- Monte Muambe
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Monte Muambe Elevation 780 m (2,559 ft) Location Location Mozambique Coordinates 16°19′23″S 34°5′39″E / 16.32306°S 34.09417°E Geology Last eruption Unknown Monte Muambe is an inactive volcano located east of Moatize in the Tete Province of Mozambique.[1] The volcano is 780 meters high, has a 6 km external diameter with a caldera some 200m deep. The caldera is largely composed of carbonatites, rich in both blue and yellow fluorite. The Zambezi Valley Spatial Development Initiative estimates Monte Muambe has reserves of 1.1 million tonnes of the mineral in a pure form.[2]
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References
- ^ L. Melluso, P. Censi, G. Perini, L. Vasconcelos, V. Morra, F. Guerreiro, and L. Bennio (2004). "Chemical and isotopic (C, O, Sr, Nd) characteristics of the Xiluvo carbonatite (central-western Mozambique)". Mineralogy and Petrology 80 (3-4): 201–213. doi:10.1007/s00710-003-0027-z.
- ^ T. Schlüter (2006). "Mozambique". Geological Atlas of Africa, Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-29144-2.
Categories:- Volcanoes of Mozambique
- Landforms of Mozambique
- Inactive volcanoes
- Volcanic calderas
- Mountains of Mozambique
- Mozambique geography stubs
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