Locality type:

Volcano

Classification

Species:

Magnetite

Formula:

Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Ribkwo Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1426207

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1426207:8

GUID (UUID V4):

e5b9d991-373f-4091-93c6-c6d596b6c3cf

Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite

19.8km (12.3 miles)

ⓘ Silali Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

21.1km (13.1 miles)

ⓘ Kachila Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

31.5km (19.6 miles)

ⓘ Kafkandal Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

42.7km (26.5 miles)

ⓘ Nasaken Volcano, Turkana County, Kenya

References

Webb, P.K. & Weaver, S.D. 1976. Trachyte shield volcanoes: a new volcanic form from South Turkana, Kenya. Bulletin Volcanologique, 39, 294-312.

Weaver, S. D. (1977). The Quaternary caldera volcano Emuruangogolak, Kenya Rift, and the petrology of a bimodal ferrobasalt-pantelleritic trachyte association. Bulletin Volcanologique, 40(4), 209-230. doi.org/10.1007/BF02597564

Key, R. M. (1987). Geology of the Maralal area. Republic of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department Report, 105.

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	fossil vertebrates in tuffs of the spectacular volcano that I had mapped in 19909. Thereafter, from 1959...sedimentological and palaeontological studies in the Kenya Rift Valley project. This, indeed, worked exceedingly... GREGORY RIFT VALLEY TANZANIA; OLORGESAILIE, KENYA I51 10. MARY D, LEAKEY. Olduvai Gorge 1911-1975:...SHACKLETON. Geological Map of the Olorgesailie Area, Kenya 171 12. 13. GLYNN LL. IsAAc. The Olorgesailie...Contents B. Tue Lake Barinco Basin, KENYA 14. GREGORY R. CHAPMAN Basin, Kenya & MAUREEN BROOK. Ghronostratigraphy
	*Frostick, L. E., Renault, R. W., Reid, I., Tiercelin, J. J. - Eds.* (1986) Sedimentation in the African Rifts. Special Publication Vol. 25. Geological Society of London**	Report (volume)
	continents. Field work was conducted in Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. However...Baker, B.FL Tectonics and volcanism of the southern Kenya Rift Valley and its influence on rift sedimentation...structures, salic volcanism and sedimentation in the Kenya Rift from the equator northwards to Lake Turkana...from seismic and gravity data. 75 Watkins, R.T. Volcano-tectonic control on sedimentation in the Koobi...landtorm evolution in a rift valley basin, northern Kenya. Frostick, L.E. & Reid, I. Evolution and sedimentary

Magnetite from Ribkwo Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya

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Ribkwo Volcano, Baringo County, Kenya