| Locality type: | Intrusion |
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| Species: | Aegirine |
| Formula: | NaFe3+Si2O6 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aegirine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1237337 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1237337:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | fb97af05-1f2a-4a77-8630-61ca3524ea27 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Aegirine |
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| 23.2km (14.4 miles) | ⓘTinderet volcano, Nandi County, Kenya |
| 28.1km (17.5 miles) | ⓘEldoret and Kapsabet Plateau, Kenya |
| 62.3km (38.7 miles) | ⓘLake Simbi Crater, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 63.3km (39.3 miles) | ⓘMolo Volcanic Area, Nakuru County, Kenya |
| 64.5km (40.1 miles) | ⓘLondiani Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya |
| 74.9km (46.5 miles) | ⓘKilombe volcano, Baringo County, Kenya |
| 77.1km (47.9 miles) | ⓘHoma Mountain complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 89.7km (55.8 miles) | ⓘSokolo Point Carbonatite, Wasaki Peninsula Carbonatites, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 89.9km (55.9 miles) | ⓘMau Volcanic Area, Narok County, Kenya |
| 91.1km (56.6 miles) | ⓘNyamaji Volcanic Complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| References |
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Onuonga, I. O., Fallick, A. E., & Bowden, P. (1997). The recognition of meteoric-hydrothermal and supergene processes in volcanic carbonatites, Nyanza Rift, western Kenya, using carbon and oxygen isotopes. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 25(1), 103-113. doi.org/10.1016/S0899-5362(97)00064-X |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | lanthanide mineralization at the Buru carbonatite centre, Western Kenya I. O. ONUONGA1,* AND P. BOWDEN2...France 2 ABSTR ACT The Tertiary (22 Ma) carbonatite centre at Buru hill is located towards the eastern end...rift, western Kenya. As revealed by geochemistry and petrology of drill core samples, the Buru centre ranges...Mineralogically the lateritic cover of the Buru carbonatite centre is characterized by goethite, hematite...three of the Buru drill cores reveal significant deviations from primary igneous carbonatite values suggesting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Peralkaline syenite autoliths from Kilombe volcano, Kenya Rift Valley: Evidence for subvolcanic interaction...replacement of (i) Mg–hedenbergite by aegirine–augite, Ca–aegirine and/or aegirine, (ii) fayalite by amphiboles...occurrences in Kenya. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Syenite; Carbonatite; Kilombe; Kenya...Kenya rift valley; Ce-anomaly; REE–fluorcarbonate ⁎ Corresponding author. Fax: +39 0722304245. E-mail...Lithos 91 (2006) 373–392 1. Introduction Within the Kenya Rift Valley, trachytes are important components |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ubiquitous in REE-rich environments such as carbonatite (Ngwenya 1994, Zaitsev et al. 1998, Onuonga...Synchysite-(La) is described as an inclusion in aegirine from a subvolcanic alkali syenite (Negev, Israel...autoliths from the Kilombe volcano (Rift Valley, Kenya), associated with Fe- and P-rich phyllosilicate...supergene lanthanide mineralization at the Buru carbonatite (Kenya) and consider that in such a context synchysite...fluorocarbonate in calcite carbonatite hydrothermal veins of the Tundulu carbonatite complex in Malawi (Ngwenya |
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