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Fayalite from Somali Plate

Ethiopia
 
  • Oromia Region
    • East Shewa Zone
Cole, J. W. (1969). Gariboldi volcanic complex, Ethiopia. Bulletin Volcanologique, 33(2), 566-578. doi.org/10.1007/BF02596525
Mohr, P. A. (1962). Surface cauldron subsidence with associated faulting and fissure basalt eruptions at Gariboldi Pass, Shoa, Ethiopia. Bulletin Volcanologique, 24(1), 421-428. doi.org/10.1007/BF02599358
      • Metehara
Varet, J. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 27, 321-332.
Kenya
 
  • Baringo County
Ridolfi, F., Renzulli, A., Macdonald, R., & Upton, B. G. (2006). Peralkaline syenite autoliths from Kilombe volcano, Kenya Rift Valley: evidence for subvolcanic interaction with carbonatitic fluids. Lithos, 91(1-4), 373-392.
Key, R. M. (1987). Geology of the Maralal area. Republic of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department Report, 105.
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
Webb, P.K. & Weaver, S.D. 1976. Trachyte shield volcanoes: a new volcanic form from South Turkana, Kenya. Bulletin Volcanologique, 39, 294-312.
  • Kajiado County
Scott, S. C., & Skilling, I. P. (1999). The role of tephrachronology in recognizing synchronous caldera-forming events at the Quaternary volcanoes Longonot and Suswa, south Kenya Rift. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 161(1), 47-67. doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.05
Macdonald, R., Kjarsgaard, B. A., Skilling, I. P., Davies, G. R., Hamilton, D. L., & Black, S. (1993). Liquid immiscibility between trachyte and carbonate in ash flow tuffs from Kenya. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 114(2), 276-287. doi.org/10.1007/BF00307762
Skilling, I. P. (1993). Incremental caldera collapse of Suswa volcano, Gregory rift valley, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 150(5), 885-896. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.150.5.0885
Randel, R. P., & Johnson, R. W. (1991). Geology of the Suswa area (No. 97). Mines & Geological Department.
Baker, B. H., Mitchell, J. G., & Williams, L. A. J. (1988). Stratigraphy, geochronology and volcano-tectonic evolution of the Kedong–Naivasha–Kinangop region, Gregory Rift Valley, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 145(1), 107-116. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.145.1.0107
Williams, L. A. J., Macdonald, R., & Chapman, G. R. (1984). Late Quaternary caldera volcanoes of the Kenya Rift valley. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 89(B10), 8553-8570. doi.org/10.1029/JB089iB10p08553
Johnshon, R. W. (1969). Volcanic geology of Mount Suswa, Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 265(1164), 383-412. doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1969.0061
  • Meru County
Mahaney, W. C. (1989). Glacial advances on Mount kenya in the Middle Holocene: fact or fiction?. In Quaternary and environmental research on East African Mountains (pp. 141-153).
Price, R.C., Johnson, R.W., Gray, C.M., and Frey, F.A. (1985) Geochemistry of phonolites and trachytes from the summit region of Mt. Kenya. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 89, 394–409.
Price, R. C., Johnson, R. W., Gray, C. M., & Frey, F. A. (1985). Geochemistry of phonolites and trachytes from the summit region of Mt. Kenya. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 89(4), 394-409. doi.org/10.1007/BF00381560
Rock, N.M.S. (1976) The comparative strontium isotopic composition of alkaline rocks: new data from Southern Portugal and East Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 56, 205–228. doi.org/10.1007/BF00399605
Baker, B.H., Williams, L.A.J., Miller, J.A., and Fitch, F.J. (1971) Sequence and geochronology of the Kenya rift volcanics. Tectonophysics, 11, 191–215. doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(71)90030-8
Baker, B.H. (1967) Geology of the Mount Kenya area. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department, Report No. 79, 78 pp.
Gregory, J. W. (1900). The geology of Mount Kenya. Quarter. J. Geol. Soc., 56, 205-222.
  • Nakuru County
Scott, S. C., & Skilling, I. P. (1999). The role of tephrachronology in recognizing synchronous caldera-forming events at the Quaternary volcanoes Longonot and Suswa, south Kenya Rift. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 161(1), 47-67. doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.161.01.05
Clarke, M. C. G., Woodhall, D. G., Allen, D., & Darling, G. (1990). Geological, volcanological and hydrological controls on the occurrence of geothermal activity in the area surrounding Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Kenya, Ministry of Energy Report, Nairobi, Kenya.
Scott, S. C., & Bailey, D. K. (1984). Coeruption of contrasting magmas and temporal variations in magma chemistry at Longonot volcano, Central Kenya. Bulletin Volcanologique, 47(4), 849-873. doi.org/10.1007/BF01952347
Scott, S. C. (1982). Evidence from Longonot Volcano, central Kenya, lending further support to the argument for a coexisting CO 2 rich vapour in peralkaline magma. Geological Magazine, 119(2), 215-217. doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800025917
Scott, S. C. (1980). The geology of Longonot volcano, Central Kenya: a question of volumes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 296(1420), 437-465. doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1980.0188
  • Samburu County
Black, S., Macdonald, R., Barreiro, B. A., Dunkley, P. N., & Smith, M. (1998). Open system alkaline magmatism in northern Kenya: evidence from U-series disequilibria and radiogenic isotopes. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 131(4), 364-378. doi.org/10.1007/s004100050398
Dunkley, P. N., Smith, M., Allen, D. J., & Darling, W. G. (1993). The geothermal activity and geology of the northern sector of the Kenya Rift Valley. British Geological Survey, Research Report. International Series SC/93/1.
Williams, L. A. J., Macdonald, R., & Chapman, G. R. (1984). Late Quaternary caldera volcanoes of the Kenya Rift valley. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 89(B10), 8553-8570. doi.org/10.1029/JB089iB10p08553
Norry, M. J., Truckle, P. H., Lippard, S. J., Hawkesworth, C. J., Weaver, S. D., & Marriner, G. F. (1980). Isotopic and trace element evidence from lavas, bearing on mantle heterogeneity beneath Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 297(1431), 259-271. doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1980.0214
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
Shotton, F. W., Williams, R. E. G., & Johnson, A. (1974). Birmingham University radiocarbon dates VIII. Radiocarbon, 16(3), 285-303. doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200059610
  • Turkana County
Key, R. M. (1987). Geology of the Maralal area. Republic of Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geological Department Report, 105.
Webb, P.K. & Weaver, S.D. 1976. Trachyte shield volcanoes: a new volcanic form from South Turkana, Kenya. Bulletin Volcanologique, 39, 294-312.
Macdonald, R., Davies, G. R., Upton, B. G. J., Dunkley, P. N., Smith, M., & Leat, P. T. (1995). Petrogenesis of Silali volcano, Gregory Rift, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 152(4), 703-720. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.152.4.0703
Smith, M., Dunkley, P. N., Deino, A., Williams, L. A. J., & McCall, G. J. H. (1995). Geochronology, stratigraphy and structural evolution of Silali volcano, Gregory Rift, Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 152(2), 297-310. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.152.2.0297
Dunkley, P. N., Smith, M., Allen, D. J., & Darling, W. G. (1993). The geothermal activity and geology of the northern sector of the Kenya Rift Valley. British Geological Survey, Research Report. International Series SC/93/1.
McCall, G. J. H., & Hornung, G. (1972). A geochemical study of Silali volcano, Kenya, with special reference to the origin of the intermediate-acid eruptives of the Central Rift Valley. In Developments in Geotectonics (Vol. 7, pp. 97-113). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-41087-0.50016-6
Madagascar
 
  • Diana
    • Ambanja
      • Anorotsangana
Behier, Jean (1963) Carte minéralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique de Madagascar A.1871
De Saint Ours, Jacques (1960) Etudes geologiques dans l'extreme nord de Madagascar et L'Archipel des Comores. RĂ©publique Malgache, MinistĂšre de l’Economie National -Service GĂ©ologique , Tananarive. p.1-272.
Lacroix, Alfred (1922) Minéralogie de Madagascar- Tome II - Minéralogie appliqueé lithologie. A. Challamel, Paris. p.1-694.
Emerick, C.M., Duncan, R.A. (1982) Age progressive volcanism in the Comores Archipelago, western Indian Ocean and implications for Somali plate tectonics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 60 (3) 415-428 doi:10.1016/0012-821x(82)90077-2
Karche, J. P. (1973). Le Massif volcanique d'Ambre et les régions voisines du nord de Madagascar: Etude volcanologique et pétrologique. Univ. de Besançon, Inst. des Sciences Naturelles. Ser.3, Géologie, 19 (1), 1-173.
Henri Besaire (1971) Feuille 1. Diego-Suarez. 1:500000. Carte géologigues Madagascar 1/500.000, Service Geologique de Madagascar.
Karche, J.-P. (1971) Étude pĂ©trographique et chimique de la sĂ©rie volcanique de l'Anorontany et des Iles Mitsio (Nord de Madagascar) Comptes Rendus de la Semaine GĂ©ologique 1970. ComitĂ© National Malgache de GĂ©ologie p.39-45.
Lacroix, Alfred (1923) MinĂ©ralogie de Madagascar Tome 3 - Lithologie Appendice - Index Geographique. SociĂ©tĂ© d'Éditions GĂ©ographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, Paris. p.1-450.
Lacroix, Alfred (1922) Minéralogie de Madagascar, Tome I. Géologie-Minéralogie descriptive. Augustin Challamel, Paris. p.1-624.
Malawi
 
  • Southern Region
    • Mulanje
Platt, R. G., Wall, F., Williams, C. T., Woolley, A. R. (1987) Zirconolite, chevkinite and other rare earth minerals from nepheline syenites and peralkaline granites and syenites of the Chilwa Alkaline Province, Malawi. Mineralogical Magazine, 51 (360) 253-263 doi:10.1180/minmag.1987.051.360.07
Platt, R. Garth, Woolley, Alan R. (1986) The mafic mineralogy of the peralkaline syenites and granites of the Mulanje complex, Malawi. Mineralogical Magazine, 50 (355) 85-99 doi:10.1180/minmag.1986.050.355.12
Garson, M. S., & Walshaw, R. D. (1969). The geology of the Mlanje area. Bulletin, Geological Survey of Malawi, 21.
Van der Post, L. (1957). Venture into the Interior. Penguin Books.
Dixey, F. (1927). The Mlanje Mountains of Nyasaland. Geographical Review, 17(4), 611-626. doi.org/10.2307/208001
pdfs.semanticscholar.org (n.d.) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8543/4bac56889ec26ceb38473c1e81e904df30e7.pdf
Wooley (2001)
South Africa
 
  • Gauteng
    • City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
S. Brandt, M.L. Fassbender, R. Klemd, C. Macauley, P. Felfer, K.M. Haase (2020): Cumulate olivine: A novel host for heavy rare earth element mineralization. Geology, 49, in press.
Company web site
Rocks & Minerals 83:5 pp 410-421
  • Limpopo
    • Waterberg District Municipality
      • Bela-Bela Local Municipality
        • Bela-Bela
Mineral Deposits of Southern Africa
      • Mogalakwena Local Municipality
        • Mogalakwena
          • Mokopane
Buchanan, D.L., Nolan, J. Suddaby, P., Rouse, J. E., Viljoen, M.J. & Davenport, W.J. (1981): The genesis of sulfide mineralization in a portion of ther Potgietersrus limb of the Bushveld Complex. Economic Geolology. 76:568-579
 
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