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Ijolite from
Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya


Locality type:Intrusion
Classification
Type:Ijolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ijolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1426838
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1426838:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ijolite
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘLake Simbi Crater, Homa Bay County, Kenya
77.1km (47.9 miles) ⓘHoma Mountain complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
91.1km (56.6 miles) ⓘNyamaji Volcanic Complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
92.5km (57.5 miles) ⓘUsaki Ijolite Complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
96.0km (59.6 miles) ⓘWasaki Peninsula and Ruri Hills Phonolites, Homa Bay County, Kenya
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘRuri complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
References
Deans, T., & Roberts, B. (1984). Carbonatite tuffs and lava clasts of the Tinderet foothills, western Kenya: a study of calcified natrocarbonatites. Journal of the Geological Society, 141(3), 563-580. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.141.3.0563
Onuonga, I. O., Fallick, A. E., & Bowden, P. (1997). The recognition of meteoric-hydrothermal and supergene processes in volcanic carbonatites, Nyanza Rift, western Kenya, using carbon and oxygen isotopes. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 25(1), 103-113. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00064-X
 
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