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

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