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Cowlesite from
Unnamed wash, adjacent to State Route 177, Superior area, Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

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Unnamed wash, adjacent to State Route 177, Superior area, Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
© 2008 Peter Cristofono
Description
Type Locality:Unnamed wash, adjacent to State Route 177, Superior area, Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Cowlesite
Comments:Occurs in vesicles in olivine bombs & scoria from mid-Tertiary cinder cones. Co-type locality.
Habit:Tiny, bladed crystals to 1 mm long
Colour:White
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 109, 160, 191, 230, 305, 395; Wise, W.S. & R.W. Tschernich (1975), Cowlesite, a new Ca-zeolite, Am.Min.: 60: 951-956.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Analcime
Calcite
Chabazite
Mordenite
Thomsonite-Ca
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cowlesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unnamed wash, adjacent to State Route 177, Superior area, Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
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