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Pirssonite from
Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Pirssonite
Formula:Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pirssonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:972673
Long-form Identifier:1:3:972673:4
GUID (UUID V4):b1bb02bb-9bf7-4bc7-b256-530ef66eb10c
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/chemgeo Halogens (F, Cl and Br) at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania): Effects of magmatic differentiation...Natrocarbonatite Halogen fractionation Bromine TXRF Oldoinyo Lengai Leaching a b s t r a c t Halogen abundances of...and their alteration products from Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania) are compared to those of associated silicate...alteration. In the associated silicate rocks at Oldoinyo Lengai concentrations of all three halogens increase from...abundances in natrocarbonatites from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania) and the associated silicate rocks in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[(Na,K,Cax)2ā€“x(CO3)], known from Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania). A reļ¬nement to the IUGS chemical...(<600Ā°C) natrocarbonatitic lavas from Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania that contain 38ā€“40 wt.% combined Na2O...Roberts 1984; Zaitsev et al. 2013); Kerimasi, Tanzania (Hay 1983; Zaitsev 2010; Guzmics et al. 2011);... PARADIS 2010) to very recent (e.g. Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania, which is considered an active volcano)... Carbonatites with mineralogy similar to Ol Doinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite may have been relatively
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
signiļ¬cance of natrocarbonatites at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: Composition of lavas from 1988 to 2007ā€ā˜†...Available online 27 August 2012 Keywords: Oldoinyo Lengai Natrocarbonatite Average composition and compositional...Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania, are unique in magmatic petrology. The historical activity of Oldoinyo Lengai has...relationship to the silicate magmas of Oldoinyo Lengai. The ā€œtypeā€ natrocarbonatite major and trace element...25 samples with low standard deviation. Oldoinyo Lengai carbonatites are unique in almost all aspects of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
signiļ¬cance of natrocarbonatites at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: Composition of lavas from 1988 to 2007 J...Available online 1 June 2012 Keywords: Oldoinyo Lengai Natrocarbonatite Average composition and compositional...Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania, are unique in magmatic petrology. The historical activity of Oldoinyo Lengai has...relationship to the silicate magmas of Oldoinyo Lengai. The ā€œtypeā€ natrocarbonatite major and trace element...25 samples with low standard deviation. Oldoinyo Lengai carbonatites are unique in almost all aspects of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compounds carbonate salts of calcium and magnesium: pirssonite, gaylussite, shortite, and more complex salts:...crystallization. Other minerals (gaylussite, pirssonite, shortite, northupite, and tychite) are formed...problematical Lavas and ash from the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, and volcanic exhalations of Etna, Vesuvius...and the carbonatite-soda formations of the 01 Doinyo Lengai volcano. The deposition of the lacustrine-continental...the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano belong to the highly alkaline car bonatite complexes of the region. Its
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
forsteriteā€“phlogopite ijolites at Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano, Tanzania: study of melt inclusions V.S. Sekisova...inclusions in minerals of ijolite xenoliths at Oldoinyo Lengai Volcano. Melt inclusions with different phase compositions...ijolite; nyerereite; natrocarbonatite; Oldoinyo Lengai Introduction The East African Rift System, expanding...the Gulf of Aden through Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania, is divided into two large tectonic zones: Western...the present, for example, Oldoinyo Lengai, which is located in Tanzania, ~16 km south of Lake Natron, near
Report (chapter)
is the natrocarbonatite ash observed from Ol Doinyo Lengai: 'The trona evaporites of Lakes Magadi and...June 30, 2015 Lake Magadi, Kenya active O1 Doinyo Lengai volcano.' (Baker, this volume). Ash contributed...229) that the natrocarbonatite lava and ash of Lengai are due to the interaction of the alkaline silicate...particularly the abundant shortite (Na2CO3" 2CACO3), pirssonite (Na2CO3CaCO3.2H20) (implied to have been present...in the sedimentary deposits of the Lake Magadi region, Kenya. Bull. Geol. Soc. Am. 87, 1739-52. - - &
Report (volume)
Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. However, in the last few years there...Depth to metamorphic basement in the Koobi Fora region from seismic and gravity data. 75 Watkins, R.T...record of Pleistocene deposits, Lake Natron basin, Tanzania... Bonnefille, G. & Rā€ž Tiercelin, Sedimentation...countriesā€”Chad, EthĀ¬ iopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Geographical representation is very...waterfall dams and in rivers. There is thus no region of the world to match African lakes for the study
Report (volume)
Carbonatite lava flow from an eruption of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. Photo courtesy of Tobias Fischer. Series...more than 10,000 prospectors to the semi-desert region, and inevitably led to the recognition of diamond...Coal Mine 45, Kopeisk, Urals R3 Is River, Isovsky District, Urals C C I, To MCo CoF Pla I M M N, Ta Pla...Luobusha ophiolite complex, Autonomous Tibetan Region; (2) within the Mengyin kimberlite field, Linyi...three carbides that are unknown from any other region: qusongite (WC; Fang et al. 2009; Shi et al. 2009)
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regions. Five Islands, Gulf of Mexico. Zagros/Hormuz region, Arabian (Persian) Gulf Salt Dissolution: Solution...Pentahydrite MgS04.5H20 Colemanite Ca2B5Oir5H20 Pirssonite CaC03.Na2C03.2H20 Darapskite NaSO NaN0rH,0...Stromatolite Lakes *b/% Mg 300 ppm 18Ā°C in the Coorong region of South Na 200 ppm -j q " Australia (Figure 4...basins, such as the Messinian of the Mediterranean region. InĀ¬ stead, the isopachous precipitative facies...accessed 11 Dec, 2004 for more details on this region of New Mexico). Logan, 1987; Kendall, 1989; Smoot
 
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