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Nepheline from
Black Peak breccia pipe area, Black Peak, Cameron, Cameron District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:Crystals filling interstices in the augite matrix of mafic dike rocks associated with a breccia pipe.
Habit:Small, anhedral
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 106, 160, 312; Barrington, J. & P.F. Kerr (1961), Breccia pipe near Cameron, AZ, Geol.Soc.Amer.Bull.: 72: 1661-1674.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Augite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Peak breccia pipe area, Black Peak, Cameron, Cameron District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
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