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:
Shompole, Kajiado County, Kenya

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.05
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.89

mindat Locality ID: 194513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shompole, Kajiado County, Kenya": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 2°7'40"S
Longitude: 36°5'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -2.1277777777778,36.090277777778

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.

Eudialyte	Garnet	None

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: Ca Cl Fe H Na O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Fe H Na O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Eudialyte Garnet None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Eudialyte ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2.05	1.89	0		1534
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	2.05	1.89	0		182

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000413	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000414	carbonatite complex

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0000413	2.03	1.89	1.96±0.07	K-Ar										194513	Shompole, Kajiado County, Kenya	Shombole	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
	Jen_0000414	2.05	1.95	2±0.05	K-Ar										194513	Shompole, Kajiado County, Kenya	Shombole	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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