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Mount Sabyinyo, Africai
Regional Level Types
Mount SabyinyoVolcano
AfricaContinent

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Type:
Volcano
Mindat Locality ID:
406271
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:406271:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Sabinyo; Sabinio
Other Languages:
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French:
Sabyinyo, Afrique
German:
Sabinyo, Afrika
Italian:
Sabyinyo, Africa
Simplified Chinese:
薩比尼奧火山, 非洲
Arabic:
جبل سايبنو, إفريقيا
Catalan:
Sabyinyo, Àfrica
Cebuano:
Sabinio, Aprika
Dutch:
Mount Sabyinyo, Afrika
Egyptian Arabic:
جبل سايبنو, افريقيا
Esperanto:
Sabyinyo, Afriko
Estonian:
Sabyinyo, Aafrika
Finnish:
Sabyinyo, Afrikka
Hebrew:
הר סביניו, אפריקה
Hungarian:
Sabyinyo, Afrika
Japanese:
サビニョ山, アフリカ
Kinyarwanda:
Ikirunga cya Sabyinyo, Afurika
Lithuanian:
Sabinijas, Afrika
Macedonian:
Сабињо, Африка
Polish:
Mount Sabyinyo, Afryka
Swedish:
Sabinio, Afrika


Extinct volcano. The summit of the volcano marks a triple international boundary junction between Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. About half of the products of the volcano lie in Rwanda.

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Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ 'K Feldspar'
ⓘ 'Mica Group'
ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
ⓘ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘPhlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
ⓘ'Mica Group'-
ⓘ'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
ⓘ'K Feldspar'-
ⓘ'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Oⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
FFluorine
Fⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Alⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Siⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series
ClChlorine
Clⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
KPotassium
Kⓘ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
FeIron
Feⓘ Fayalite-Forsterite Series

Geochronology

Mineralization age: Pleistocene : 0.176 ± 0.03 Ma to 0.064 ± 0.025 Ma

Important note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.

Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Cenozoic
  Quaternary
   Pleistocene
ⓘ Phlogopite (youngest age)0.064 ± 0.025 Ma
ⓘ Phlogopite (oldest age)0.176 ± 0.03 Ma

Fossils

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sabyinyo
Wikidata ID:Q511779
GeoNames ID:49522


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References

Antun, P., Bertossa, A., Delhaye, F., Peeters, L., Petricec, V., Salee, A. & Waleffe, A. 1971. Carte geologique du Rwanda. Feulle Ruhengeri Nord (S2/29 NW et NE). 1:100000. Institut Geographique Militaire de Belgique.
Holmes, A., & Harwood, H. F. (1937). The volcanic area of Bufumbira. Part 2. The petrology of the volcanic field of Bufumbria, south-west Uganda, and of other parts of the Birunga field. Geological Survey of Uganda, Memoir, 3 (Part 2).
Denaeyer, M. E., & Schellinck, F. (1965). Recueil d'analyses des laves du fosse tectonique de l'Afrique Centrale (Kivu, Rwanda, Toro-Ankole). Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale.
Vollmer, R., & Norry, M. J. (1983). Possible origin of K-rich volcanic rocks from Virunga, East Africa, by metasomatism of continental crustal material: Pb, Nd and Sr isotopic evidence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 64(3), 374-386. doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(83)90097-3
Rogers, N. W., James, D., Kelley, S. P., & De Mulder, M. (1998). The generation of potassic lavas from the eastern Virunga province, Rwanda. Journal of Petrology, 39(6), 1223-1247. doi.org/10.1093/petroj/39.6.1223
Woolley, A. R. (2001) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3: Africa - Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. The Geological Society of London.p.48
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