FayaliteLittle Lake Perlite deposits, Little Lake area, Coso Hot Springs, China Lake Naval Ordnance Test Station, Coso District, Coso Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
Photo: Rob Lavinsky Latitude: 36°1'52"N
Longitude: 117°49'20"W
A Perlite (Trace) - Pumice occurrence located in the NE¼ sec. 14, T22S, R38E, MDM, E of Little Lake, about 8 miles W of Coso Hot Springs.
References
Rutley, Frank (1890), On composite spherulites in obsidian from Hot Springs, near Little Lake, California: Geological Society of London Quarterly Journal: 46: 423-428; […(abstract): Geology Magazine, 3rd. series: 7: 233-234 (1890)]: 426, 427.
Rogers, Austin Flint (1922), A new occurrence of cristobalite in California: Journal of Geology: 30: 211-216.
Bradley, W.W. (1939), Thirty-fifth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 35: 494.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1940), Notes on some minerals from southern California, II: American Mineralogist: 25: 549-555.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1942), Notes on some minerals from southern California, III: American Mineralogist: 27: 325.
Stinson, Melvin Clarence (1964), Fayalite in obsidian: California Division Mines & Geology Mineral Information Service: 17: 207-208.
Strong, Mary Frances Berkholz (1964b), Obsidian ridge in Coso Range: Gems & Minerals, No. 320: 16-18 May 1964: 16.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 162, 181, 184, 251, 373.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 148-149, 359-360.
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