Pyrope from
Garnet Ridge, Dinnehotso, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:	All garnets here are pyrope, with a 25% to 45% almandine component (50% rule).
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 102, 260; Williams, H. (1936), Pleiocene volcanics of the Navajo-Hopi country, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull.: 47: 111-172; Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits in the Monument Valley area, Apache & Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 54-60; Watson, K.D. & D.M. Morton (1969), Eclogite inclusions in kimberlite pipes at Garnet Ridge, northeastern AZ, Am.Min.: 54: 267-285; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 94; Min.Rec.: 32:211.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Augite Carmichaelite Diopside Lawsonite Omphacite Rutile Spinel Srilankite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Pyrope data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Garnet Ridge, Dinnehotso, Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

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