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Diaspore from
Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine), White Mountain, Laws, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA

Description
Comments:	Occurs as compact masses with andalusite or in veins of pyrophyllite; blades and plates to 3 cm long.
Colour:	White to yellow-brown
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Kerr, Paul Francis (1932), Occurrence of andalusite and related minerals at White Mountain, California: Economic Geology: 27: 626; Gross, E.B. and Parwel, A. (1968) Rutile mineralization at the White Mountain andalusite deposit, California. Arkiv för Mineralogie och Geologi 4, No. 29: 493-497; Wise, W. S. (1977): Mineralogy of the Champion mine White Mountains, California. Mineralogical Record 8, 478-486; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 144.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Andalusite Pyrophyllite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Diaspore data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Champion Mine (White Mountain Mine), White Mountain, Laws, White Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA

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