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Epistilbite from
Obsidian Quarry, Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Epistilbite
Formula:CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epistilbite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Obsidian Quarry, Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:435831
Long-form Identifier:1:3:435831:2
GUID (UUID V4):dbe90473-fdab-4c81-a0c2-502f60f106fa
References
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Book
of some of the principal localities in the same county, was given by Messrs . Greg and Lettsom in their...locality by some independent authority, such as maps, county directories, local guide books, &c. The geological...and W.H. MILLER, F.R.S., F.G.S. London , 1852. Mining Almanack, compiled and arranged by HENRY ENGLISH...LONDONDERRY LONGFORD LOUTH MAYO MEATH MONAGHAN . QUEEN'S COUNTY . . . SLIGO TIPPERARY TYRONE . WATERFORD...possible, the various mineral- localities in the same county around their respective post-towns. A few cases
Journal (issue)
California issue (November-December 1977) and our color Colorado-II issue (November-December 1979). We thought.... and Peter Keller, curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, were instrumental in...95383) are compiling a list of miners’ lamp and mining memorabilia collec­ tors, which they will circulate...lamps, antique mining equipment, mining stock certificates, gold scales, scrip, old mining photographs,... blasting cap tins, miners hats, canary cages, mining equipment catalogs, and anything else along these
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brewsterite, cowlesite, dachiardite, edingtonite, epistilbite, erionite, faujasite, ferrierite, gmelinite,...EDINGTONITE PHILLIPSITE HERSCHELITE GMELINITE LEVYNE EPISTILBITE FAUJASlTE POLLUClTE MORDENITE OFFRETITE GONNARDITE...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...gismondine) at 60°-'90° C > stilbite-heulandite zone (epistilbite, mordenite) at 90°-110° C > laumontite 'la,ne...silica-rich, less hydrous heulandite-stilbite-epistilbite at depth (hottest) to scolecite-mesolite-thomsonite
Book
brewsterite, cowlesite, dachiardite, edingtonite, epistilbite, erionite, faujasite, ferrierite, gmelinite,...EDINGTONITE PHILLIPSITE HERSCHELITE GMELINITE LEVYNE EPISTILBITE FAUJASlTE POLLUClTE MORDENITE OFFRETITE GONNARDITE...Lower Miocene columnar basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed...gismondine) at 60°-'90° C > stilbite-heulandite zone (epistilbite, mordenite) at 90°-110° C > laumontite 'la,ne...silica-rich, less hydrous heulandite-stilbite-epistilbite at depth (hottest) to scolecite-mesolite-thomsonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
traditional geological context. Figure 1. Kaena quarry, viewed from the Kealia Trail, Mokuleia, Oahu....Calcite stalactite “veil,” about 18 cm, from the Laie quarry, Oahu. Eric Heinen De Carlo specimen, Bryan Swoboda...called basanite. Obsidian Volcanic glass (of any composition). The most abundant obsidian in Hawaii is Si...Si rich and poor in Fe and Mg. Obsidian found in Hawaii has a composition between trachyte and rhyodacite;...Tachylite is the name given to small amounts of black obsidian found in some basaltic flows. Oceanite Basaltic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau, 1880-1943 (Bradley 1945). Northern Provinces...Lapidary-quality obsidian is found in the area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine... Trinity River, Trinity County at the High Plateau mine in Del Norte County, and kammererite (clinochlore)...(clinochlore), as at the Veta Grande mine in Siskiyou County. The ultramafics also host occurrences of the massive
Book
recognizable in the field is the natural glass obsidian. This forms an amorphous material since cooling...granite but with no quartz. Sandstone (South Dakota, USA) _9_ A darker rock than granite but with a similar...Peridotite 13 Dunite Serpentinite Rhyolite -14 Obsidian Z K ■ £ ?*«*? V -S. . _ a Basalt Slate...Fluorite is a common example. Aragonite (Utah, USA) 27 Crystals Crystal Morphology The term morphology...crystal form. Other crystals Wulfenite (Arizona, USA) 29 may show lesser symmetry on a scale at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
WHITMANCROSS:On some Eruptive Rocks from Custer Co., Colorado. Proc. Col. Sc. Soc., Vol. II., 1888, pp...material from the Rosita Hills, Colorado, and of the Obsidian Cliff, Y. N. P., were kindly loaned the...closest resemblance to the base of some of the Colorado rhyolites. Delicate perlitic parting, which because...the fresh chain spherulites of the Yellowstone Obsidian. The same irregularly scalloped outline, the same...COLE and GERARD W. BUTLER: on the Lithophysoe Obsidian of the Roche Rosse, Lipari. in the Q. J. G.
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
01:16 09 August 2017 Mineralógica! Society of the District of Columbia Following is a statement of the activities...activities of the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia during the last eight months: At the...Connecticut. A motion picture entitled " Nickel Mining, Smelting, and Refining," was shown at the March...motion pictures on Tin mining in Bolivia. A trip was planned to the Kibblehouse Quarry at Perkiomenville,...wonders of Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Meteor Mountain, the Petrified Forest, the Painted
Journal (issue)
.................. 594 NATIVE COPPER IN AN. J. QUARRY. BY T . ORCHARD LISLE ................ 597 MOUNT... 562 ROCKS AND MlN ERALS - CHIPS ~-,ROM THE QUARRY (!I~risintas Oireetings ! - Again it is the happy...an- pleasant. Soon an officer of the Westchester County Police informs us that this portion of Croton Point...Point Park is reserved for groups of Westchester County boys for whom definite camping times have been...privilege of anchoring and using the beach below the cliff east of the public bathing beach on the north side
Book
milky quartz stems. Denny Mountain area of King County. Specimen from the collection of Cary A. Maykut...DESCRIPTIONS 21 ABBREVIATIONS 24 GLOSSARY 25 COUNTY INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURRENCES 29 MINERAL DESCRIPTIONS...(using a code explained on page 21) and a county by county list mentioning the nature of their occurrence...Parks and Monuments prohibit all collecting. state, county and city parks usually prohibit collecting. Please...naumanite, sylvanite, teilurobismuth, umangite, silver j. COMMON QUARTZ-SULPHIDE VEINS Quartz, galena
Catalog/List
THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal...ofNcpheline) lxl £1 lx2£2.SO Zcolite 296 NATROLITE · Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn Norway · Rich creamy masses with possible
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
50, A . J . G U D E , 845 Dudley St., Lakewood, Colorado 80215. U L T R A V I O L E T lamps and kits for...07801. C A N A D I A N M I N E R A L SPECIMENS—Silver ores, also Canadian Cutting Materials. For other... Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. B I L L W A L L , 803 Cumville...Correspondence with a mineral collector in Stevens County and counties in the state of Washington. G A R...brachiopods. S T E V E T U F T I N , Box 44, Golden, Colorado 80402. H A V E C O L L E C T I O N of phonograph
Book
193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...15th annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium: silver (chairman R. W. Graeme) 25:69-76 New minerals recently...ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
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Rubidium Ruthenium Samarium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Sodium Strontium Sulphur Tantalum Tellurium Terbium...sul¬ phides that you will meet frequently outside mining areas are those of iron, namely pyrite, FeS2, and...(as in some native metals, especially copper and silver); wedge-shaped (as in gypsum); spear-shaped (as...sedimentary rocks has been exposed by the erosion of the Colorado River. The rocks were originally deposited as...catastrophic. If the locality is, for example, a working quarry, this may be of little consequence, but if it consists
Catalog/List
-- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE Eitarama,Ruanda, Central...- - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...Wyoming ,U .S.A 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA white nodule. Unusual location Quite rich orange
Catalog/List
lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck crystal sections ,on...SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro botryoidal...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...£5 -------------------------933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained mass in
Journal (issue)
++49-89-ь1354 H. Obodda Box 51, Short Hills, N J 07078, USA (Check t o b e m a d e payable t o Mr. H. Obodda)...4 Azurite & malachite breccia. Morenci, Arizona, USA. Field - 10 cm. Phelps Dodge Morenci Collection....- 5 5 5 4 (USA) voice 5 0 5 - 7 8 2 - 5 5 5 5 mail: B o x 1115, Zuni, New Mexico 87327, USA most beautiful...10566 USA Теl: (914)739-1134 Fax:(914)739-1257 Н. 4ß4DDA BOX51вноггт Mlus NEW ЈЕРЅЕУ O7O78 USA FAX:... Behnke, 161 Sherman Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450, USA Phone: 203-235-5467 • WA N T E D : Exceptional Azurite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
50, A . J . G U D E , 845 Dudley St., Lakewood, Colorado 80215. U L T R A V I O L E T lamps and kits for...U.S.A. C A N A D I A N M I N E R A L SPECIMENS—Silver ores, also Canadian Cutting Materials. For other... Libethenite crystals found at Clegg mine, Lee County, North Carolina. B I L L W A L L , 803 Cumville...Correspondence with a mineral collector in Stevens County and counties in the state of Washington. G A R...brachiopods. S T E V E T U F T I N , Box 44, Golden, Colorado 80402. NOW 4 GREAT DAYS! 1983 16-page lull color
Catalog/List
£6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway...Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA...ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...2x2£10 2x3£15 Gamet 50 ANDRADITE Franklin New Jersey USA Quite rich orange mass in matrix.. Minor willemitc
Journal (issue)
............. 554 MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY ............................................................................................... SILVER CRATER MINE—Ilia Kerr ...........................505 511 514 532 533 551 551 553 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY GEOLOGIC HAZARDS COMMITTEES NAMED Clarence Allen...and August 1st, 1965, in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., to swap or dig your own tourmaline plus...City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, Colo. Show Chairman Roy G. Bar­ rett, Box 2, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Book
ubidium Ruthenium Samarium Seance Selenium Silicon Silver N Os 0 a 76 8 a 19 K 59 Pr ese ie Ra 88...metal and sulphur in a variety frequently phides mining that of structures, covalent than will you...(as in some native metals, especially copper and silver); wedge-shaped (as in gypsum); spear-shaped (as...rocks has been exposed | by the erosion of the Colorado River. Tne rocks were originally + deposited as...catastrophic. If the locality is, for example, a working quarry, this may be of little consequence, but if it consists
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...aventurine, pet. wood, Mexican agates, snowflake obsidian, jasper, amazonstone. All at 20 stones $1.00..................... MISCELLANEOUS CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY..................................................7-3185) ROCKS AND MINERALS 401 9 CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY 15th Eastern Federation Gem & Mineral Show New...(chalcedony pseudomorph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida, near the famous Suwannee River. This
Report (Issue volume)
the original occurrence. Socialite from Princess Quarry at Bancroft, Ontario at one time had a considerable...sought before entering a mine, quarry or other private property; in active mining areas arrangements for the...M.M.-The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin. ( Canad:an Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) ....Surveys. Can. Mining J.-The Canadian Mining Journal. Can. Mining Rev.-The Canadian Mining Review. Can....Canadian Industrial Mineral Deposits, 6th Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, 19 57. GSC, Ann. Rept
 
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