| Locality type: | Complex |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rangwa carbonatite complex, Kisingiri Volcano, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1210119 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1210119:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 186a9edb-d2b8-4207-b246-8e62ac044360 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 20.9km (13.0 miles) | ⓘRuri complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 23.7km (14.7 miles) | ⓘSouth Ruri, Ruri complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 24.7km (15.3 miles) | ⓘNorth Ruri, Ruri complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 27.5km (17.1 miles) | ⓘWasaki Peninsula Carbonatites, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 30.7km (19.1 miles) | ⓘSokolo Point Carbonatite, Wasaki Peninsula Carbonatites, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| 43.9km (27.3 miles) | ⓘHoma Mountain complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya |
| References |
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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 |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | Report No. 45 COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF KENYA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE Ä N D INDUSTRY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...corner of Kenya. It is a most important area as in its northern part there is a number of carbonatite centres...found at the centres, and the mapping of that at Rangwa has proved the presence of the melilite-rich rock...places in the world. The geology of the area is complex and, in the time available for the primary survey...origin of the carbonatite centres, the story being particularly clearly seen at Rangwa. Much of the early |
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