Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Turkana County, Kenya

mindat Locality ID: 153772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turkana County, Kenya": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kalacha
Kerio Valley
Lapurr Range (Laburr Range; Labur Range)
Lodwar

Latitude: 3°24'22"N
Longitude: 36°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 3.4061111111111,36.033055555556

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.

Fluorite	Garnet	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Zircon

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 Mg Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Fluorite Garnet None Quartz Rocksalt Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Eugsterite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Halite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Thénardite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	1	77770	32
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	77772	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	77772	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	77775	1544
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	77770	1398
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	77775	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	77773	61156
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	77770	299
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	77775	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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