http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-92.html Tue, 21 May 2013 22:39:15 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,276226#msg-276226 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,276226#msg-276226 Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:23:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,276208#msg-276208 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,276208#msg-276208
Here is one for your gallery. Photo ID: 497508. It is no longer in my collection.]]> Ronald J. Pellar Best Minerals Z Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:41:56 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,276192#msg-276192 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,276192#msg-276192 Has your article on Zektzerite been completed? Would like to see a copy if complete. thanks.
ed@fogmountaingems.com]]> Ed Gage Best Minerals Z Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:08:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,230610#msg-230610 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,230610#msg-230610 It was good of you to post your comments, which are now in the article. It should provide good entertainment for everyone. I wish we could have more people step up and help make these articles more interesting.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:57:03 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,230606#msg-230606 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,230606#msg-230606 I appreciate the P.R. but there are a few discrepancies between your posted account and my recollections.
To wit: Sorry, no herds of deadly scorpions. What were encountered at close range were an alarming number of rattlesnakes. The reason for this is that the E.M. Zunyites are fluorescent - (red/short wave) and the best way to find the smaller ones turned out to be at night, during the Summer, which is the same time that the local buzz-worms are out foraging. I nearly stepped on some; twice.
The largest crystals (20mm / 3/4") were found during the first hour after blasting.
The tag - "Electric Meatball" wasn't applied until after photos showing the erratic boulder were: processed, viewed and the similarity noted.
It wasn't Montana wack-jobs but the illiterate claim holder whose placer claim hosted the "meatball". He was hostile, suspicious, and until he saw what we WERE taking off of his "gold property", none too cooperative. Once he saw the kind of stuff that we were collecting, he was OK. He even implied that we were a bit "thick", if you get my drift.
The funny part is, I think the Zunyite produced more income than his dry-washing ever did. The largest xtls will be on display next Tucson (2012).
J.W.]]> Jim Walker & Mary Fong/Walker Best Minerals Z Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:06:30 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207413#msg-207413 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207413#msg-207413 Not great photos, but the quality of the specimens show make them good enough. Now just upload them to the mindat gallery and Ill put them in the article.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:32:19 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207388#msg-207388 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207388#msg-207388 John Lindell Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:42:56 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207387#msg-207387 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207387#msg-207387 John Lindell Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:27:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207371#msg-207371 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207371#msg-207371 Yes, I think this is the best specimen that has been so far uploaded to mindat and I have placed it in the article as the lead image at least till we can get a better picture. It is a little dark but it is better than what we had. You should add the type of feldspar that the Zektzerite is sitting on and specify also the over all size of the specimen. We can still use about a half dozen more good images of other Zektzerite specimens of different kinds for the article.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:17:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207368#msg-207368 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207368#msg-207368

© Jeff Scovil

]]> Chris Stefano Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:59:12 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207366#msg-207366 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207366#msg-207366
How about this shot?

© C. Stefano '10

]]> Chris Stefano Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:58:03 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207359#msg-207359 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207359#msg-207359 Those are interesting comments about Zektzerite and I will work them into the text. Do you have some images of some of the better Zektzerite specimens you can upload to Mindat? We are woefully short of good Zektzerite images and I would like to add several more to the article. Is there a mineral species that you think you could write up for Best Minerals?]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:14:50 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207285#msg-207285 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207285#msg-207285 John Lindell Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:22:48 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207281#msg-207281 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,207281#msg-207281 I was one of Jack's collecting partners in the late 70's and early 80's. Bart Cannon found the first small Zektzerites in Willow Basin while looking for reported smoky quartz. He thought they might be Beryl and did not persue it. Jack was collecting with his roommate in a chute on the west side of Kangaroo Ridge when the type find was made. The type Zektzerites came from a very large float boulder in the chute. I have been to the boulder with Jack before it was later drilled and blown apart. There were three specimens collected of very large crystals that were obviously not Beryl. Jack sent them to the Smithsonian who described them as a new mineral. The story I heard at the time was that Jack had suggested Pigletite as the name after a cat he owned named Piglet. Jack later denied all storys so who knows. The Smithsonian ended up with one specimen in repository. Jack later traded a second to Ed Swaboda for a very fine large cabinet schleelite from Korea in a deal brokered by Bart. The final specimen was recently acquired by Marcus Origlieri from Jack in 2009. Bart Cannon later went on to find a very rich collecting area and sold a large precentage of the specimens in collectors' hands today.
John]]> John Lindell Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:46:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,207280#msg-207280 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,207280#msg-207280 Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:28:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,207279#msg-207279 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,115394,207279#msg-207279 While Jim's story of the zunyite find is colorful and may be true the source of the material is a small cut to the east of the old Veta Grande. I also found it independently and collected there a couple years after Jim. My material is the same although not as good as his. My largest crystals were only about 7mm. He has been to my home and seen my specimens and confirms that we found the same spot. The seam trend still continues but the large crystals seem to be played out. Maybe not with work.
John Lindell]]> John Lindell Best Minerals Z Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:16:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196457#msg-196457 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196457#msg-196457
The only 2 correct localities for the Brazilian zircons are:

- Peixe alkhaline complex, Tocantins state (I am not sure about Natividade, Peixe alkhaline complex; I will check if Natividade is the right name of the city where the alkhaline complex is located)

- Poços (should be pronounced "possos") de Caldas, Minas Gerais - it is also a big alkhaline complex

All others are 100% wrong; it is crazy, some are coimpletely absurd, like Sapucaia mine, Campos Verdes de Goiás and Brumado; all these specimens came from Peixe; Poços de Caldas complex was mined from the 1940's until the late 1980's for zirconium ore but now all mines are closed.

Luiz]]> Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, Fo. Best Minerals Z Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:48:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196441#msg-196441 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196441#msg-196441
[www.mindat.org] - exactly size spec. is 16mm x 10mm x 8mm - I fix it and give the description of the photo :)

here [www.mindat.org] is size spec. 13x8x5mm - I now fix too.

I can not write more about the site Shavaryn Tsaram because I was not there.
A two sample Zircon I have from my friend Jindrich Kynický, [www.mindat.org] , who was in the area.

Vita]]> Vítězslav Snášel Best Minerals Z Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:36:56 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196440#msg-196440 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196440#msg-196440
Your first image does not have anything in the image or caption to tell how large the zircon crystal is. Can you tell us something about the locality of Shavaryn Tsaram, Mongolia ?



Knut,
Can you tell us something about the Seiland pegmatites and the zircons that come from there?]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:17:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196373#msg-196373 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196373#msg-196373
You have listed the Kåfjord copper mines near Alta as a Zircon locality refering to a picture of a typical crystal from the Seiland pegmatites. The Kåfjord copper mines is NOT a locality for Zircons.

Knut]]> Knut Eldjarn Best Minerals Z Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:29:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196372#msg-196372 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,196372#msg-196372 here you have some photos Zircons from Shavaryn Tsaram, Mongolia

[www.mindat.org]

[www.mindat.org]

Vita]]> Vítězslav Snášel Best Minerals Z Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:10:48 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,154978#msg-154978 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,154978#msg-154978 Thanks for the heads up. When the article gets written we will probably not include those images. The links listed were just grabed in haste from the gallery without much thought applied to them. Often when creating the article some of the images are thrown out and or others added. Then of course the help we get in the threads like yours are invaluable in helping I and the other authors stay out of trouble. Would you like to work on an article here? Like perhaps Zircon, this mineral? I would be only too glad to turn it over to you. What is above is just a place holder rather than the start of an article.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:54:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,154891#msg-154891 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,154891#msg-154891
The photo from Rob Lavinsky said to be "zircon crystals altering to eudialyte" from Kangerdluarssuq in Greenland looks like a photo of ordinary eudialyte crystals from the area. Zircon is very resistent to weathering and geochemical alterations and I cannot rember seeing any pseudomorphs after zircon crystals - let alone "zircon altering to eudialyte". There are zircons in the Ilimaussaq complex and also at Narssarsuk in Greenland, but I have never seen any large or spectacular crystals or specimens.

The listing of a photo of zircon under the heading of "Kåfjord copper mines" is also misleading as the text of the photo clearly states that it is from the island of Seiland.

Knut]]> Knut Eldjarn Best Minerals Z Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:09:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,139072#msg-139072 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,139072,139072#msg-139072 Best Minerals Z and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.



Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?

Below are some preliminary notes I have made about Zektzerite. This entry and thread has been made as a place holder for information that you will hopefully contribute about Zektzerite. It should be in no way be thought of as a claim I have staked out to write about this mineral, and in fact is an invitation for someone to step forward and create the article about this mineral. If you are so inclined and have questions about the format that such an article should have, go the The welcome topic at the top of the Best Minerals forum and read what has been posted there. Also take a look at some of the more mature articles that have already been written like Rhodochrosite, Adamite, Millerite etc. You will need also to pick out other images of Ardealite that will go into the article.


Zektzerite
LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si₆O₁₅ Orthorhombic

Zektzerite, Washington Pass, Washington, USA 1.3cm crystal	© C. Stefano '10

Of the three localities listed on Mindat, the type locality at Washington Pass has produced by far the best specimens. Crystals up to 3.7 cm are known.


Zektzerite
USA
Washingon, Okanogan Co., Golden Horn Batholith, Washington Pass

Zektzerite & Microcline 2.1cm tall	© Jeff Scovil

Zektzerite 1.5cm wide	© D. Richerson

The specimens from this locality are frequently through not always pink in color. They are almost all take the form of short pseudohexagonal prisms and isolated on matrix. Some specimens have crystals of more than 3cm though most of the better specimens have smaller crystals. There were never all that many specimens produced and they were never cheap because to get them you had to hike around the Golden Horn Batholith, not the easiest of tasks, trying to find boulders with exposed miarolitic cavities that still had a crystal of two of Zektzerite in them. These cavities are not common, and only a few of those found had Zektzerite in them. Many cavities were also pretty well ravaged by weathering and when you found one more or less intact with Zektzerite in them, you still faced the daunting task of trying to remove the specimens intact. Because of the effort required to find a good specimen, sometimes several trips to the locality were required, those who had them never easily parted with them.

The story of how the mineral got its name is interesting. One of the guys who collected the original specimens was Jack Zektzer. When first found (79?) they were thought to be possibly beryl or apatite, but within a couple of weeks Jack Zektzer sent some to Pete Dunn at the Smithsonian. To everyone's surprise here was a megascopic new mineral.





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Also Sisters Ck (I will see if I can find a better image): [www.mindat.org]
Ralph]]> Ralph Bottrill Best Minerals Z Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:08:35 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135330#msg-135330 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135330#msg-135330 Rock Currier Best Minerals Z Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:34:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135276#msg-135276 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135276#msg-135276 Karsten Eig Best Minerals Z Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:00:42 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135243#msg-135243 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135243#msg-135243 there is the single zircon locality - zircon point on Vavnbed Mt. So You had subdivide specimens from the same locality on two groups - with complete and incomplete labels. :)
Kind regards,
Pavel]]> Pavel Kartashov Best Minerals Z Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:52:28 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135227#msg-135227 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135227#msg-135227
From Quebec; chemin White roadcut which produced narrow pink xls to 8cm long (usually repaired specimens). Bryson, near Grand Calumet (probably Pontiac Co.) unusual short crystals with complex terminations to ~3 cm.]]> Anonymous User Best Minerals Z Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:12:57 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135222#msg-135222 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,92,135222,135222#msg-135222

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Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?


Zircon
ZrSiO₄ tetragonal

Zircon, Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) 2.6cm across	© Joseph A. Freilich

Here will go a general description of the various kinds of zircon specimens etc, a bit of their mineralogy geology and history but for whoever writes this article, I hope they will include the following.

Zircon is considered by many people to be perhaps the most durable and long lasting of all the minerals found in the earths crust. The following was written by Peter Nancarrow in response to a query on one of the Mindat bulletin board forums.

"Weathering" covers a variety of decomposition processes, including water solution, acid rain attack, organic processes (e.g. action of products of leaf decay, lichen digestion etc.) freeze/thaw, solar heating etc, and a mineral that is resistant to one or other or even any chemical attack, may not be resistant to a mechanical process such as rapid thermal expansion. I am not considering brittleness or abrasion resistance here; the effects on particles of being ground about by a glacier or between boulders in a scree, being rolled along a stream bed, or washed about on a beach are not weathering processes sensu stricto; those processes come under the heading "erosion" rather than "weathering".

The latter is defined as "The process by which rocks are broken down and decomposed by the action of external agencies such as wind, rain, temperature changes, plants, and bacteria. . . . An essential feature of the process is that it affects rocks in situ; no transportation is involved. This is the factor which distinguishes it cleary from erosion." (Whiten & Brooks, 1972).

I am reminded of the occasion when I was working in the X-ray analysis section of a geochemical laboratory, and one of our analysts brought me a specimen to be identified. He had been trying to get a sample of granite into solution for a whole-rock analysis, to include those elements which could not be measured by XRF, particularly Be & Li, but he was left with a small residue of fine sandy pink material in the bottom a test tube which he had been unable to dissolve, even in superheated concentrated HF! (Using a teflon "bomb" in a high-pressure autoclave). Everything else, all the quartz, topaz, tourmaline, cassiterite etc., was gone. Under the microscope I could see that the sample consisted of lustrous tetragonal crystals with absolutely no indication of even the first stages of solvent attack; they had sharp-pointed terminations and crystal edges and bright lustrous faces with no etching features. The only pitting could be attributed to the solution of what had been exposed inclusions embedded in the crystal faces, but even these apparent weaknesses in the integrity of the crystal surfaces had not let one of the most corrosive of acids do its work.

Yes, you guessed right; that concentrate consisted of zircon, and nothing but zircon!

So, all those factors considered, I would certainly have to agree that my vote for the mineral "most resistant to weathering" would certainly be for zircon. As regards its subsequent resistance to erosive processes, it's pretty hard, (Mohs 71/2) and not particularly brittle either; I just put a zircon crystal on an anvil and hit it several times with a hammer! It took a rather harder blow to crack it than would be required for a similarly sized quartz crystal.
[Peter Nancarrow]



Some of the better zircon images on Mindat
Austria
Aigner Alp, Schellgaden, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
[www.mindat.org]

Brazil
hGoiás, Central-West Region, Brazil

© Rob Lavinsky

[www.mindat.org]

The only 2 correct localities for the Brazilian zircons are:

- Peixe alkhaline complex, Tocantins state (I am not sure about Natividade, Peixe alkhaline complex; I will check if Natividade is the right name of the city where the alkhaline complex is located)

- Poços (should be pronounced "possos" de Caldas, Minas Gerais - it is also a big alkhaline complex

All others are 100% wrong; it is crazy, some are coimpletely absurd, like Sapucaia mine, Campos Verdes de Goiás and Brumado; all these specimens came from Peixe; Poços de Caldas complex was mined from the 1940's until the late 1980's for zirconium ore but now all mines are closed.

Luiz



Campos Verdes, Santa Terezinha de Goiás District, Goiás, Central-West Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]

Peixe alkaline complex, Tocantins, North Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]

Natividade, Peixe alkaline complex, Tocantins, North Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]

Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]

Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]

Poços de Caldas, Poços de Caldas plateau, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]

Burma (Myanmar)
[www.mindat.org]

Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]


Canada
Davis Quarry, Dungannon Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
[www.mindat.org]

Silver Crater Mine (Basin Property), Faraday Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
[www.mindat.org]

Hybla, Monteagle Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
[www.mindat.org]

MacDonald mine, Hybla, Monteagle Township, Bancroft District, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
[www.mindat.org]

Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Québec, Canada
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Kipawa alkaline complex, Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Témiscamingue Co., Québec, Canada
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

France
Métou brook alluvials, Vergonzac, Siaugues-Sainte-Marie, Langeac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Riou Pezzouliou alluvials, Espaly-Saint-Marcel, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Buges brook alluvials, Perpezat, Rochefort-Montagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
[www.mindat.org]

Monne river alluvials, Les Arnats, Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Amant-Tallende, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
[www.mindat.org]

Germany
Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

In den Dellen quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Laach lake volcanic complex, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, German
[www.mindat.org]

Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
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[www.mindat.org]

Greenland
Kangerdluarssuq (Kangerdluarssuk; Kangerdluarsuk) Firth, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
[www.mindat.org]


Italy
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Pollena - Trocchia area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Sacrofano Caldera, Sacrofano, Campagnano di Roma, Rome Province, Latium, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Mezzano, Valentano, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Tre Croci, Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Cuzzago Mine, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Burgum Alp, Vizze Valley (Pfitsch valley), Bolzano Province (South Tyrol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Toal d'Allochèt (Alochet), Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Contrada Cubi, Staro, Valli del Pasubio, Vicenza province, Veneto, Italy
[www.mindat.org]

Madagascar
Ambatofotsy pegmatite, Mahavelona Commune, Soavinandriana Department, Itasy Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Ampasipoana pegmatite, Mahavelona Commune, Soavinandriana Department, Itasy Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Ambatofotsikely pegmatite, Fidirana Commune, Betafo Department, Vakinankaratra Region (Betafo - Antsirabé region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Betroka Department, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Ambatomivahy (Ambatomivany), Betroka Department, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Sakasoa phlogopite mine, Sakasoa, Betroka Department, Horombe Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Mafilefy phlogopite mine, Andalantanosy Commune, Ambovombe-Atsimo Department, Androy Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Ambonaivo (Amboanaivo) thorianite deposit, Ambonaivo Group, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Belafa area, Maromby Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
[www.mindat.org]

Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary Department, Anosy (Fort Dauphin) Region, Tuléar (Toliara) Province, Madagascar
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Malawi
Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
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Mozambique
Monte Salambidua, Tete, Tete Province, Mozambique
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Norway
Kåfjord Mines (Alta Copper Mines), Alta, Finnmark, Norway
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Seiland Island, Alta, Finnmark, Norway
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Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
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Pakistan
Astor (Astore), Astor District (Astore District), Northern Areas, Pakistan
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Harchu (Harchoo), Astor valley (Astore valley), Astor District (Astore District), Northern Areas, Pakistan
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Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
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Chilas, Diamar District (Diamir District), Northern Areas, Pakistan
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Gilgit, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
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Russia
Marchenko Peak, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
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Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
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Vavnbed Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
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Miass (Miask), Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
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Vishnevye (Vishnyovye) Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
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Vishnovogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
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Giant Crystal Quarry, Embilipitya, Sri Lanka
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Ambilipitiya, Kataragama, Sri Lanka
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Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
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Kollana, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
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Switzerland
Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar lake area, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
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Tanga Region, Tanzania
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Clora May Mine (Mina Blanca; Clara May Lode), Trout Creek Pass pegmatite District, Buena Vista, Chaffee Co., Colorado, USA
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St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
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Helen Hunt Falls, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
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White Cloud pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA
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Tuxedo, Henderson Co., North Carolina, USA
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Crystal King Zircon mine (Ashton location), Wichita National Wildlife Refuge, Comanche Co., Oklahoma, USA
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Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
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Lam Dong Province, Vietnam
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