Busiro Co. (Bushiro Co.), Wakiso, Central Region, Uganda (original) (raw)

ⓘ 'Bismutomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)' (FRL)

Type Locality:

ⓘ Bismutotantalite (TL)

Formula: Bi(Ta,Nb)O4

ⓘ Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ 'Microlite Group'

Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n

ⓘ Montebrasite

Formula: LiAl(PO4)(OH)

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Rynersonite

Formula: CaTa2O6

Description: It's habitus, properties chemistry corresponds to the type of rynersonite. However this is more Ta-dominant and has a slightly larger unit cell.

ⓘ Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

ⓘ 'UM1972-05-BiO:AlCaP'

Formula: Bi-Ca-Al-P-O

ⓘ Waylandite (TL)

Formula: BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6

Type Locality:

References:

Clark, A. M., Couper, A. G., Embrey, P. G., Fejer, E. E. (1986) Waylandite: new data, from an occurrence in Cornwall, with a note on ‘Agnesite’. Mineralogical Magazine, 50 (358) 731-733 doi:10.1180/minmag.1986.050.358.23

**Hawthorne, Frank C., Burke, Ernst A. J., Ercit, T. Scott, Grew, Edward S., Grice, Joel D., Jambor, John L., Puziewicz, Jacek, Roberts, Andrew C., Vanko, David A. (1988) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 73 (1-2) 189-199 **p.199

ⓘ Wodginite

Formula: Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)