Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lake Natron, Arusha Region, Tanzania

mindat Locality ID: 107174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Natron, Arusha Region, Tanzania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aragonite	Calcite	Erionite	Fluorite	None	Rocksalt

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cl F H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Erionite Fluorite None Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Erionite-Na ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gaylussite ()*
Halite ()*	Kogarkoite ()*	Thermonatrite ()*	Trona ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	57
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Kogarkoite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)F	14
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	64
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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