| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Celestine |
| Formula: | SrSO4 |
| Comments: | Occurs in De Quen Limestone member of the Trinity group (Cretaceous). |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Celestine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Highland Gypsum Quarry, Highland, Pike County, Arkansas, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 68414 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:68414:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 58fba367-4b01-4eee-9b49-94f5070d4e93 |
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| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | ⓘCertain Teed Gypsum Mine (Briar Gypsum Mine; Weyerhauser Mine; BPB Mine; James Hardy Mine; Dierks Mine), Briar, Howard County, Arkansas, USA |
| 24.8km (15.4 miles) | ⓘJames prospect, Howard County Celestite Mining District, Howard County, Arkansas, USA |
| 95.1km (59.1 miles) | ⓘJones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA |
| 97.6km (60.6 miles) | ⓘMagcobar Mine (Chamberlain Creek Barite Mines), Chamberlain Creek Valley, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA |
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 | | Book | | Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types....Location 1 Montgomery County quartz deposits................. Other Montgomery County quartz mines...... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 07:42 13 June 2016 Figure 1: A large, bladed celestine crystal group from the “upper bed” near Adamsville...Figure 2 (right): A cluster of tabular prismatic celestine crystals on dolomitic limestone from a Rocky Creek...is 7 cm across. Rediscovering Lampasas LAMPASAS COUNTY, TEXAS During the summer of 1989, the author and...several friends began a systematic survey of celestine in Lampasas and surrounding counties. Since that...Texas (and the county of the same name), has long been recognized as a source for celestine crystals. But |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described |
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Highland Gypsum Quarry, Highland, Pike County, Arkansas, USA