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Beryl from
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo


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Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
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Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
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Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
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Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
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Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Beryl
Formula:Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Beryl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:89704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:89704:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘKamituga-Mobale mine, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo
References
Safiannikoff, A., van Wambeke, L. (1967) La pegmatite radioactive à béryl de Kobokobo et les autres venues pegmatitiques et filoniennes de la région de Kamituga — Kivu — Rép. du Congo. Mineralium Deposita, 2 (2) 119-130 doi:10.1007/bf00206584
Daltry, V.D.C. (1992): The type mineralogy of Africa: Zaire. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 115 (fasicule 1): 33-62
Villeneuve, Michel, Nandefo Wazi, Christian Kalikone, and Andreas Gärtner. (2022) "A Review of the G4 “Tin Granites” and Associated Mineral Occurrences in the Kivu Belt (Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Their Relationships with the Last Kibaran Tectono-Thermal Events" Minerals 12, no. 6: 737. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12060737
 
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