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Apatite from
Evate carbonatite, Monapo District, Nampula Province, Mozambique


Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Evate carbonatite, Monapo District, Nampula Province, Mozambique
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1247753
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1247753:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
SlobodnĂ­k, M.
Dillingerová, V.
Blažeková, M.
Huraiová, M.
Hurai, V. (2015) Fluid inclusions in apatite indicate low-temperature, metasomatic-infiltration origin of the Evate carbonatite deposit (Mozambique). European Current Research On Fluid Inclusions (ECROFI-XXIII), Leeds - UK, 27 - 29 June, 2015, Extended Abstracts’ Volume
Hurai, Vratislav; Paquette, Jean-Louis; Huraiová, Monika; Slobodník, Marek; Hvožďara, Pavel; Siegfried, Peter; Gajdošová, Michaela; Milovská, Stanislava (2017) New insights into the origin of the Evate apatite-iron oxide-carbonate deposit, Northeastern Mozambique, constrained by mineralogy, textures, thermochronometry, and fluid inclusions. Ore Geology Reviews, 80. 1072-1091 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.09.017
Gajdošová, M., Huraiová, M., Hurai, V., & Konečný, P. (2017) In situ chemical dating of new accessory minerals from the Evate deposit in Mozambique. CAM–2017 (Conference on Accessory Minerals)
Hurai, Vratislav, Huraiová, Monika, Gajdošová, Michaela, Konečný, Patrik, Slobodník, Marek, Siegfried, Pete R. (2018) Compositional variations of zirconolite from the Evate apatite deposit (Mozambique) as an indicator of magmatic-hydrothermal conditions during post-orogenic collapse of Gondwana. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112 (3) 279-296 doi:10.1007/s00710-017-0538-7
Slobodník, Marek, Dillingerová, Veronika, Blažeková, Michaela, Huraiová, Monika, Hurai, Vratislav (2020) Trace Elements in Apatite as Genetic Indicators of the Evate Apatite-Magnetite Deposit, NE Mozambique. Minerals, 10 (12) 1125 doi:10.3390/min10121125
 
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