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Oxy-dravite from
Kwale County, Kenya


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Oxy-dravite
Formula:Na(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Oxy-dravite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kwale County, Kenya
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416007
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416007:6
GUID (UUID V4):f1d3a6c1-6e7e-42b3-9421-473a6a065555
References
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database - rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/minerals/Oxy-dravite
Bosi, Ferdinando, Lucchesi, Sergio (2004) Crystal chemistry of the schorl-dravite series. European Journal of Mineralogy, 16 (2) 335-344 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0335
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Cairncross, Bruce (2019) Minerals & Gemstones of East Africa - Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Penguin Random House.
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MINERALS& GEMSTONES of East Africa Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda Bruce Cairncross Published...Africa 10 East African resources 12 Burundi 13 Kenya 14 Rwanda 16 Tanzania 17 Uganda 20 Gemological properties...through Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and into the Sudan - has blessed East Africa, Kenya and Tanzania, with...now mainland Tanzania) and then progressing to Kenya - I am proud to say that the coloured gemstones...fact is that both of the national gemstones of Kenya and Tanzania (tsavorite and tanzanite, respectively)
 
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