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Kenya

Note: East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area of East Africa occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya; it was controlled by Britain in the late 19th century.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Amphibole Supergroup
Anatase
Andradite
var: Melanite

'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Arfvedsonite
Augite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Berdesinskiite (TL)
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
'Biotite'
Brookite
Brushite
Burkeite
Calcite
Cancrinite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Clinoferrosilite
'Clinoptilolite'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
'Denhardtite'
Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Dravite
var: Chromian Dravite

Epidote
'Erionite'
Eudialyte
Eugsterite (TL)
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferri-kaersutite (TL)
Ferro-richterite
Ferrosilite
'Florencite'
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gaylussite
'Glass'
Goethite
Gold
Gonnardite
Gorceixite
Götzenite
Goyazite
Graphite
Grossular
var: Tsavorite
Gypsum
Halite
Hannayite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Illite
Ilmenite
Jacobsite
Kanemite
Kaolinite
Kenyaite (TL)
'K Feldspar'
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kogarkoite
Kolbeckite
Kornerupine
Kyanite
'Limonite'
Magadiite (TL)
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesioferrite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Makatite (TL)
Marcasite
'Melilite Group'
Microcline
'Monazite'
Montdorite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nahcolite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Newberyite
Nyerereite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
Oxy-dravite (TL)
'Parisite'
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
'Plumbopyrochlore (of Atencio et al.)'
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrochlore Group
var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
Pyrope
Pyrope
var: Rhodolite

Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Lace Agate
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rutile
Sanidine
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
Schreyerite (TL)
Sepiolite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Spinel
'Synchysite'
Taranakite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Trona
Turquoise
'Uhligite'
'Uvite'
Villiaumite
Wollastonite
Zeolite Group
Zircon


162 entries listed. 108 valid minerals. 8 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Kenya
Kenya

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References

- Dodson, R.G (1957): Pegmatites of Kenya. in Commision de Coopération Technique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara (C.C.T.A.). Geologie. Comités regionaux Centre, Est et Sud. Conférence de Tananarive Avril 1957. I, 151-154
- King, B.C., Le Bas, M.J., and Sutherland, D.S. (1972) The history of the alkaline volcanoes and intrusive complexes of eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society of London: 128: 173-205.


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