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Nepheline from
Mount Suswa (Suswa Volcano), Kajiado County, Kenya


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Suswa (Suswa Volcano), Kajiado County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:832732
Long-form Identifier:1:3:832732:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
45.5km (28.2 miles) ⓘNgong Hills, Kajiado County, Kenya
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘOl Esayeiti Volcano, Kajiado County, Kenya
64.7km (40.2 miles) ⓘOlorgesailie Mountain, Kajiado County, Kenya
78.8km (48.9 miles) ⓘMau Volcanic Area, Narok County, Kenya
81.2km (50.4 miles) ⓘNyeri and Kijabe Volcanic Areas, Nyeri County, Kenya
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘNakuru Volcanic Area, Nakuru County, Kenya
References
NASH, W. P., CARMICHAEL, I. S. E., JOHNSON, R. W. (1969) The Mineralogy and Petrology of Mount Suswa, Kenya. Journal of Petrology, 10 (3) 409-439 doi:10.1093/petrology/10.3.409
Johnshon, R. W. (1969). Volcanic geology of Mount Suswa, Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 265(1164), 383-412. doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1969.0061
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
Baker, B. H., Mitchell, J. G., & Williams, L. A. J. (1988). Stratigraphy, geochronology and volcano-tectonic evolution of the Kedong–Naivasha–Kinangop region, Gregory Rift Valley, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 145(1), 107-116. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.145.1.0107
Randel, R. P., & Johnson, R. W. (1991). Geology of the Suswa area (No. 97). Mines & Geological Department.
Macdonald, R., Kjarsgaard, B. A., Skilling, I. P., Davies, G. R., Hamilton, D. L., Black, S. (1993) Liquid immiscibility between trachyte and carbonate in ash flow tuffs from Kenya. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 114 (2) 276-287 doi:10.1007/bf00307762
Skilling, I. P. (1993). Incremental caldera collapse of Suswa volcano, Gregory rift valley, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 150(5), 885-896. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.150.5.0885
Scott, S. C., & Skilling, I. P. (1999). The role of tephrachronology in recognizing synchronous caldera-forming events at the Quaternary volcanoes Longonot and Suswa, south Kenya Rift. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 161(1), 47-67. doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.05
 
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