon and Dadoxylon from the Lower Shire Region of Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa. By Professor...Rhexoxylon africanum Banc. Half the expanded pith region of a large stem, with shreds of normal secondary...near the coast at Lumley, south-eastwards to Picket Hill, and then swings rather sharply southwestwards to...backbone of the Banana Islands. Alignment of the hill crests in the northern half of this range is shown...extends southwards from Mt. Horton, through Jagba Hill, to the vicinity of Mamah Town on the south coast
	Ackerman, Lukáš, Polák, Ladislav, Magna, Tomáš, Rapprich, Vladislav, Ďurišová, Jana, Upadhyay, Dewashish (2019) Highly siderophile element geochemistry and Re–Os isotopic systematics of carbonatites: Insights from Tamil Nadu, India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 520. 175-187 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.035	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	craton from the south and south-west, including Panda Hill, also appear to be emplaced along a shear zone...pyrite (Py) intergrowths with ilmenite (Ilm) and titanite (Ttn) – monzogabbro IC06A. samples IC04A and...association with Fe–Ti oxides (magnetite, hematite) and titanite (Fig. 1d). 4.2. Highly siderophile element concentrations...relation-ships of carbonatites from southwest and west Tanzania. In: Bell, K. (Ed.), Carbonatites: Genesis and
	*Bernard, Jan, Hyršl, Jaroslav (2004) Minerals and their Localities* (1st ed.) Granit, Prague.**	Book (edition)
	abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country...by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided...United States or of the Upper Silesian historical region in Poland, where the importance of ore-bearing...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...exocontact, e.g. at Drahonfn, Smrcek, and on Zd'ar hill, near Ruda nad Moravou, all Moravia, Czech Rep.
	*Moore, T.P. (2016) Moore's Compendium of Mineral Discoveries 1960 - 2015* Vol. 2. Mineralogical Record Inc.**	Book
	localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...and Edenville, large, fine crystals of spine!, titanite, amphibole and pyroxene have been found since...combinations of rutile, anatase, brookite, hematite and titanite (Philippe Beiley, personal communication, 2010)...in Switzerland, it is only in the Maderanertal region of east-central Canton Uri that clefts bearing...clefts are found fairly commonly throughout this region, such that only a handful of notable finds during
	Nedosekova, Irina, Vladykin, Nikolay, Udoratina, Oksana, Belyatsky, Boris (2021) Ore and Geochemical Specialization and Substance Sources of the Ural and Timan Carbonatite Complexes (Russia): Insights from Trace Element, Rb–Sr, and Sm–Nd Isotope Data. Minerals, 11 (7) 711 doi:10.3390/min11070711	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	(Chadobetsky Uplift); the Nb–Ta–P Neske-Vaara (Kola region) deposits; and some others. Carbonatites of folded...such complexes are found in the Altai-Sayan fold region [8,20–22], Central Tuva [23], Western Transbaikalia...aegirine-augite, orthoclase, biotite, apatite, titanite, red pyrochlore, ilmenite, magnetite, pyrrhotite...ortite, barite, thorite, ilmenorutile, apatite, titanite, magnetite, ilmenite, and less pyrochlore, columbite...aeshinite, columbite groups, ilmenite, zircon, titanite, monazite-Ce. Rare-metal accessory minerals such
	*(1956) Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources* Vol. 6. Colonial Geological Surveys**	Journal (volume)
	Rhexoxylon and Dadoxylon from the Lower Shire Region of Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa . By Professor...Rhexoxylon africanum Banc . Half the expanded Pith Region of a large Stem, with Shreds of normal Secondary...of Lower Shire Valley facing p. fig . 1 Namalambo Hill , Lower Shire Plate I fig. 2 Alluvium at Chikwawa...valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low " . But at last, by the nineteenth...other highly interesting rocks that occur in the region of Lake Chilwa (or Lake Shirwa), in southern Nyasaland
	Atencio, D., Andrade, M. B., Christy, A. G., Giere, R., Kartashov, P. M. (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48 (3) 673-698 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.3.673	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Mineralogical Magazine 53, 571-581. Baldwin, J.R., Hill, P.G., Finch, A.A., von Knorring, O. & Oliver, G...barium–strontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika. Mineralogical Magazine 32, 10-25...Composition and paragenesis of Na-, Nb- and Zr-bearing titanite from Khibina, Russia, and crystal-structure data

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: April 25, 2024 16:32:34

Go to top of page

Titanite from Panda Hill, Mbeya, Mbeya Region, Tanzania

Titanite from
Panda Hill, Mbeya, Mbeya Region, Tanzania