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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 contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  		•  Aegirine
  		• Aenigmatite
  		• Albite
  		• 'Allanite'
  		• Allanite-(Ce)
  		• Analcime
  		• Anatase
  		• Andradite
  		• Anhydrite
  		• Anorthite
  		• Apatite-(CaF)
  		• 'Apophyllite'
  		• Apophyllite-(KF)
  		• Arfvedsonite
  		• Astrophyllite
  		• Augite
  		• Baryte
  		• Bastnäsite-(Ce)
  		• Betafite
  		• Biotite
  		• Britholite-(Ce)
  		• Brookite
  		• Calcite
  		• Cancrinite
  		• Catapleiite
  		• 'Chabazite'
  		• 'Chlorite Group'
  		• Chrysotile
  		• 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
  		• 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


    86 entries listed. 75 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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

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