Locality type:

Intrusion

Classification

Species:

'Monazite' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

REE(PO₄)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

141992

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:141992:4

GUID (UUID V4):

ca9ddd9f-03b0-42c8-8a57-6bd7b862ee1e

Nearest other occurrences of Monazite

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

99.8km (62.0 miles)

ⓘ Ruri complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya

References

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

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

Onuonga, I.O., Bowden, P. (2000) Hot-spring and supergene lanthanide mineralization at the Buru carbonatite centre, Western Kenya. Mineralogical magazine, 64:4, 663-673.

Woolley, A. R. (2001) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 3: Africa. The Geological Society of London.

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	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...calcite, bastnäsite and significant amounts of monazite. A transitional middle zone consists of ferrocarbonatite
	RIDOLFI, F, RENZULLI, A, MACDONALD, R, UPTON, B (2006) Peralkaline syenite autoliths from Kilombe volcano, Kenya Rift Valley: Evidence for subvolcanic interaction with carbonatitic fluids. Lithos, 91 (1) 373-392 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.026	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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Monazite from Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya

Monazite from
Buru carbonatite, Kericho County, Kenya