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Alumotungstite from
Kirwa Mine, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hydrokenoelsmoreite var: Alumotungstite
Formula:2W2O6(H2O)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alumotungstite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kirwa Mine, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:789101
Long-form Identifier:1:3:789101:4
GUID (UUID V4):56fcad88-4990-4a78-bcb0-2d44b46dbad2
Nearest other occurrences of Alumotungstite
20.0km (12.4 miles) Nyamulilo Mine, Kabale, Western Region, Uganda
42.7km (26.5 miles) Gifurwe Mines, Gifurwe, Rusarabuge, Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda
81.4km (50.6 miles) Nyakabingo Mine, Rulindo District, Northern Province, Rwanda
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species: anthoinite, mpororoite, ferritungstite, alumotungstite, hydrotungstite, tungstite, yttrotungstite...its numerous deposits extends from southwestern Uganda (Kigezi district) and Rwanda to eastern Zaire (Maniema...ferberite and yellow tungstic ocher. Nyamulilo mine, Kigezi, Uganda. Specimen size: 2.5 cm. minerals in a cavity...two cavities in ferberite. F = ferberite. K = alumotungstite (ferritungstite). stite. A = anthoinite. H...typically with some scattered ferritungstite-alumotungstite octahedra. The reinite with its tungsten ocher
Journal (issue)
............... 93 by A. Falster The Rock Candy mine, British Columbia ................................Schoten COVER: ELBAITE on albite, from the Jonas mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keith Proctor specimen; photo...specimens are still recoverable from the dumps or in the mine work­ ings. LOCATION, ACCESS AND REGIONAL SETTING...Laranjeiras and, after a short slope, reaches the mine at the eleva­ tion of 250 m. The Baixio road runs...600 m.y. 67 Figure 1. The Boa Vista property. Mine dumps are white in the thalweg below the cliff.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi) and is generally found in hydrothermal... Formerly, the tungsten deposits of Rwanda and Uganda were interpreted to be syngenetic in origin. Previous...the Kigezi district in southwest Uganda (e.g., Ruhizha, Nyamalilo, Kirwa), which belong to the same “tungsten...km from the Katanga region in the DRC up to the Ankole region in southwest Uganda. Recent work (see [16]...Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika into the Kivu-Maniema region of the DRC, where it has been mapped as the Palaeoproterozoic
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Greece 22:303-308 ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson)...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 •nH20, ® Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=...*21120, Mon. Vitreous colorless, white. Dutoitspan mine, Kimberley, South Africa. H= 4.5, Djjj= 2.630, D(
Book
Fleet, 1974; Nickel, 1973). The nickel deposits of Western Australia’s Yilgarn Craton have deep weathering...seen in aragonite (light and dark orange). (A þ D) Region A exhibiting polycrystalline calcite within the...calcite overgrowth crystal in the inset. (B þ E) Region B with a crack running through the crystal with...observed in the outer parts of the fracture. (C þ F) Region C shows calcite crystals (light blue color) extending...orientation of the reaction front in that particular region. The crystallographic directionality of the apatite
Book (chapter)
Fleet, 1974; Nickel, 1973). The nickel deposits of Western Australia’s Yilgarn Craton have deep weathering...seen in aragonite (light and dark orange). (A þ D) Region A exhibiting polycrystalline calcite within the...calcite overgrowth crystal in the inset. (B þ E) Region B with a crack running through the crystal with...observed in the outer parts of the fracture. (C þ F) Region C shows calcite crystals (light blue color) extending...orientation of the reaction front in that particular region. The crystallographic directionality of the apatite
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...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...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...ye ty a ara id (ean ® “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet ...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double...MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Found in waste piles in a coal mine in the L'vov-Volynskii basin, USSR. It is found
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Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia States, Mexico Aguascaientes Baja California...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver...Lake Co., Breckenridge(*), Summit Co., Ground Hog mine(*), Gilman Co., Silverton and Telluride, San Juan...Ledge mine, Nevada Co., Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., Colorado quartz mine, Mariposa Co., Bonanza mine, Trinity...Nelson, Westland, Otago, and Southland. Emperor mine, Vatukuola, Fiji. Mt. Kare, Papua New Guinea. In
Book (volume)
cm1 is called the fingerprint region. Usually IR spectrum in this region contains very complicated series...overlapping bands. The importance of the fingerprint region is that each mineral species produces a different...500 to 800 cm1 can be considered as “fingerprint region” sensitive to the composition and the topological...see Fig. 1.9), but generally IR spectrum in this region is characteristic of all these minerals. In IR...Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates
 
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