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Shortite from
Green River Formation, USA


Locality type:Formation
Classification
Species:Shortite
Formula:Na2Ca2(CO3)3
Comments:Occurs in oil shale.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Northupite
Pirssonite
Trona
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Shale5 photos of Shortite associated with Shale at this locality.
Loughlinite1 photo of Shortite associated with Loughlinite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Shortite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Green River Formation, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:39341
Long-form Identifier:1:3:39341:4
GUID (UUID V4):4049ee0c-0307-4ce8-9907-add9fe409774
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/gca Experimental study of shortite (Na2Ca2(CO3)3) formation and application to the burial history...history of the Wilkins Peak Member, Green River Basin, Wyoming, USA Elliot A. Jagniecki a,⇑, David M. Jenkins...NY 13902, USA b Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA Received 2...April 2013 Abstract The temperature at which shortite (Na2Ca2(CO3)3) forms from pirssonite (Na2Ca(CO3)22H2O)...experimentally determined. At 1 atm pressure, shortite forms via the reaction Na2Ca(CO3)22H2O + CaCO3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Keywords: Trona Gaylussite Pirssonite Nahcolite Shortite Bradleyite a b s t r a c t The Miocene Beypazarı...evaporite minerals, with subordinate bradleyite, shortite and thenardite. Pirssonite occurs in organic-rich...Beypazarı boreholes. Carbonates Trona* Nahcolite* Shortite* Pirssonite* Gaylussite* Bradleyite* Northupite...maturation of microbial organic matter and also in formation of evaporite minerals (Renaut and Tiercelin, 1994;...al., 2005). The Eocene Green River Formation (Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, USA) is the largest and best
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I N F O A B S T R A C T Keywords: Fengcheng Formation Boron isotopes Temperature control Boron reservoirs...over the world. In the Late Paleozoic Fengcheng Formation of the NW Junggar Basin, NW China, the two borates...different reedmergnerite occurrences in the Fengcheng Formation were systematically studied to explore its enrichment...sedimentary rocks. Reedmergnerite in the Fengcheng Formation is a temperature-controlled (crystallizing at...In the lake center deposits of the Fengcheng Formation, reedmergnerite is confined within sodium carbonate
Report (issue)
Shortite Na2 Ca2 (CO3 )3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...Powder Pattern: John Hay, Jr. Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. 2.562 (100), 5.515 (71), 4.957 (71), 2.179 (71)...00] 100.00 (1) John Hay, Jr. Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. (2) Upper Canada mine, Canada; by electron microprobe...Occurrence: In saline dolomitic marl (Green River Formation, Wyoming and Utah, USA); in kimberlite dikes (Upper...Association: Trona, nahcolite, pyrite (Green River Formation, Wyoming and Utah, USA); phlogopite, magnetite, apatite
Report (issue)
Saline Minerals of the Green River Formation GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 405 Saline Minerals...Minerals of the Green River Formation By JOSEPH J. FAHEY With a section on X-RAY POWDER DATA FOR SALINE...SALINE MINERALS OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION By MARY E. MROSE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 405..._____ Distribution___________.__ ____________ Shortite. _ -_---__-____---____________ Name of mineral...Consolidated shortite aggregate. Pyrite inclusions.... __________ Temperature of formation. Trona. ___
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nyerereite and shortite were found within the melt inclusions. D Nyerereite and shortite are of magmatic/subsolidus...hexagonal zemkorite (Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2 and orthorhombic shortite Na2Ca2(CO3)3 were found among groundmass minerals...source. Orthorhombic nyerereite (Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2 and shortite were identified as daughter phases in secondary...< 800°С) hexagonal (Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2 carbonate. Shortite is also a subsolidus mineral, which may form by...hexagonal phase (Na,K)2Ca(CO3,SO4)2 into Na2Ca2(CO3)3 (shortite) and K3Na(SO4)2 (aphthitalite) is the basic mechanism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Na2Mg(CO3)2, was first described from the Green River Formation, USA (Milton et al., 1955). Eitelite is rhombohedral...sediments from Uinta Basin of the Green River Formation in Utah, USA (Milton et al., 1955; Milton & Fahey...rocks Locality (Reference) Uinta Basin, Utah, USA (Milton et al., 1955; Milton & Fahey, 1960; Pabst...Territories, Canada (Smith et al., 2011) Vuonnemiok River Valley, SE part of Khibiny complex Kola Peninsula... ilmenite, shortite, thermonatrite, and ferrous tychite Bradleyite, northupite, shortite, nyerereite
Report (issue)
dolomitic shale and bituminous marlstone (Utah, USA); from an alkaline igneous pluton (Khibiny massif...crocidolite, shortite (Kermit Poulson No. 1 well, Utah, USA); trona, nahcolite, shortite, northupite (Mapco... Utah, USA). Distribution: In the USA, in Utah, from drill core in the Green River Formation, in Duchesne...South Ouray well, Uintah Co. From the Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia....Silicate Research, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA, who synthesized the compound. Type Material: n
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1968 ANALCIME COMPOSITION IN TUFFS OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF WYOMING Azuua Irytua, Geolog'icalInst'itute...composition of analcime samples from the Green River Formation of Wyoming was determined by optical, X-ray...reacted to iorm alkali feldspars in the Green River Formation, and new data show that siliceous analcime...relationships show that at least some of the widespread shortite crystallized after the analcime had formed but...occurrence of analcime in tuffs of the Green River Formation, at Ieast seventeen authigenic speciesof
Report (issue)
Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Westvaco mine, Wyoming, USA. 2.655 (100), 3.312 (71), 8.85 (50), 2.576 (35),...00] 100.00 (1) John Hay, Jr. Well No.1, Wyoming, USA; recalculated to 100% after deduction 0.36% and clay...Na3Mg(P04)(C03). of shortite Occurrence: A rare mineral in oil shale in the Green River formation. Association:...Association: Shortite, dolomite, quartz. clay minerals, trona, pirssonite, 'northupite, gaylussite, alstonite...km west of Green River, and in the Westvaco mine, Green River, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA. Name: Honoring
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
including natron, trona, thermonatrite, pirssonite, shortite, burbankite, donnayite etc., are abundant in veins...in soda-lake deposits such as the Green River Formation in the USA [10]. Nevertheless, large concentrations...Natron (soda) Trona Naheolite Pirssonite Gaylussite Shortite Fe-eitelite Ferrotychite Sidorenkite Bonshtedtite...are carriers of soda mineralization. Nahcolite, shortite, burbankite and bonshtedtite are found in subordinate...present in veins from 1-2 to 5 cm thick composed of shortite, bonshtedtite, barentsite, neighborite, aegirine
Report (issue)
and Associated Authigenic Minerals of the Green River Formation of Wyoming Geochemistry and Paleolimnology...of the Green River Formation of Wyoming By W. H. BRADLEY and H. P. EUGSTER THE GREEN RIVER AND GEOLOGICAL...PAPER 496-B Physical chemistry that determined formation of thick and extensive trona and trona-halite...composition of the Wilkins Peak Member of the Green River Formation__________________ Saline facies of...showing distribution of the members of the Green River Formation in southwestern Wyoming and adjacent parts
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: John Hay, Jr. Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. 6.403 (100), 3.18 (80), 2.70 (80), 2.61 (80), 1...Association: Shortite, northupite, pirssonite, trona (Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA); thermonatrite...thermonatrite, shortite, villiaumite, ferrian “biotite”, pectolite, potassian feldspar, aegirine (Khibiny massif...Lagunillas, 80 km southeast of Mérida, Venezuela. In the USA, in California, at Mono Lake, Mono Co., Borax Lake...Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co.; in the Green River Formation, Sweetwater Co., Wyoming; at several localities
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $6.00 Saline Minerals of the G;reen River Formation . Sweetwater Ca~nty, Wyoming 'sob Werner ....:: . ' -:- N werner@lcturbonet.com In the Green River Basir of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, lies the...below the surface the saline member of the Green River Formation, the Wilkins J>eakMember of Eocene age contains...typ·e locality (TL) forth~ spe~ies'.· • ., The Green River Basin began as fresh w~ter lake during the Eocene...Locationmapof EoceneLakeGosiuteand the Trona Depositsin the Green RiverBasin.USGSPP496-B. (Continues on page 2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ca(CO3), and shortite Na2Ca2(CO3)3. Thermodynamic calculations show that the formation of secondary minerals...carbonatite—nahcolite, pirssonite, calcite, and shortite—crystallize from this brine. Replacement of nyerereite...nyerereite with pirssonite up to the formation of complete pseudomorphs has been established in almost...dissolution of pirssonite itself results in calcite formation in its place (Zaitsev and Keller, 2006; Zaitsev...pirssonite, gaylussite, shortite, and calcite. All these processes result in the formation of secondary supergene
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
UNUSUAL HABIT SIMULATING TWINNING FROM THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF WYOMING A. Pansr, Department of Geologyand...examination shows that pyrite crystals from the Green River Formation of Wyoming which have been referred to as...in the CireenRiver Formation in these words:"Pyrite is very abundant in Green River beds. Its crystal...near Green River, SweetwaterCounty, Wyoming, and that they "come embedded in trona, with shortite, etc...crystals may correspond to the pyrite occurring with shortite in a drill core from the John Hay Jr. well No
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
depositional environment interpretation, Green River Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. Glenn M. Mason a and Ronald...7150, USA bDepartment of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA (Revised...depositional environment interpretation, Green River Formation, Wyoming, U.S.A. In: S.A. Macko and M.H...isotopic composition from core holes in the Green River Formation, Wyoming, an ancient lake complex. Mineral...isotopes, representing each member of the Green River Formation, displayed isotopic values for t~3C of from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LEUCOSPHENITE, AND ITS OCCURRENCE IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF UTAH AND WYOMING ' "A. Pesst, Departmentof...BrSiroO*, is reviewed. Its paragenesis in the Green River Formation in Utah and Wyoming is described and four...leucosphenite from many sources in the Green River Formation and from Mont St. Eilaire, Quebec, show...authigenic mineral in sedimentary rocks of the Green River Formation (Eocene)in the Uinta Basin, northeastern...after, leucosphenitewas also found in the Green River Formation in the Bridger Basin, southwestern Wyoming
Report (issue)
Geology of Green River Formation and associated Eocene rocks in southwestern Wyoming and adjacent parts...parts of Colorado and Utah By W. H. BRADLEY THE GREEN RIVER AND ASSOCIATED TERTIARY FORMATIONS GEOLOGICAL...Bradley, Wilmot Hyde, 1899- Geology of Green River Formation and associated Eocene rocks in southwestern...Bibliography: p. 81-84. 1. Geology-Wyoming-Green River Formation. graphic-Eocene. (Series) 2. Geology, Strati-...Faults----------------------------------------Wind River thrust fault ____________________ _ Uinta fault
Book
Stratigraphy and Paleolimnology of the Green River Formation, Western USA Syntheses in Limnogeology Volume...Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch Department of Geological...Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA Aims and Scope The aim of this book series is to...Stratigraphy and Paleolimnology of the Green River Formation, Western USA Editors Michael Elliot Smith School...AZ, USA Alan R. Carroll Department of Geoscience University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA Additional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
apatite-bearing arch of the massif ( Vuonnemiok River * valley, Suoluayv Mt. *, Kukisvumchorr, Partomchorr*...subjected to alkali carbonate metasomatism with the formation in them of a network of hydrothermalveinlets 1-2...along with bonshtedtite, thermonatrite, trona, shortite, burbankite, ferrotychite, ferroan eitelite, neighborite...veinlets up to 5-8 mm wide in a mass of shortite. The shortite mineralization occurred at depths of more...with shortite and bonshtedtite a r e siderite, which forms chains of idiomorphic grains in shortite, and
Report (issue)
46 D(calc.) = 2.46 Piezoelectric; may °uoresce green under SW UV. Optical Properties: Transparent. Color:...4.9054(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. 8.01 (100), 4.06 (50), 3.48 (40)...00 Chemistry: 15.19 8.83 (1) Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. (2) NaBSi 2 O5 (OH)2 : Occurrence:...or marls (Green River Formation, USA); in boron-bearing evaporite deposits (California, USA); rarely in...Rocks, New Mexico, USA). Association: Shortite, trona, pyrite (Green River Formation, USA); \opal" (Cave
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The greater gravity and hardness plus the yellow-green flame test are not there. Under the ultra violet...calcium. It does not appear to be BARYTOCALCITE. SHORTITE, a very rare orthorhombic carbonate, is named... Maxwell Short, of the University of Arizona. SHORTITE has been found in only one special occurrence...well located about 20 miles west of Green River, 352 Wyo. The SHORTITE is associated with calcite and pyrite...feel very fortunate to have one small specimen of SHORTITE in my collection which shows the typical fluorescence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
nahcolite, and dawsonite in the Paleogene Green River Formation ( 9, 29), fossil soda manifestations in...juvenile. The most favorable conditions for the formation of soda waters are c r e ated during weathering...the fundamental distribution patterns in the formation of deposits and manifestations of natural soda...calcium and magnesium: pirssonite, gaylussite, shortite, and more complex salts: dawsonite, northupite...regional or local distribution of the surface (river and lake) waters of this same composition, and under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SHORTITE, A NEW CARBONATE SODIUM AND CALCIUM1 OF Josarn J. Fanav, U. S. GeologicalSurvey, Washington...Washington, D. C. Ansrna.cr Crystals of shortite, named after Professor M. N. Short of the University of Arizona... 110 W., about 20 miles west of the city of Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The well was drilled...investigation numerous crystals of the new mineral shortite were discovered at several places in the core...core between the depths 1258 and 1805 feet. Shortite is named in honor of Dr. Maxwell N. Short, Professorof
 
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