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Pyroxene Group from
Kisingiri Volcano, Homa Bay County, Kenya


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:'Pyroxene Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:ADSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyroxene Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kisingiri Volcano, Homa Bay County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1426557
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1426557:0
GUID (UUID V4):4215aef5-9df2-4d93-af0a-2373ad40ed96
Nearest other occurrences of Pyroxene Group
24.7km (15.3 miles) ⓘNorth Ruri, Ruri complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
24.7km (15.4 miles) ⓘWasaki Peninsula and Ruri Hills Phonolites, Homa Bay County, Kenya
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘUsaki Ijolite Complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘHoma Mountain complex, Homa Bay County, Kenya
References
Deines, P., & Gold, D. P. (1973). The isotopic composition of carbonatite and kimberlite carbonates and their bearing on the isotopic composition of deep-seated carbon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 37(7), 1709-1733. doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(73)90158-0
Le Bas, M. J. (1977). Carbonatite-nephelinite volcanism: an African case history. London: Wiley.
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
Rubie, D. C. (1982). Mass transfer and volume change during alkali metasomatism at Kisingiri, Western Kenya. Lithos, 15(2), 99-109. doi.org/10.1016/0024-4937(82)90003-2
Rubie, D. C., & Gunter, W. D. (1983). The role of speciation in alkaline igneous fluids during fenite metasomatism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 82(2-3), 165-175. doi.org/10.1007/BF01166611
DRAKE, R. E., VAN COUVERING, J. A., PICKFORD, M. H., CURTIS, G. H., & HARRIS, J. A. (1988). New chronology for the Early Miocene mammalian faunas of Kisingiri, Western Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 145(3), 479-491. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.145.3.0479
Bestland, E. A., Thackray, G. D., & Retallack, G. J. (1995). Cycles of doming and eruption of the Miocene Kisingiri Volcano, Southwest Kenya. The Journal of Geology, 103(5), 598-607. doi.org/10.1086/629779
Bestland, E. A., & Krull, E. S. (1999). Palaeoenvironments of Early Miocene Kisingiri volcano Proconsul sites: evidence from carbon isotopes, palaeosols and hydromagmatic deposits. Journal of the Geological Society, 156(5), 965-976. doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.156.5.0965
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Selley, Richard C., Cocks, L. Robin M., Plimer, Ian R. - Eds. (2005) Encyclopedia of Geology Vol. 3. Elsevier.
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