Quartz from
Jombo Hill, Kwale County, Kenya

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Classification
Locality type:	Hill
Species:	Quartz
Formula:	SiO₂
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Jombo Hill, Kwale County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	1427847
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:1427847:7
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Hot springs, Jombo Hill, Kwale County, Kenya
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz

7.1km (4.4 miles)	ⓘ Mrima Hill Mine, Kwale County, Kenya
9.8km (6.1 miles)	ⓘ Kiruku Vent, Kwale County, Kenya
23.1km (14.3 miles)	ⓘ Nguluku Vent, Kwale County, Kenya
70.9km (44.1 miles)	ⓘ Lasamba Hill, Kwale County, Kenya
References
Hayward (pers.. comm. 1999) Caswell, P. V., & Baker, B. H. (1953). Geology of the Mombasa-Kwale Area Report No. 24. Nairobi, Geological Survey of Kenya. Coetzee, G.L., Edwards, C.B. (1959) The Mrima Hill Carbonatite, Coast Province, Kenya. South African Journal of Geology, 62:1, 373-397. Rock, N. M. S. (1976) The comparative strontium isotopic composition of alkaline rocks: New data from Southern Portugal and East Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 56 (2) 205-228 doi:10.1007/bf00399605 Dindi, E. W., & Swain, C. J. (1988). Joint three-dimensional inversion of gravity and magnetic data from Jombo Hill alkaline complex, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 145(3), 493-504. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.145.3.0493 *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.138

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Quartz from Jombo Hill, Kwale County, Kenya

Quartz from
Jombo Hill, Kwale County, Kenya