Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kitum Cave, Mount Elgon, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya

mindat Locality ID: 204563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitum Cave, Mount Elgon, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 1°2'56"N
Longitude: 34°34'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 1.0488888888889,34.58

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.

Analcime	Aphthitalite	Apophyllite	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Harmotome	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Picromerite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Syngenite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Mohrite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Natron ()*	Nitromagnesite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Rutile ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Stercorite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Syngenite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Trona ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aphthitalite Apophyllite Blödite Calcite Clay Corundum Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum
Halotrichite Harmotome Hexahydrite Kaolinite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Picromerite Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Syngenite Thomsonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	85
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Mohrite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Fe²⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	18
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	51
Nitromagnesite ()*	None	Mg(NO₃)₂·6H₂O	12
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	105
Stercorite ()*	None	(NH₄)Na(PO₃OH)·4H₂O	6
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	44
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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