Alkali Feldspar from
Emuruangogolak Volcano, Samburu County, Kenya

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Classification
Locality type:	Volcano
Species:	'Alkali Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Alkali Feldspar data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Emuruangogolak Volcano, Samburu County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1426160
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1426160:8
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Alkali Feldspar

26.5km (16.5 miles)	ⓘ Kachila Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
29.6km (18.4 miles)	ⓘ Kafkandal Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
29.9km (18.6 miles)	ⓘ Nasaken Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
37.3km (23.2 miles)	ⓘ Silali Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
40.7km (25.3 miles)	ⓘ Kowun Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
51.5km (32.0 miles)	ⓘ Kailimerlim Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
64.2km (39.9 miles)	ⓘ Paka Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya
82.7km (51.4 miles)	ⓘ Korosi Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya
References
Shotton, F. W., Williams, R. E. G., & Johnson, A. (1974). Birmingham University radiocarbon dates VIII. Radiocarbon, 16(3), 285-303. doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200059610 Weaver, S. D. (1977). The Quaternary caldera volcano Emuruangogolak, Kenya Rift, and the petrology of a bimodal ferrobasalt-pantelleritic trachyte association. Bulletin Volcanologique, 40(4), 209-230. doi.org/10.1007/BF02597564 Norry, M. J., Truckle, P. H., Lippard, S. J., Hawkesworth, C. J., Weaver, S. D., & Marriner, G. F. (1980). Isotopic and trace element evidence from lavas, bearing on mantle heterogeneity beneath Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 297(1431), 259-271. doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1980.0214 Williams, L. A. J., Macdonald, R., & Chapman, G. R. (1984). Late Quaternary caldera volcanoes of the Kenya Rift valley. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 89(B10), 8553-8570. doi.org/10.1029/JB089iB10p08553 Dunkley, P. N., Smith, M., Allen, D. J., & Darling, W. G. (1993). The geothermal activity and geology of the northern sector of the Kenya Rift Valley. British Geological Survey, Research Report. International Series SC/93/1. Black, Stuart, Macdonald, Ray, Barreiro, Barbara A., Dunkley, Peter N., Smith, Martin (1998) Open system alkaline magmatism in northern Kenya: evidence from U-series disequilibria and radiogenic isotopes. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 131 (4) 364-378 doi:10.1007/s004100050398

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Alkali Feldspar from Emuruangogolak Volcano, Samburu County, Kenya

Alkali Feldspar from
Emuruangogolak Volcano, Samburu County, Kenya