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Galena from
Buranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:687782
Long-form Identifier:1:3:687782:8
GUID (UUID V4):618c1bcd-003d-42c9-9be4-11d385220f21
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
36.5km (22.7 miles) Nyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
41.0km (25.5 miles) Rukarara River, Nyamagabe District, Southern Province, Rwanda
46.3km (28.8 miles) Nyamiumba Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
References
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Cornwall, luxullianite, 441; 442 Scar Crag, Lake District, arsenopyrite, alloclase, glaucodot, cobaltian...samples, I65 IRELAND Currywongann, Connemara, acid pegmatite and orthopyroxenite, 473 CHANNEL ISLANDS Chouet...marcasite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, ferroan dolomite, galena, chalcopyrite, argentian tetrahedrite, native antimony...Chanteloube, Limoges, alluaudite, 230 Piedmont zone, Western Alps, chromian jadeite, phengite, pumpellyite,...deerite, 25I Spain (Espafia) Cerro del Hierro, Province of Sevilla, goethite, 355 Italy (Italia) Beth
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Mineralization Kiharan Proterozoic Central Africa Pegmatite 1. Introduction The middle Proterozoic Kibaran...southwest, through Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania, and Rwanda to southwest Uganda in the north northeast. Its...Rift and a northeastern province covering Burundi, Rwanda, the west lake district of Tanzania, and southwest...Cumulative cassiterite production in the northeastern province, for example, may be estimated at approximately...No-Nyarnulilo W; Rh-Ruhiza W. Rwanda: B-Bugarama W; Bu-Buranga pegmatite; Mi-Miyovc Au; Bi-Bisesero Au;
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both within the belt and in foreland troughs. The western molasse and the whole belt were again orogenically...southwest, through Zaire, Burundi, Tanzania and Rwanda to southwestern Uganda in the NNE. Its overall...Rift and a northeastern province covering Burundi, Rwanda, the West Lake district of Tanzania and southwest...southwest Uganda. The northeastern province is the main subject of this paper (Fig. 2 ). Since the discovery...No---Nyamulilo W; Rh--Ruhiza W. Rwanda: B---Bugarama W; Bu--Buranga pegmatite; Mi--Miyove Au; G--Gifurwe W;
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7 . 2 , 3 6 ' O deposit at Kapijimpanga, N.W. Province, Zambia, associated 16.6; sum 99.8, 101'0, 101'2...Director, Geological Pltase Z occurs with cosalite and galena. Probe analysis Survey Department of Zambia. Type...incrustation between quartz crystals and bismite, Mbale pegmatite, S'W' Uganda. Spectrographicanalysisshows major...KNonnrNc (1972) Phosphateminerals from Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Annu. Rep. Res. Inst. African Geol. Uniu
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their unusual mineral species. The Palermo No. 1 pegmatite is located in the White Moun­ tains of central...North Groton. Its surround­ ings and even the pegmatite itself are unpretentious. The min­ erals of greatest...issue of Rocks and Minerals entitled " T h e Pegmatite Minerals of the Palermo Quarry." Verrow's mineral...served to reveal the truly rich mineralogy of this pegmatite. By the end of the 1943 mining season, General...working primarily on the phosphates of the Palermo pegmatite. In May o f 1974, the mineral rights to the quarry
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Richard A. Bideaux M ineralogist feature articles Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...Supply Co. $65.00. The Mineralogical Record Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...phosphate minerals, which occur at all stages of pegmatite genesis, are among the most extensive of any mineral...interest in them than mineralogists. No doubt, the pegmatite phosphates prove most reward­ ing collecting material...collectors overlook them so that many of the classical pegmatite localities, presently abandoned, still may yield
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horizons of the Stari Trg P b - Z n mine (Trep6a), province of Kosovo. Childrenite is generally accepted to...illite, quartz, (Fe, Mn) carbonate, boulangerite, galena, childrenite, crandallite and vivianite. Some of... Mn) carbonate, quartz, boulangerite, and late galena were also found as inclusions within childrenite...M n - F e phosphate minerals from the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda. Mineral Mag 43:1015-1023 Ginzburg A,...Canadian Mineralogist 14:498-502 Moore PB (1973) Pegmatite phosphates: mineralogy and crystal chemistry.
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mineralization in the Hagendorf-Pleystein pegmatite province H. G. DILL1,*, B. WEBER2, A. GERDES3 AND...Silbergrube Aplite (SA) in the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite District, near Waidhaus, Germany, is a mildly peraluminous...operating feldspar mine in the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite Mining * E-mail: dill@bgr.de DOI: 10.1180/minmag...Mineralogical Society District in Bavaria, Germany. The Hagendorf pegmatite is one of the biggest feldspar-quartz...feldspar-quartz pegmatite deposits in Europe, and has produced 4.4. Mt of ore (Forster et al., 1967) (Fig
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MINERALS& GEMSTONES of East Africa Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda Bruce Cairncross Published...East African resources 12 Burundi 13 Kenya 14 Rwanda 16 Tanzania 17 Uganda 20 Gemological properties...is not commonly known that neighbouring Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi are also sources of some interesting...the gem-quality tourmaline that can be found in Rwanda). Literature on the subject is limited; the previous...of the five featured countries - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda - and introduces the reader
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AND PEGMATITES IN THE HAGENDORF–PLEYSTEIN PEGMATITE PROVINCE, SOUTHEASTERN GERMANY: A STEP CLOSER TO THE...Miesbrunn pegmatite–aplite swarm (MPAS), part of the Hagendorf–Pleystein pegmatite province, southeastern...of mineralization at the deepest parts of the pegmatite, close to its root zone, and on the other, within...pegmatites (i.e., not exposed). Keywords: shear zone, pegmatite–aplite swarm, phosphate, sulfide, arsenide, Miesbrunn...investigated in France, Finland, Germany, Namibia, Rwanda, Spain and the Czech Republic (Čech et al. 1961
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considerably from one publication to the next). Left: Galena (lighter grey) and Sphalerite (darker grey). When...reflections. Isotropic minerals, such as pyrite or galena, do not show bireflectance. Left: Radial tungstenite...pyrite or galena, may show an anomalous anisotropy due to a non-stoichiometric composition (see galena, for...etc.). Average Hardness Soft minerals, such as galena or gold, are very difficult to polish without any...respective internal lattice configuration. Cubic galena, for instance, possesses three well-developed cleavages
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Mineralization in the Migori Greenstone Belt, Macalder, Western Kenya: J. S. Ogola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Precambrian Gabbro- anorthosite Complexes, Tete Province, Mozambique: M. W. C. Barr and M. A. Brown .....Discussion with Reference to the Niger-Nigerian Province: J . Kinnaird and P. Bowden . . . . . . . . ....Goedynamic Significance of Alkaline Magmatism in the Western Mediterranean Compared with West Africa : B. Bonin...Geochemical Characteristics of the Nigerian Anorogenic Province: R. A. Batchelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DISCOVERED TRUTZHOFMÜHLE APLITE, HAGENDORF PEGMATITE PROVINCE, GERMANY Harald G. DILL§ and Frank MELCHER...Trutzhofmühle (THM) at the western border of the Hagendorf Pegmatite Province, Germany. We describe the...silicates. In contrast with the neighboring Hagendorf pegmatite, the magmatic and hydrothermal phosphate mineralization...ablation, Trutzhofmühle, Hagendorf Pegmatitic Province, Germany. Sommaire Une venue aplitique contenant...Trutzhofmühle (THM), à la limite occidentale de la province pegmatitique de Hagendorf, en Allemagne. Nous
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of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Colorado at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...California; in sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island...slate and metamorphosed dolomite in the Beiyun-Obo district, Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine
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of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...Colorado at the Pelican Dives m.ine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...Califo1nia; in sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island...slate and metamorphosed dolomite in the Beiyun-Obo district, Inner Mongolia, China, associated with aegirine
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE MALAWI CARBONATITEALKALINE PROVINCE AND THE LUPATA-LEBOMBO VOLCANICS 237 A, R. Woolley...Gass 14 THE EVOLUTION OF THE TIBESTI VOLCANIC PROVINCE, EASTERN SAHARA P. M., Vincent : 15 THE STRUCTURAL...Highlands and part in the Midland Valley. In the Western Highlands he and Richey established for the first...concentrations. Such was the study of the Nuanetsi Igneous Province in Rhodesia. The ring complexes there appeared...200. The parent magma of the British Tertiary Province. Summ. Progr. geol. Surv. G.B., Pt. 2 (for 1930)
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phosphorus handbook. Wiley. New York Moore PB (1982) Pegmatite minerals ofP(V) and B(III). Mineral Assoc Can...Mode of Occurrence: Occurs in large masses in pegmatite at several mines in the Custer-Pringle area, Custer... South Dakota. Also found in pegmatite at Chanteloube, France; Buranga, Ruanda; Varutrask, Sweden; Sukula...Sukula and Lemnas, Finland; and in several other pegmatite deposits Amblygonite Optical Constants: IX...in Miocene clay at Bellaver de Cerdena, Gerona Province, Spain; in a bituminous clay rock at Messel, Hesse
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exchange of constituents; e.g., goethite after pyrite, galena after pyromorphite d. Total replacement; e.g.,...triangular agate, polygonal umgrentzte Achate (Ger.), pegmatite agates, quasicrystals, angle-plated quartz, Zwickelfülling...Fleet, 1974; Nickel, 1973). The nickel deposits of Western Australia’s Yilgarn Craton have deep weathering...minerals in a duripanson the Owyhee Plateau of south-western Idaho. Within this soil horizon, SiO2 was released...Dalradian calcareous slates and metadolostones of western Scotland, with a volume decrease of at least 47%
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42(H2O)0.18[Al2(Be2.35Li0.65)Si6O18] from Mokrusha pegmatite, Murzinka, Middle Urals (Yakubovich et al. 2009;...phosphates: nahpoite Na2(HPO4) from peralkaline pegmatite of the Lovozero massif (a), newberyite Mg(HPO4)·3H2O...of melanophlogite from Rio Fortullino, Lovorno province, Tuscany, Italy contains a strong band at 2330-2336...guano deposit on the Mt. Pabellón de Pica, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile (Bojar et al. 2010). Now...of sturmanite from the Black Rock mine, Kuruman District, South Africa, determined from its crystal structure
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Sciences Harald G. Dill The HagendorfPleystein Province: the Center of Pegmatites in an Ensialic Orogen...Pirajno, Geological Survey of Western Australia, and The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia...com/series/7377 Harald G. Dill The Hagendorf-Pleystein Province: the Center of Pegmatites in an Ensialic Orogen...quartz at the core of the pegmatite is concerned. In comparison with other pegmatite deposits in the area...area, however, the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite Province (HPPP) is not only the largest concentration of
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A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...recrystallize as entirely different but stable minerals. Galena It is common for more than one mineral species...a fracture, producing such forms as aegirine pegmatite. As well, hot hydrothermal fluids often carry...the space-group formula. An example of this is galena, which crystallizes in the space group Fm3m. MINERALS:... halite, copper, platinum, diamond, pyrite and galena. Starting with the orthorhombic cell and distorting
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periods of stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon...recrystallize as entirely different but stable minerals. Galena (lead sulfide) oxidizes to form anglesite (lead...a fracture, producing such forms as aegirine pegmatite. As well, hot hydrothermal fluids often carry...the space-group formula. An example of this is galena, which crystallizes in the space group Fm3m. MINERALS:... halite, copper, platinum, diamond, pyrite and galena. Cubic Tetragonal Hexagonal in which three like
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yegorovite Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2·7H2O from the Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula hydrated proton)...Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7H2O Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...North pegmatite, Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely Pegmatite Field, Andrembesoa Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra...Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the association
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Turquoise, polished. 55 mm, ZhiJandy, Kazakhstan, G Galena, 45 mm, Madan, Bulgaria, G SphaJerite. xx 12 mm...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION
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deposit (Mpumalanga Province), the Kalahari manganese field (Northern Cape Province) and the Rustenburg...Farm Dorst Fontein K 77, Kimberley district, Northern Cape Province (Parry and Wright, 1925). The mineralwas...Wessels mine, Farm Wessels 227, Hotazel district, Northern Cape Province (Von Bezing et al., 1991 ). The name...southwest of Cnydas West, Gordonia district, Northern Cape Province and from Karelia, Russia (Hugo, 1961;...Daimpoji-yama, Kyoto Prefecture and in the Uchino-mura pegmatite, Fukuoka Prefecture (Ueda, 1955; Misumi and Ide
 
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