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Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA

A stone quarry in garnet-pseudoleucite syenite in an alkalic ring-dike complex also including nepheline syenite pegmatite, ijolite and carbonatites. Quarried for railroad ballast rock. Located on the South rim of Magnet Cove formation. Started in the 1870's and worked sporadically until 1900's. Owned by Henry de Linde of Mabelvale, Arkansas. Mineralization is in miarolitic cavities in the rock.



References:
Rocks & Min.: 63:109 & 64:298 & 300-307; Appleman, et al(1987); Stone, et al(1982); Barwood, H (1995), Benitoite and Joaquinite in Arkansas, Min.News: 11(5):2, 5.





Mineral List:
Aegirine
Anatase
Andradite
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Barytocalcite
Benitoite
Brookite
Calcite
Catapleiite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Crandallite
Delindeite (TL)
Elpidite
Fluorite
Joaquinite-(Ce)
Kassite
Kupletskite
Labuntsovite-Mn
Lorenzenite
Lourenswalsite (TL)
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Narsarsukite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Orthoclase
Pectolite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
'Pyroxene Group'
Quartz
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Tainiolite
Titanite


36 entries listed. 33 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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