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Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA

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Pegmatite, 26 km west of Burnet. Now under Lake Buchanan (1938).
There is also a newly discovered nearby pegmatite (see http://www.mindat.org/mesg-17-45976.html)

Refs.: Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 1082.

U.S.Geological Survey Bull. 340: 286-294 (1908).

American Mineralogist (1932): 17: 381-390.

American Mineralogist (1940): 25: 168-173.

Marble, J.P. (1940) Allanite from Barringer Hill, Llano County, Texas.

Dana 7:761.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 1081.

Canadian Mineralogist (1961): 6: 576.

Mineralogical Record (1976): 7: 182-183.

American Mineralogist (1977): 62: 1009.

Mineralogical Record (1978): 9(6): 387.

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Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Allanite-(Ce)
    {CaCe}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Allanite-(La)
    {CaLa}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Orlandi, P. & Pasero, M. (2006): Allanite-(La) from Buca della Vena mine, Apuan Alps, Italy, an epidote-group mineral. Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 63-68. ]
  		•  Allanite-(Y)
    {CaY}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    2+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·11H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  'Bastnäsite'
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1961): 6: 576-581.]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Cassiterite ?
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Columbite
    (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Copiapite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    4
    		[OH|(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 20H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  'Fergusonite'
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Ferrimolybdite
    Fe
     
    2
    		[MoO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    		 · nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Fluorite
    var: Chlorophane
    Reference: []
  		•  Fergusonite-(Y)
    YNbO
     
    4
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1925): 10: 77]
  		•  'Gadolinite'
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1961): 6: 576-581.; Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  'Gummite'
    Reference: [USGS Bulletin 340, pp. 286-294. (1908); Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  'Lanthanite'
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols]
  		•  Lepidolite ?
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  'Lepidomelane'
    Reference: [USGS Bulletin 340, pp. 286-294. (1908)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Microcline
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
    Site Photo
    Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
    © Charles Creekmur
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Molybdite
    MoO
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1925): 10: 77]
  		•  'Perthite'
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Polycrase-(Y)
    (Y,U)(Ti,Nb)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Powellite
    Ca[MoO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 1081.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [AmMin 17:381-390; Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Milky Quartz
    Reference: [AmMin 17:381-390]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Smoky Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Description: Crystals to 600 pounds
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Rowlandite-(Y) (TL)
    (Y,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ce)
     
    3
    		[O|(F,OH)|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Type Locality: Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [CM 6 (1961), 576; Canadian Mineralogist (1961): 6: 576-581.; Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Samarskite-(Y) ?
    (Y,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Fe
    2+
     
    		,U,Th,Ca)
     
    2
    		(Nb,Ta)
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Stibnite ?
    Sb
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Tengerite-(Y)
    Y
     
    2
    		[CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    3
    		 · 2-3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [ Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol.45 , No.8(1972)pp.2476-2479]
  		•  Thorite
    (Th,U)[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Thorogummite (TL)
    (Th,U)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Type Locality: Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [AM 38 (1953), 1007]
  		•  Tveitite-(Y)
    (Y, Na)
     
    6
    		Ca
     
    6
    		Ca
     
    6
    		F
     
    42
    Reference: [MinRec 9(6):387 ]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224; Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    		(Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    		Al
     
    4
    		Si
     
    9
    		O
     
    34
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  		•  Yttrialite-(Y) (TL)
    (Y,Th)
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Type Locality: Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Dana 6; Canadian Mineralogist (1961): 6: 576-581.; Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]
  		•  Yttrocrasite-(Y)
    (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)
     
    2
    		(O,OH)
     
    6
    Reference: [MinRec 7:182-183]
  		•  Zircon
    Zr[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
    Site Photo
    Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
     
  		•  Zircon
    var: Cyrtolite
    Zr[(SiO
     
    4
    		),(OH)
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min (1932) Volume 17, pages 381-390,]


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