Chilwa Island

Carbonatite with residual enrichment rare earth element deposit in , Malawi

Geographic location

Geologic characteristics

Deposit typeCarbonatite with residual enrichment
Age of depositEarly Cretaceous
REE mineralsflorencite
synchysite
bastnäsite
Ore mineralsapatite
pyrochlore
rutile
tantalite
magnetite
Gangue mineralsmicrocline
Host rock typescarbonatite
sovite
breccia

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Geologic map unit35.6, -15.333333333333
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StatusOccurrence

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