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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.

External Links

- http://www.uoguelph.ca/~geology/rocks_for_crops/31kenya.PDF

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite Aegirine Aegirine-augite Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' 'Allanite' Anatase Andradite var: Melanite 'Apatite' Apophyllite-(KOH) Arfvedsonite Augite Baryte 'Bastnäsite' Berdesinskiite (TL) Beryl var: Aquamarine Biotite Brookite Brushite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite-(Ce) 'Chlorite Group' Clinoferrosilite 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' Corundum var: Ruby var: Sapphire 'Denhardtite' Diopside Dolomite Dravite var: Chromian Dravite

Epidote Eudialyte Eugsterite (TL) Euxenite-(Y) 'Feldspar Group' Ferrorichterite Ferrosilite 'Florencite' Florencite-(Ce) Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena 'Garnet' Gaylussite 'Glass' Goethite Gold Gonnardite Gorceixite Götzenite Goyazite Graphite Grossular var: Tsavorite Gypsum Halite Hannayite Hedenbergite Hematite Illite Ilmenite Kanemite Kaolinite Kenyaite (TL) 'K Feldspar'

'K Feldspar var: Adularia' Kogarkoite Kolbeckite Kornerupine Kyanite Limonite Magadiite (TL) Magnesio-arfvedsonite Magnetite Makatite (TL) Marcasite 'Melilite Group' Microcline 'Monazite' Montdorite Nahcolite Natrolite Nepheline Newberyite Opal Orthoclase Oxy-dravite 'Parisite' Perovskite 'Phillipsite' Phlogopite Prehnite 'Psilomelane' Pyrite 'Pyrochlore' Pyrochlore Group var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrope var: Rhodolite Pyrrhotite

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

148 entries listed. 97 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Kenya Central Province Coast Province Kilifi District Kinangoni mine Roka Vitengeni Kwale District Lasamba Hill Mrima Hill Taita Taveta District Mangari Tsavo West Taita Hills Voi Lualenyi Mine Mwatate Kabanga Shako Ranch Tsavo National Park Scorpion Mine Tsavo West John Saul mine Penny Lane mine Yellow Tourmaline Mine Eastern Province Embu (Kirimari) Isiolo District Kitui District Baobab Mine Makueni District Umba Valley Region Sultan Hamud Meru Mount Kenya National Park Mount Kenya Tharaka District Kavirondo Kakamega Goldfield Kakamega-Kisumu Mine Kerio Valley Kimwarer ore body Kimingini Mine Lake Rudolf (Lake Turkana)

Kenya Lake Victoria Luanda Rangwa carbonatite complex Ekiojanga Kinyamungu Sindo Little Mogadi Dry Lake (Little Magadi Dry Lake) North Eastern Province Nyanza Province Buru and Kuge Homa Mountain complex Rangwa complex Ruri complex North Ruri South Ruri Rift Valley Province Gregory Rift Bogoria Lake (Hannington Lake) Hell’s Gate National Park Olkaria volcano Kaiiado District Lake Amboseli Lapurr Range (Laburr Range; Labur Range) Mount Elgon Kitum Cave Samburu District Baragoi area South Rift Valley Lake Magadi Shombole Suswa Volcano Cave No. 13 Cave No. 14 Tura dukas Turkana District Kalacha Lodwar Lokirima Umba Valley region Western Province