Kenya,Rift Valley Province,Lake Magadi. The pink-tinged mineral encrustations of trona or natron form by evaporation in the shallow alkaline waters of Lake Magadi. They are mined for a variety of commercial uses and are continually replenished by the action of underground springs.
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