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


Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ol Doinyo Lengai, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:846145
Long-form Identifier:1:3:846145:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘKerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
14.1km (8.7 miles) ⓘTrig Point Hill flow, Kerimasi volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘMosonik Volcano, Ngorongoro District, Arusha region, Tanzania
83.3km (51.8 miles) ⓘMonduli volcano, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
90.8km (56.4 miles) ⓘRuby occurrence, Muriatata hills, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
References
Keller, J.; Zaitsev, A. N. (2006) Calciocarbonatite dykes at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: the fate of natrocarbonatite. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44 (4). 857-876 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.44.4.857
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
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
 
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