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Sawtooth batholith, Idaho, USA

65 miles NE of Boise.
Large granite batholith, 140 square miles in size, which covers Boise, Custer and Elmore counties (see there).
Known for miarolitic cavities.





Mineral List:
Albite
Anatase
Apatite-(CaF)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Biotite
Calcite
Carpholite
Cassiterite
'Chabazite'
Clinozoisite
Columbite-(Fe)
Dravite
Fayalite
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Goethite
Gypsum
Helvite
Hematite
'Heulandite'
Laumontite
Magnetite
Masutomilite
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Phenakite
Potassiccarpholite (TL)
Pyrite
Pyrophanite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Rutile
Siderite
Spessartine
Stibnite
Topaz
Uranophane
Wodginite
Zinnwaldite
Zircon


45 entries listed. 38 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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