Amarantite from
Santa Maria Mts, Blythe, Riverside Co., California, USA

Description
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Schairer, John Frank & C.C. Lawson (1924), Copiapite from the Santa Maria Mountains, eastern Riverside County, California: American Mineralogist: 9: 242-244; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 612, 626; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 156.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Copiapite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Amarantite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Santa Maria Mts, Blythe, Riverside Co., California, USA

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