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On the lithium amphibole holmquistite, from Benson pegmatite mine, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

O. von Knorring
Affiliation:
Research Institute of African Geology, Department of Geology, the University of Leeds
G. Hornung
Affiliation:
Research Institute of African Geology, Department of Geology, the University of Leeds

Summary

A new occurrence of holmquistite is described. The mineral is found in amphibolite at the contact of a lithium pegmatite. Chemical analyses and optical data of the holmquistite and an associated hornblende are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1961

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