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:
Laikipia County, Kenya

mindat Locality ID: 298168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laikipia County, Kenya": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rumuruti Meteorite
Tura Dukas

Latitude: 0°23'30"N
Longitude: 36°48'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.39166666666667,36.807777777778

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.

Apatite	Auricupride	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Magnetoplumbite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Gold ()*	Hibonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iron ()*	Niggliite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Spinel ()*	Tridymite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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 As Au Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pt S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Auricupride Cerite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Iron Magnetoplumbite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tridymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	77700	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	77700	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	77700	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	77700	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	77700	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	77700	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	77700	4135
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	77701	414
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	77700	30554
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	77700	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	77700	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	77700	154
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	77700	1089
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	1	77700	22
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	77700	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	77700	495
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	77700	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	77701	61156
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	77700	34
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	77700	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	77700	1934
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	77700	458
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	77700	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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