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Apatite from
Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:819568
Long-form Identifier:1:3:819568:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Apatite in this Region
Trig Point Hill flow, Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘTrig Point Hill flow, Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘOl Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘMosonik Volcano, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘSadiman volcano, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
83.8km (52.1 miles) ⓘShompole Volcano, Kajiado County, Kenya
References
Chakhmouradian, A.R. and Zaitsev, A.N. (2012) Rare earth mineralization in igneous rocks: sources and processes. Elements, 8, #5, 347-353.
Guzmics, Tibor, Mitchell, Roger H., Szabó, Csaba, Berkesi, Márta, Milke, Ralf, Ratter, Kitti (2012) Liquid immiscibility between silicate, carbonate and sulfide melts in melt inclusions hosted in co-precipitated minerals from Kerimasi volcano (Tanzania): evolution of carbonated nephelinitic magma. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 164 (1) 101-122 doi:10.1007/s00410-012-0728-6
Martins, T., Chakhmouradian, A. R., Medici, L. (2014) Perovskite alteration in kimberlites and carbonatites: the role of kassite, CaTi2O4(OH)2. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 41 (6) 473-484 doi:10.1007/s00269-014-0667-z
 
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