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


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:687817
Long-form Identifier:1:3:687817:7
GUID (UUID V4):68986065-3f6f-4588-8bc0-d4cbce2ecc67
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘNyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘNyamiumba Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcite, baryte, celestine, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, analcime, 76I Castleton, Derbyshire, fluorite...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...arsenopyrite, sphalerite, ferroan dolomite, galena, chalcopyrite, argentian tetrahedrite, native antimony, bournonite...Chanteloube, Limoges, alluaudite, 230 Piedmont zone, Western Alps, chromian jadeite, phengite, pumpellyite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
belts, which extend over 700 km from the Katanga Province (Southeastern Congo) to Uganda, were formed by...by the Mesoproterozoic collision of the Western Congo Craton, with the Eastern Tanzanian, Bangweulu, and...KaragweAnkole Belt (KAB) to the northeast (Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda). The KIB is separated from the KVB...± 23 Ma [30]. Furthermore, extensive dating in Rwanda, based on Rb/Sr, was invalidated in [17] using...associated minerals such as beryl, spodumene, and chalcopyrite [37]. During the initial scientific investigation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Jálama batholith in the Navasfrı́as Sn-W District, Salamanca, Spain T. LLORENS* AND M. C. MORO...crystallized to form a group of intra-granitic pegmatite dykes, which are hosted by its outermost facies...fractures to form the Cruz del Rayo field of pegmatite dykes, which are hosted by pre-Ordovician low-grade...series. A strong albitization of the granitic and pegmatite rocks led to the replacement of the primary assemblage...interaction. Introduction SECONDARY granite and pegmatite phosphates have been extensively documented (e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alluaudite, Sweden, Finland, Bavaria, S. Dakota, Rwanda, New Hampshire, Morocco, and SW AJHca, complex...B.), 789 Arrojadite family, S. Dakota, Morocco, Rwanda, Brazil, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, nomenclature...nickel-bearing aluminium serpentine (septechlorite) from Western Australia: Discussion, 55i; - - and WARNE (S. ST...amorphous copper carbonate from the Carr Boyd Mine, Western Australia, 97 BRINDLEY (G. W.), Motukoreaite--additional...diorites and associated rocks of Chonet, north-western Guernsey, Channel Islands, 9x9 BURKE (E. A. J.)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Polishes well, polishing hardness same as for chalcopyrite The mineral occurs at the Prince Leopold Mine...1 2 mm, mostly 0 1-0.3 mm, as inclusions in chalcopyrite, tennantite, renierite and sphalerite. The name...Palermoite O. voN KNonuNG, Notes on some pegmatite minerals from Rwanda. Rep. Rwandaise, M,inistereEcon., BuIl...59 s,2.42 s. The mineral occurs in the Buranga pegmatite, Rwanda, in association with muscovite, augelite
Journal (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
horizons of the Stari Trg P b - Z n mine (Trep6a), province of Kosovo. Childrenite is generally accepted to...crystallization was: pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, illite, quartz, (Fe, Mn) carbonate...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.
Book
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral phases from the KrĂĄsno – HornĂ­ Slavkov area, western Bohemia, Czech Republic NovĂ© minerĂĄlnĂ­ fĂĄze z oblasti...mineral species – from KrĂĄsno – HornĂ­ Slavkov, western Bohemia, Czech Republic. The phases characterized...mineralization in the HornĂ­ Slavkov – KrĂĄsno ore district, presented in this issue of the Journal (Beran...mineral from the Geschieber vein in the JĂĄchymov ore district (KrušnĂ© hory, Czech Republic). The samples from...Oktyabrskaya vein of the HornĂ­ Slavkov uranium ore district (Plášil et al. 2006). The phase occurs in uraninite
Book (edition)
reduced to metal state). Left (top): Ag-rich chalcopyrite in contact with gustavite (Ag-containing Pb-Bi-sulfide)...left and right side of the image); possibly, chalcopyrite was enriched in Ag through solid state diffusion...ilmenite or extra Fe in Cu-sulfides, such as chalcopyrite. 11 Exsolution (continued) This process presents...Right: Cross-like sphalerite exsolution (grey) in chalcopyrite matrix (yellowish). Right: Patchy, almost myrmekitic...intergrowth of sphalerite (medium grey) and chalcopyrite (yellow); black smoker. Right (bottom): Fibrous
Journal (volume)
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCOVERED TRUTZHOFMÜHLE APLITE, HAGENDORF PEGMATITE PROVINCE, GERMANY Harald G. DILL§ and Frank MELCHER...TrutzhofmĂŒhle (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, TrutzhofmĂŒhle, Hagendorf Pegmatitic Province, Germany. Sommaire Une venue aplitique contenant...TrutzhofmĂŒhle (THM), Ă  la limite occidentale de la province pegmatitique de Hagendorf, en Allemagne. Nous
Book (edition)
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
Book (edition)
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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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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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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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, Tarapacå Region, Chile (Bojar et al. 2010). Now...of sturmanite from the Black Rock mine, Kuruman District, South Africa, determined from its crystal structure
Report (issue)
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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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%...sedimentary rocks in the Yerrida rift basin of Western Australia. These deposits preserve various original
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A CHANGING PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species...a fracture, producing such forms as aegirine pegmatite. As well, hot hydrothermal fluids often carry...the tetragonal system are cassiterite, zircon, chalcopyrite, wulfenite and rutile. Pressing on the sides...such as Porcupine and Hemlo districts; Noranda district, Quebec. USA: Mother Lode belt and others in...Localities Canada: Cobalt mining district and Thunder Bay District, Ontario. USA: several localities
 
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