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


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Type:Nephelinite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nephelinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1384094
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1384094:9
GUID (UUID V4):3783d967-716d-4bc6-8b9a-7dd6656028f8
Nearest other occurrences of Nephelinite
14.1km (8.7 miles) ⓘTrig Point Hill flow, Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
73.2km (45.5 miles) ⓘShompole Volcano, Kajiado County, Kenya
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘSadiman volcano, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/lithos Peralkaline silicate lavas at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania Jurgis Klaudius ⁎, Jörg Keller Institut fĂŒr...June 2006 Abstract A detailed study of Oldoinyo Lengai has led to the recognition of two major cone-building...phonolitic stage, Lengai I, forms the southern cone. The recent nephelinitic Lengai II developed following...collapse event over Lengai I. Petrography of Lengai II lavas show that nephelinite is combeite- and wollastonite-bearing...wollastonite-bearing. All Oldoinyo Lengai lavas are peralkaline and highly evolved in terms of low Mg#
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(calcio-carbonate type) and silicate melts (nephelinite to phonolite type). The experimental data shows...consisted of a mixture between synthetic hydrated nephelinite powder and synthetic calcite, in a ratio 90:10...(bulk composition from Kjarsgaard, 1998). The nephelinite powder was made from the mixture of synthetic... the silicate liquid compositions vary from nephelinite to phonolite, with SiO2 contents from 44.3 ±...African Rift, including data from the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania (De Moor et al., 2013), the most
Report (issue)
Oldonyo Lengai (Oldoinyo Lengai) Volcano and Surroundings, Arusha Region, United Republic of Tanzania By David...Oldonyo Lengai (Oldoinyo Lengai) and surroundings, Arusha Region, United Republic of Tanzania: U.S. Geological... . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Oldonyo Lengai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . 32 Age of Oldonyo Lengai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . 32 Previously Published Ages from Oldonyo Lengai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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carbonates in peridotite xenoliths from northeastern Tanzania Received: 30 July 1999 / Accepted: 5 February...xenoliths from the East African Rift in northeastern Tanzania occur as intergranular patches with accessory...located in the rift valley proper in northern Tanzania (Dawson and Smith 1988). These sites are near...near the well-known carbonatite volcanoes, Ol Doinyo Lengai and Kerimasai. The host lava for both Pello and...garnet-bearing lithologies, the lithosphere beneath this region probably extends no deeper than 90 km, consistent
Report (chapter)
Uganda; Songhor and Koru, Kenya; and Laetoli, Tanzania. Some, and perhaps most, of the carbonatite ash...carbonatite eruptions were from O1 Doinyo Lengai, in northern Tanzania (Fig. 1), which has discharged both... ~" ' ~" "~'" .,~ "~"'",~ Tanzania . 2o - .x" ~ . . Oldoinyo Lengai Olduvai G o r g e * ~ '~-~...carbonatite volcanic rocks of Kerimasi volcano in Tanzania (Hay 1983) and the Tinderet centre in Kenya (Deans...Gold 1973), and natrocarbonatite lava of Oldoinyo Lengai has 6180 of c. +7%0 (O'Neil & H a y 1973). Isotopic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
forsterite–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...volcanoes are divided into two main groups: nephelinite and basalt ones (Dawson, 2008). In the southern
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
signiïŹcance of natrocarbonatites at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: Composition of lavas from 1988 to 2007”☆...Available online 27 August 2012 Keywords: Oldoinyo Lengai Natrocarbonatite Average composition and compositional...Peralkaline nephelinite a b s t r a c t The natrocarbonatites of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania, are unique...petrology. The historical activity of Oldoinyo Lengai has seen changes from nephelinitic to natrocarbonatitic...relationship to the silicate magmas of Oldoinyo Lengai. The “type” natrocarbonatite major and trace element
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
signiïŹ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...Peralkaline nephelinite a b s t r a c t The natrocarbonatites of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania, are unique...petrology. The historical activity of Oldoinyo Lengai has seen changes from nephelinitic to natrocarbonatitic...relationship to the silicate magmas of Oldoinyo Lengai. The “type” natrocarbonatite major and trace element
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been quantified for the Natron–Magadi area on the Tanzania/Kenya border and is estimated5 to release 1 ±​0...carbon: Mount Nyiragongo at 5 Mt C yr–1 and Ol Doinyo Lengai at 0.7 Mt C yr–1 (ref. 13). The estimate of...equivalents16,17. Carbonatites at localities such as Ol Doinyo Lengai in East Africa release significant mantle-derived...tapped: 41 of 42 carbonatites in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania were emplaced in the last 40 million years22,...carbonatites at 123– 133 Ma in Malawi and 1,040 Ma in Tanzania indicate a recurrence of CO2-rich magmatism, which
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...melilitite to evolved combeite–wollastonite nephelinite, demonstrating their incompatible behavior during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ijolite (e.g. LeBas, 1975); iii) Contamination of nephelinite by crustal material (Wimmenauer, 1966); iv) Simple...syenite, Ocholminarot village plateau Phonolitic nephelinite, type Tvpn3, Gotjope hill Carbonatite, ring-dyke...ring-dyke at edge of plateau, S. Ruri Phonolitic nephelinite, type Tvpn2, Sikiri Point Carbonatite, Sokolo...Sokolo point Mount Meru ME2 ME5 ME1 ME8 ME10 Nephelinite, near Park Headquarters, Momela Gate Trachyte with...with anorthoclase, Fig Tree Arch Nephelinite, lava flow at Boma la Megi Kaersutite-rich pyroxenite, Kitoto
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
[(Na,K,Cax)2–x(CO3)], known from Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania). A reïŹnement to the IUGS chemical...(<600°C) natrocarbonatitic lavas from Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania that contain 38–40 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)
Geochemistry of volcanic rocks from Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: Implications for mantle source lithology...Geochemistry of volcanic rocks from Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: Implications for mantle source lithology...Geochemistry of volcanic rocks from Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: 2 Implications for mantle source lithology...(S.H. Choi) 18 19 20 Abstract 21 22 Oldoinyo Lengai is the only active carbonatite volcano within the...the East African Rift Valley in 23 northern Tanzania. The volcano is dominated by peralkaline silicate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region 142432, Russia 5 Fersman Mineralogical Museum...al. 1994), peralkaline nephelinite lava of the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania (Dawson 1998), alkaline...alkaline basalts of the Eifel paleovolcanic region, Germany (Chukanov et al. 2011, 2012, 2014), fenites of...and tectonophysical studies of the Kola-Karelian region, the Paleozoic carbonatite and alkaline massifs...Bearpaw (Chakhmouradian and Mitchell 1999), Ol Doinyo Lengai (Dawson 1998), P2-West Kimberlite (Kaur and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
initial volatile concentrations in basanite/nephelinite magmas, from partial melting of volatile-bearing...crystallization from low-silica melts, with nephelinite, basanite, and melilitite primary compositions...Central Sodalite-bearing phonolite Ol Doinyo Lengai Sadiman Nephelinite and Basanite Eifel Saghro 8 basanite...Klaudius and Keller 2006; Zaitsev et al. 2012); and nephelinite and basanite, Eifel (white square = Mertes and...and Schmincke 1985; Wedepohl et al. 1994), nephelinite Saghro (black square = Berger et al. 2009). end-members
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is located in the Saguenay region of QuĂ©bec, Canada (Figure 1). This region is comprised of three petrographic...carbonatite-related fluid. The best example is Ol Doinyo Lengai, which features salt fumaroles [64]. However... B.; Hamilton, D.; Peterson, T. Peralkaline nephelinite/carbonatite liquid immiscibility: Comparison...in experiments and natural lavas from oldoinyo lengai. In Carbonatite Volcanism; Springer Nature: Berlin/Heidelberg...43–55. [CrossRef] Von Eckermann, H. The Alkaline District of Alnö Island (Alnö Alkalina OmrĂ„de); A. b. Kartografiska
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. & R„ Tiercelin, Sedimentation...countries—Chad, Eth¬ 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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Russia), and natrocarbonatite in the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania) mainly consisting of Na-K-Ca carbonates...calcite/dolomite carbonatite. fenite mainly consists Region [61,62]. The ore-forming is extremely complex,...carbonatite, such as Oldoinyo Lengai sodic carbonatite in northern Tanzania [19,57,58]. However, carbonatites...grassland, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [61,62]. The ore-forming process is extremely complex...silicate and carbonatite rocks from Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania). J. Afr. Earth Sci. 2018, 142, 193–206
Report (issue)
were that part of the Rift Valley not a volcanic region, it is unlikely that the deposits would have accumulated...(a) Olorgesailie Volcanic Series (b) Shanamu (2) Ol Keju Nero Basalts (3) Kirikiti Basalts (4) Lengitoto...sediment (5) The Plateau Trachyte Series (6) Ol Doinyo Nyegi Volcanics (7) Ash and scoriaceous lava vents...through Ol Doinyo Nyegi hill Fig. 5.- -Section in a stream one mile south-west of Ol Doinyo Nyegi Fig...area was formerly in the Masai Extra-Provincial District but is now in Southern Province, that part east
Book
OLpuvaAiI GoRGE AND LAETOLIL, GREGORY RIFT VALLEY TANZANIA; OLORGESAILIE, KENYA I51 10. MARY D, LEAKEY...WHITE. Fossil hominids from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania 157 ROBERT M. SHACKLETON. Geological Map of...artifacts from the Kapthurin Formation, Baringo District, Kenya 337 361 C. Tue Laxe TurKANA (RupoLpH)... Cates ery — 7 ’ co) te | Ded uit Ai im, ol + ’ ai _ ie gta ve o* FT eee = = pre...It contains unique fossil localities in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia and the Omo valley in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1910; Both and Williams, 1968: Fig. 2A). This district is zoned mineralogically relative to the ~360...pyrite- to siderite-dominated. The Bingham Canyon district in NU Utah, western USA is also strongly zoned...extinct carbonatite volcanos (e.g. Ol Doinyo Lengai in northern Tanzania: Hay, 1989), and Zn deposits (e...Hackett and Bischoff, 1973). Although the Ol Doinyo Lengai system is not known to contain significant...(Kelley et al., 2004) and deposits in the Gamsberg district in South Africa (Rozendaal et al., 1986; Ryan
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differentiation 51 rocks Differentiation in wholly ol The diversity of magmatic liquid magmas Fractional...rocks 121 124 126 129 129 Contents Chapter 7 (ol Nad) General statement Textures and modal TS Geochemistry... Guttard studied the rocks of the Auvergne region of central France and recognized many recently...work (1894-1933) on the igneous rocks of the Oslo region of Norway; (b) the publication in 1895 of Alfred...uniquely able to provide substantial data about the region where they originated. The term primary magma should
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discoveries, dated to 1.8 Ma at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. During these years, he was working for the Institut...African Early Acheulean of Peninj (Lake Natron, Tanzania) . . . . . 129 Fernando Diez-MartĂ­n, Policarpo...the TK Acheulean Site (Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania): New Excavations 50 Years After Mary Leakey ...Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35050, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Rita Melis Dipartimento di Scienze chimiche e...Acheulian occupation at Amanzi Springs, Uitenhage District, Cape Province. Annals of the Cape Provincial
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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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coccoliths. From plankton sample of the Kimberley region, Australia, kindly provided by CSIRO Tasmania (picture...which the transport medium can move from the source region to the locus of ore precipitation; 5 an energy...crystal faces of the cube {100}. Kondjor, Chabarowsk district, Eastern Siberia, Russia hexagonal with 6/m2/m2/m...deposits of the Namib Desert and in the offshore region of Namibia. Many occurrences of diamond are known...Kokchetau Massif of Siberia, the Western Gneiss region of Norway and the Saxonian Erzgebirge in Germany
 
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