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Elpasolite from
Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Elpasolite
Formula:K2NaAlF6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elpasolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:136725
Long-form Identifier:1:3:136725:6
GUID (UUID V4):ccc5cc27-5e2f-4a8c-bb52-822882be5e79
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na2LiAlF6, a new mineral from the Zapot amazonite-topazzinnwaldite pegmatite, Hawthorne, Nevada, U.S.A. EUGENE...S.A. 2 ABSTRACT Simmonsite, Na2LiA1F6, a new mineral of pegmatitic-hydrothermal origin, occurs in a...the Zapot amazonite-topaz-zinnwaldite pegmatite located in the Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S...S.A. The mineral is intimately intergrown with cryolite, cryolithionite and trace elpasolite. A secondary...cryolithionite has formed from the primary assemblage. The mineral is monoclinic, P21 or P21/m, a = 3 7.5006(6) Ã…
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na2LiAlF6, a new mineral from the Zapot amazonite-topazzinnwaldite pegmatite, Hawthorne, Nevada, U.S.A. EUGENE...S.A. 2 ABSTRACT Simmonsite, Na2LiA1F6, a new mineral of pegmatitic-hydrothermal origin, occurs in a...the Zapot amazonite-topaz-zinnwaldite pegmatite located in the Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada, U.S...S.A. The mineral is intimately intergrown with cryolite, cryolithionite and trace elpasolite. A secondary...cryolithionite has formed from the primary assemblage. The mineral is monoclinic, P21 or P21/m, a = 3 7.5006(6) Ã…
Report (issue)
= 4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada. 4.33 (100), 1.877 (90),...9 58.6 [3.56] 99.46 (1) Zapot pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral Co., Nevada; average of 7 electron microprobe...corresponds to Na1.98Li1.00Al1.00F6. Mineral Group: Perovskite supergroup, elpasolite subgroup. Occurrence: A late-stage...hydrothermal mineral in a breccia pipe that cuts an amazonite-topazzinnwaldite pegmatite. Association:...cryolithionite, elpasolite. Distribution: In the Zapot amazonite-topaz-zinnwaldite pegmatite, Gillis Range, Mineral
Report (issue)
Elpasolite K2 NaAlF6 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group:...Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA. 2.863 (10), 2.024 (10), 2.336 (8), 1.428 (6), 0...Total [99.00] 98.62 100.00 (1) Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA; F calculated for charge balance; corresponds to...minerals in a quartz-microcline pegmatite (Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA); on vein quartz in a hydrothermal...Colorado, USA); cryolite, chiolite, pachnolite, thomsenolite, ralstonite (Amelia, Virginia, USA); ralstonite
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...Surv. of Canada Ottawa George W. Robinson Seaman Mineral Museum, MTU Houghton, Michigan Abraham Rosenzweig...327 COVER: BARITE, 17 cm, from the Miekle mine, Nevada. (See the article in the previous issue.) Keith...1937. This mine, though small, provided many new mineral species. Dr. Gaines wrote a compre­ hensive review...great opportunities to acquire rare and classic mineral specimens which were attractively displayed in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...represented by numerous geothermal areas. The range of minerals found in mines, quarries, and prospect...year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published state mineralogy; thus, mineral collectors...collectors are aware of its mineral specimen wealth from only a few well-known and collected localities,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS AND PARAGENESES OF MINERALS Elpasolite from Hyperalkaline Pegmatite of the Khibiny Pluton, Kola Peninsula...Peninsula. Symmetry of Elpasolite I. V. Pekova, N. V. Chukanovb, N. N. Kononkovac, N. V. Zubkovaa, M. Kh...2006 Abstract—Elpasolite, K2NaAlF6, has been found for the first time in a pegmatite related to peralkaline...size within cavities in the natrolite core of pegmatite in association with amicite, sodalite, aegirine...some published X-ray powder patterns of natural elpasolite are Kβ-lines. DOI: 10.1134/S1075701508080114
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Betts, 215 W. 98th St., #2F, New York, NY 10025. Mineral collectors are steadily losing their old collecting...promising forgotten locations is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. This...81MINERALS dletown-Portland, Connecticut, pegmatite district. They are found in South Glastonbury, about...includes one of the largest quarries of the entire district, the Howe No. 1. Access is through a trail system...December 2014 result is a new map of the area. Mineral occurrences have been documented with the help
Report (issue)
Pachnolite NaCaAlF6 • H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...Ivigtut, Greenland. (2) St. Peters Dome, Colorado, USA. (3) NaCaAlF6 • H2 O. Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous...Association: Cryolite, thomsenolite, chiolite, elpasolite, ralstonite, sellaite, fluorite. Distribution:...Nordmarka, Norway. In the Hagendorf pegmatite, Bavaria, Germany. In the USA, at St. Peters Dome, near Pikes...Colorado; at the Zapot pegmatite, 25 km northeast of Hawthorne, Fitting district, Mineral Co., Nevada; from the
Report (issue)
Ralstonite Nax Mgx Al2−x (F, OH)6 • H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic...Thomsenolite, cryolite, pachnolite, chiolite, elpasolite, colquiriite, gearksutite, weberite, prosopite...cryolite deposit, southwestern Greenland. In the USA, at St. Peters Dome, near Pikes Peak, El Paso Co...Mountain, Fremont Co., Colorado; in the Morefield pegmatite mine, Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia; from the Quitman...Texas; in the Zapot pegmatite, 25 km northeast of Hawthorne, Fitting district, Mineral Co., Nevada. From near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
envision a convecting fluid phase cycling around the pegmatite body, and a reaction path that brings the acidified...acidified fluid back into the heart of the pegmatite. There, it is aggressive toward the microcline perthite...cleavelanditic albite + muscovite + quartz, mostly in the range 250–400°C, a process that enlarges the original...cycles of hydrothermal enrichment in a large LCT pegmatite can give rise to zones enriched in micas of the...i.e., super-LCT deposits. Keywords: granitic pegmatite, NYF and LCT affiliations, miarolitic cavities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
perovskites of the cryolite subgroup (cryolite, elpasolite, simmonsite); (7) B-site cation ordered oxide...Fe)SiO3], which is now considered to be the dominant mineral of the silicate mantle of the Earth. ROGER H...interest in perovskite as a petrogenetic indicator mineral resulted in numerous studies (see summary by Mitchell...valence analysis of the first coordination sphere can range from 12 to 8, depending upon the style and magnitude...Chlorocalcite Double perovskites A2BB′ X6 Elpasolite subgroup Elpasolite Cryolite Simmonsite Vapnikite subgroup
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
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Introduction .................................. 7 Mineral Species and their Localities .............. Explanation... . . . . . . . . . . . 686 Alphabetic List of Mineral Localities ............. Explanation of Symbols... PREFACE 6 · PREFACE This book reviews abollt 8,500 mineral localities from all over the world, for all valid...with 3,350 minerals in the former edition. The mineral systeniatic classification is based on the updated... with regard to the worlds mineral localities and environment of mineral occurrences, as a result of
 
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