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Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA

Ref.: Rocks & Min.: 63:120-121; 64:314; Barwood (1987); http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/gran.htm A complex intrusion (pluton) of medium- to coarse-grained syenite (nepheline & somewhat porphyritic alkali syenite), that crops out in a belt. The outcrop runs from Benton, Saline Co. to the city limits of Little Rock, Pulaski Co. The older unit is an altered olivine syenite and the younger an analcime nepheline syenite.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Albite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Analcime
Anatase
Andradite
Anhydrite
Annite
Anorthite
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Arfvedsonite
Astrophyllite
Augite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Betafite
Biotite
Britholite-(Ce)
Brookite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Catapleiite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysotile
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cookeite
Diopside
Edenite
Eggletonite (TL)
Epidote
Eudialyte
Fergusonite-(Ce)
Fersmite
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Gaidonnayite
Galena
Ganophyllite
Gypsum
Helvite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Joaquinite-(Ce)
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Kupletskite
Låvenite
Lazurite
Magnetite
Mesolite
Microcline
Mordenite
Narsarsukite
Natrolite
Nepheline
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
Parisite-(Ce)
Pectolite
Phlogopite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophanite
Quartz
Riebeckite
Rinkite
Sérandite
Siderite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Tetranatrolite
Thaumasite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Titanite
Vermiculite
Wurtzite
Zircon


136 entries listed. 76 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Arkansas
    • Pulaski Co.
      • Little Rock
        • Granite Mountain area

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