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A Geological Excursion To The Mesozoic Sediments Of The Abay Basin ( Blue Nile), Recent Volcanics Of The Ethiopian Main Rift And Basement Rocks Of The Adola Rea, Ethiopia. Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges. 147 (2002)

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Kenticha mine, Kenticha pegmatite field, Oromia Region, Ethiopiaⓘ Actinolite, ⓘ Albite, ⓘ Almandine, ⓘ Amblygonite, ⓘ Apatite, ⓘ Beryl, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Cleavelandite, ⓘ Columbite-(Mn), ⓘ Cordierite, ⓘ Elbaite, ⓘ Ilmenite, ⓘ Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series, ⓘ Lepidolite, ⓘ Lithiophilite, ⓘ Magnetite, ⓘ Microcline, ⓘ Muscovite, ⓘ Pollucite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Rutile, ⓘ Schorl, ⓘ Sericite, ⓘ Spessartine, ⓘ Spodumene, ⓘ Staurolite, ⓘ Talc, ⓘ Tantalite-(Mn), ⓘ Topaz, ⓘ Tremolite
Lega Dembi Mine, Megado, Oromia Region, Ethiopiaⓘ Actinolite, ⓘ Argentopentlandite, ⓘ Arsenopyrite, ⓘ Biotite, ⓘ Calcite, ⓘ Chalcopyrite, ⓘ Chlorite Group, ⓘ Electrum, ⓘ Epidote, ⓘ Galena, ⓘ Graphite, ⓘ Hessite, ⓘ Laitakarite, ⓘ Native Gold, ⓘ Pentlandite, ⓘ Petzite, ⓘ Pyrite, ⓘ Quartz, ⓘ Sericite, ⓘ Sphalerite, ⓘ Tremolite, ⓘ Violarite

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