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Lake Amboseli, Rift Valley Province, Kenya

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Seasonal lake with very alkaline water, usually dry and extremely dusty. Most of the "lake" is inside Amboseli National Park, although the southwestern end is outside park boundaries. The "meerschaum" variety of sepiolite was mined here.





Mineral List:
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Hay RL, Hughes RE, Kyser TK, Glass HD and Liu J (1995) Clays and Clay Minerals, vol. 43, p.455-466; Stoessell and Hay (1978) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 65, p.255-267]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Hay RL, Hughes RE, Kyser TK, Glass HD and Liu J (1995) Clays and Clay Minerals, vol. 43, p.455-466; Stoessell and Hay (1978) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 65, p.255-267.]
  		•  Gaylussite
    Na
     
    2
    		Ca(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Bill Wall specimens (collected 1970s)]
    Site Photo
    Lake Amboseli, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Illite
    K
     
    0.65
    		A
     
    2.0
    		 [][Al
     
    0.65
    		Si,
     
    3.35
    		O
     
    10
    		](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Hay RL, Hughes RE, Kyser TK, Glass HD and Liu J (1995) Clays and Clay Minerals, vol. 43, p.455-466; Stoessell and Hay (1978) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 65, p.255-267]
  		•  Sepiolite
    Mg
     
    4
    		Si
     
    6
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Hay RL, Hughes RE, Kyser TK, Glass HD and Liu JH (1995) Clays and Clay Minerals, vol. 43, p.455-466; Stoessell and Hay (1978) Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 65, p.255-267.]


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