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Locality Name:
Nakuru County, Kenya


mindat Locality ID: 301375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakuru County, Kenya": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hell’s Gate National Park

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChevkiniteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaNonePrehnite
PyroxeneQuartzTitanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Montdorite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21777283419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61777281022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1777288803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17772827770
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)217772889
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1777288173
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)217772830
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21777289617
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6177728741
Montdorite  (*)MicaKFe2+1.5Mn2+0.5Mg0.5Si4O10(F,OH)21777283
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21777281898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217772861156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2177728375
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1777284899


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