The Merume River is a river of
Guyana, a tributary of the
Kamarang River.
Merume is also the name of a nearby mountain, which is 30 miles east of
Mount Roraima. Director Creek is a tributary of Merume River. First Falls is a feature of the river which also limits travel by boat.
Merumite was discovered in 1937 appearing as black grains among diamonds and gold in the river gravel.
In 1958, merumite was determined to be a complex aggregate of
eskolaite
Eskolaite is a rare chromium oxide mineral (chromium(III) oxide Cr2O3).
Discovery and occurrence
It was first described in 1958 for an occurrence in the Outokumpu ore deposit of eastern Finland. It occurs in chromium bearing tremolite skarns, me ...
and chromium, X-ray diffraction data showed it contained eskolaite,
guyanaite, bracewellite, grimaldiite, and mcconnellite.
Kamakusa was a settlement along the river, and formerly a government center.
See also
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List of rivers of Guyana
This is a list of rivers in Guyana.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean
*''Amazon River'' (Brazil)
**''Negro River'' (Brazil)
***''Branc ...
References
Bibliography
*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.
Rivers of Guyana
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