Shungura formation, Lower Omo Valley, Lake Rudolf (Lake Turkana), Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia

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Ref.: American Mineralogist (1979): 64: 169-171.

Pliocene/Pleistocene lacustrine sediments.
G22, G24 and G25 submembers of the Shungura Formation.
Phosphates are associated with fossil fish scales and bones.

Mineral List:

Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
Calcite
Gypsum

Halite
Limonite
Mitridatite
Quartz

Robertsite
'Smectite Group'

10 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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