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

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Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite, etc.

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite, etc.

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite, etc.

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Nyerereite

Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania

Classification
Locality type:	Volcano
Species:	Nyerereite
Formula:	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂
Comments:	Carbonatite lava, 1963 flow.
Confirmation
Validity:	Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gregoryite	5
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Nyerereite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	141343
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:141343:4
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Nyerereite

12.5km (7.8 miles)	ⓘ Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
References
Geol.Soc.Amer.,Progr. Annual. Meet.(1968) 202 *Mckie, Duncan; Frankis, E. J. (1977) Nyerereite: a new volcanic carbonate mineral from Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 145 (1). 73-95 doi:10.1524/zkri.1977.145.1-2.73* Mitchell, Roger H. (1997) Carbonate-carbonate immiscibility, neighborite and potassium iron sulphide in Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatite. Mineralogical Magazine, 61 (409) 779-789 doi:10.1180/minmag.1997.061.409.03 *ZAITSEV, A, KELLER, J (2006) Mineralogical and chemical transformation of Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatites, Tanzania. Lithos, 91 (1) 191-207 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.018* Zaitsev, A. N.; Keller, J.; Spratt, J.; Perova, E. N.; Kearsley, A. (2008) Nyerereite–pirssonite–calcite–shortite relationships in altered natrocarbonatites, Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. The Canadian Mineralogist, 46 (4). 843-860 doi:10.3749/canmin.46.4.843 Mattsson, Hannes B., Reusser, Eric (2010) Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of ashes from an early phase of the explosive September 2007 eruption of Oldoinyo Lengai (Tanzania) Journal of African Earth Sciences, 58 (5) 752-763 doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.06.005 Victoria Sekisova, Victor Victorovich Sharygin, A. N. Zaitsev, Stanislav Strekopytov (2015) Liquid Immiscibility Геология и геофизика, 2015, т. 56, № 12, с. 2173—2197

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

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