| | Description | |
| Type Locality: | Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater), Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA is the type locality for Coesite | | Comments: | Abundant constituent of sheared Coconino Sandstone in debris directly below crater floor & beyond the crater rim & in breccia deep below the crater floor & in lechatelierite in waterlain beds within the crater; irregular grains 5 to more than 50 microns. | | Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens | | Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid | | References | |
| References: | Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 180; Chao, E.C.T., et al (1960), First natural occurrence of coesite, Science: 132: 220-222. | | Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Lechatelierite
Stishovite
| | Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Coesite data | | Locality Data: | Click here to view Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater), Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA |
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