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Apatite from
Rio Maria III Mine, Gilé, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rio Maria III Mine, Gilé, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:620079
Long-form Identifier:1:3:620079:4
GUID (UUID V4):0203c847-462c-4a1d-a17c-0a5863dbc6a4
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
23.2km (14.4 miles) Namacotche LCT pegmatites, Alto Mólocuè District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
23.5km (14.6 miles) Murrua (Morrua; Morrua Mine), Mulevala District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
37.0km (23.0 miles) Nahora Pegmatite, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
References
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Report (issue)
Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania, . . . . . . . . .52 Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Madagascar...Asia: Pakistan, Afghanistan and India .......6 0 Old Mine Emeralds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Maharajahs and Maharanis held large emeralds (see "Old Mine Emeralds" page 62). The Color of Islam Emerald...varieties are easy to differentiate by color. Apatite is significantly softer. Dioptase, tourmaline and...zone in the Muzo­ Coscuez-Pefias Blancas mining district. They are disseminated in black shales or albitized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence in Canada, the Muzo mine in Colombia, the Mohmand district in Pakistan, and Norway. Beryl...to 0.02% were of gem-quality. 89 Since then the mine has been re-opened and closed several times (Walton...al., 2002). Australia's most productive emerald district is a 10 km2 area around the village of Poona in...have also been recovered from the Wodgina tantalum mine in Western Australia (Schwarz, 1991). 5.3. Austria...been mined by the Romans or even the Celts. The mine is now dormant. The emerald deposit is situated
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Archaean granitoids of Marajoara (Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil) Fernando Althoff a,b, Pierre Barbey b...granitoids of Marajoara in the Rio Maria terrain (Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil) consist of: (i) a broad...(Guarantã); and (iii) 2.87 Ga post-tectonic monzogranites (Mata Surrão) and granodiorites (Rio Maria), displaying...regional NS horizontal shortening. Although the Rio Maria terrain presents similarities with Archaean domains...shaped the granite – greenstone terrains. The Rio Maria area, probably as many Archaean ‘grey gneisses’
 
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