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Plagioclase from
Renco Mine, Masvingo District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Renco Mine, Masvingo District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:611729
Long-form Identifier:1:3:611729:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
80.9km (50.2 miles) ⓘMurowa Mine, Zvishavane (Shabani; Shabanie; Shavani), Zvishavane District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
References
Blenkinsop, T. G., Frei, R. (1996) Archean and Proterozoic mineralization and tectonics at the Renco Mine (northern marginal zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe) Economic Geology, 91 (7) 1225-1238 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.91.7.1225
Kolb, J., Kisters, A. F. M., Hoernes, S., Meyer, F. M. (2000) The origin of fluids and nature of fluid-rock interaction in mid-crustal auriferous mylonites of the Renco mine, southern Zimbabwe. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (2) 109-125 doi:10.1007/s001260050010
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
 
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