| Locality type: | Alluvials |
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| Species: | Cassiterite |
| Formula: | SnO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Rankamaite | ⓘ2 photos of Cassiterite associated with Rankamaite at this locality. |
| Simpsonite | ⓘ2 photos of Cassiterite associated with Simpsonite at this locality. |
| Tantalite-(Mn) | ⓘ2 photos of Cassiterite associated with Tantalite-(Mn) at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Cassiterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mumba cassiterite gravels, Mumba, Osso, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 2934 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:2934:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8932d944-9b0a-4b60-b3ec-e81f9d0e181d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite |
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| 34.3km (21.3 miles) | ⓘMungwe mine, Numbi, Kalehe Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo |
| 34.6km (21.5 miles) | ⓘMisumari II mine, Numbi, Kalehe Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo |
| 54.5km (33.8 miles) | ⓘKalimbi mine, Nyabibwe, Kalehe Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo |
| 79.7km (49.5 miles) | ⓘLutsiro, Sebeya river, Kabaya, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda |
| 90.6km (56.3 miles) | ⓘMuhurgwe deposit, Cyabingo, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda |
| 100.0km (62.1 miles) | ⓘRusororo pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda |
| 100.0km (62.1 miles) | ⓘBuranga pegmatite, Muhororo, Ngororero District, Western Province, Rwanda |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | Atencio, D., Filho, R. R. C., Mills, S. J., Coutinho, J. M. V., Honorato, S. B., Ayala, A. P., Ellena, J., de Andrade, M. B. (2011) Rankamaite from the Urubu pegmatite, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Crystal chemistry and Rietveld refinement. American Mineralogist, 96 (10) 1455-1460 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3594 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | intimately associated with simpsonite, thoreaulite, cassiterite, quartz, elbaite, albite, and muscovite. The...(1) the Mumba cassiterite gravels, Masisi Mountains, Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (von Knorring...pegmatite, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Voloshin and Pakhomovsky 1988; Uher et al. 2008)...spodumene-bearing pegmatites between Goma and Masisi to the northwest of Lake Kivu, long before its discovery. The...as a felty replacement of simpsonite and of cassiterite generated by oxidation of thoreaulite. Sosedkoite |  | | Book (edition) | | Germany Dr. Salah Al-Khirbash Prof. Dr. Rainer Altherr & Dr. rer. nat. Michael Hanel Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter...Joachim Lorenz Prof. Dr. Robert Marschik Dr. Frank Melcher☆ & Dr. Simon Goldmann & Dr. Thomas Oberthür Dipl...-Min. Sebastian Möller Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Peter Röper☆ Prof. Dr. Supriya Roy✝ Dr. Thomas Seifert Dipl...-Geol. Jana Wazeck & Prof. Klaus Thalheim Dr. Thomas Witzke Prof. Dr. Fathi Zereini Mitteljörn 14a, D-24536...Sulfur, native Bismite yes Zincite lamellar Cassiterite pseudohexagonal stellate or reticulate forms |
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Mumba cassiterite gravels, Mumba, Osso, Masisi Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo