Apatite from
Tinderet volcano, Nandi County, Kenya

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Classification
Locality type:	Volcano
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 Tinderet volcano, Nandi County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	840169
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:840169:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite

23.2km (14.4 miles)	ⓘ Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya
46.3km (28.7 miles)	ⓘ Londiani Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya
99.1km (61.6 miles)	ⓘ Homa Mountain complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
References
Binge, F. W. (1962). Geology of the Kericho Area. Report, Geological Survey of Kenya, 50. Le Bas, M. J., & Dixon, J. A. (1965). A new carbonatite in the Legetet hills, Kenya. Nature, 207(4992), 68-68. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1038/207068a0.pdf *Baker, B.H., Williams, L.A.J., Miller, J.A., Fitch, F.J. (1971) Sequence and geochronology of the Kenya rift volcanics. Tectonophysics, 11 (3) 191-215 doi:10.1016/0040-1951(71)90030-8* King, B. C., Le Bas, M. J., & Sutherland, D. S. (1972). The history of the alkaline volcanoes and intrusive complexes of eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 128(2), 173-205. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.128.2.0173 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 A. N. Zaitsev, T. Wenzel, T. Vennemann and G. Markl (2013): Tinderet volcano, Kenya: an altered natrocarbonatite locality? Mineralogical Magazine 77, 213-226.

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Apatite from Tinderet volcano, Nandi County, Kenya

Apatite from
Tinderet volcano, Nandi County, Kenya