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Ankaramite from
Sabarei and Allia Bay Areas, Marsabit County, Kenya


Locality type:Volcanic Field
Classification
Type:Ankaramite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankaramite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sabarei and Allia Bay Areas, Marsabit County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1425654
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1425654:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Ministry of Energy and Regional Development 1987. Geological map of Kenya. 1:1000000. Ministry of Energy and Regional Development, Republic of Kenya.
Wilkinson, A.F. 1988. Geology of the Allia Bay Area. Report, Geological Survey of Kenya, 109.
Fitch, Frank J.; Watkins, Ronald T.; Miller, John a. (1975) Age of a new carbonatite locality in northern Kenya. Nature, 254 (5501). 581-583 doi:10.1038/254581a0
Key, R. M., & Watkins, R. T. (1988). Geology of the Sabarei area. Republic of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department Report, 111.
McDougall, I., & Watkins, R. T. (1988). Potassium–argon ages of volcanic rocks from northeast of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya. Geological Magazine, 125(1), 15-23. doi.org/10.1017/S001675680000933X
 
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