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Quartz from
Baragoi area, Samburu County, Kenya


Locality type:Market Town
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baragoi area, Samburu County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:987749
Long-form Identifier:1:3:987749:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
61.7km (38.3 miles) ⓘEmuruangogolak Volcano, Samburu County, Kenya
82.7km (51.4 miles) ⓘNasaken Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘKowun Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
88.1km (54.7 miles) ⓘKafkandal Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
93.1km (57.8 miles) ⓘSilali Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya
References
Gregory, John Walter (1921) The Rift Valleys and Geology of East Africa - An Account of the Origin & History of the Rift Valleys of East Africa & Their Relation to the Contemporary Earth-Movements Which Transformed the Geography of the World. with Some Account of the Prehistoric Stone Implements, Soils, Water Supply, & Mineral Resources of the Kenya Colony. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 479 pp.
 
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