| Locality type: | Mountain |
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| Species: | Zircon |
| Formula: | Zr(SiO4) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Zircon data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Monte Salambidua, Moatize District, Tete Province, Mozambique |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 350680 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:350680:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e58b2949-d244-4c3d-9fc6-67eb05bdf6aa |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘSalambidwe Intrusion, Chikwawa, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 30.9km (19.2 miles) | ⓘTambani Intrusion, Mwanza, Southern Region, Malawi |
| 34.0km (21.1 miles) | ⓘThambani Mountains, Mwanza, Southern Region, Malawi |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Auburn, Alabama 36849-5305 cookrob@auburn.edu Zircon Downloaded by [Tufts University] at 09:35 10 October...diverse paragenesis and resistance to weathering, zircon is one of the most widely distributed and persistent...colorless and blue) zircon are cut as gemstones. Scientists are particularly fond of zircon because of its...the scholarly periodical Elements is devoted to zircon; http:// www.elementsmagazine.org.) Although specimens...consistent sources, and the list of once-productive zircon localities is quite long. The Pikes Peak region |  | | Book | | (Portugal) Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Reunion (France) Rwanda...calculations and hence resulting definition of the Mozambique Orogenic Belt Fig. 5 Orogenic belts in southern...1948 (Holmes, 1951). He provisionally dated the Mozambique Orogenic Belt to be approximately 1,300 Ma old...Archean age. Therefore, when Holmes defined the Mozambique Orogenic Belt as extending from south of the...The western part of the southern African Archean province is also concealed by up to 200m of the Kalahari |
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Monte Salambidua, Moatize District, Tete Province, Mozambique