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Sodalite from
Cerro Sapo, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Sodalite
Formula:Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Habit:Crystals to 9cm
Colour:blue
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ankerite11 photos of Sodalite associated with Ankerite at this locality.
Burbankite8 photos of Sodalite associated with Burbankite at this locality.
Galena5 photos of Sodalite associated with Galena at this locality.
Analcime5 photos of Sodalite associated with Analcime at this locality.
Dawsonite4 photos of Sodalite associated with Dawsonite at this locality.
Albite2 photos of Sodalite associated with Albite at this locality.
Hisingerite2 photos of Sodalite associated with Hisingerite at this locality.
Pyrite1 photo of Sodalite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Krasnovite1 photo of Sodalite associated with Krasnovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sodalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Sapo, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:65059
Long-form Identifier:1:3:65059:5
GUID (UUID V4):3e750294-8dce-4d09-b846-1497acc6f067
Nearest other occurrences of Sodalite
8.4km (5.2 miles) Laguna Khoallaqui, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
15.4km (9.5 miles) Palca river alluvials, Independencia, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
diversity in the Central Andes: the Ayopaya alkaline province, Bolivia Received: 12 December 2002 / Accepted:...Abstract The Ayopaya province in the eastern Andes of Bolivia, 100 km NW of Cochabamba, hosts a Cretaceous...wide petrographic and geochemical spectrum. The Cerro Sapo area hosts a small calciocarbonatite intrusion...stock is crosscut by a spectacular REE-Sr-Th-rich sodalite-ankerite-baryte dyke system. The nearby Chiaracke...(La/Yb 95–160) and higher Nb and Zr contents. The sodalite-ankerite-baryte dyke system shows geochemical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polarizing microscope. NOTES AND NEWS SODALITEFROM BOLIVIA WorrceNc Bnnxor,on, H amburg,Germany. Beads and... A. Stuebelwas the first to collect relics of sodalite in the ruins of Tihuanacu (Tiahuanaco), a settlement...settlement of the Aymara Indians near La Paz, Bolivia. These were examined and described by H. Fischer,l...Bamberger and IL Feussner.2 Prodgers who visited Bolivia in 1905-1906makes the statement that the "Cura...blue sodalite in several Bolivian collections labeled from "Ayopaya, Cnchabamba" or "Cerro Sapo." In
Report (issue)
No. 12: Bolivia ht of Mineral Collecting N 978-0-9790998-5-4 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado...specimen 'being sold with the shrine when he was in Bolivia buying mineral specimens in the 1970s. He took...Ph08pl,ophyllite; 5. 2 cm tall Cerro Rico, Potosi, B,atillo province, Potosi Andy Seibel col/action Jejf-SC...Yaalte: 12.5 cm wide Siglo XX Mine, ,U� Bustillo province, Potosi Malty Zinn colkdknt (ex Marv Rausch) Jase...640 200 100 600 The Political Divisions of Bolivia (after United Nations Map No. 3875, Peacekeeping
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the information about the turquoise locality in Bolivia, Bob Jenkins about turquoise localities in Chile...private documented by the wide distribution of sodalite and turquoise since the earliest times. collections...deposits strongly prevail in southem Peru and in Bolivia, which helps to explain why the vast majority of...sediments showed that the famous Cerro Rico de Potosí deposit in Bolivia, one of the world 's richest silver...39 cm, weighing 23 kg) of cemented necklaces of sodalite, spondylus and quartz. According to Shida (1995)
Journal (issue)
January 1998 ISSN: 1355-4565 Turquoise from Hubei Province, China Qi Lijian, FGA, DGA, Yan Weixuan, FGA,...The turquoise deposit in Yunyang district, Hubei Province, China, is characterized by its large scale, complex...secondary leaching Introduction unyang in Hubei Province, located in the eastern section of the Qinling...Neolithic Age, located in Yongjing County, Gansu Province, China. This indicates a mining history of about...crossed polars, x60. x60. Turquoise from Hubei Province, China 3 3 Table I: Chemical compositions of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new selenite mineral from the El Dragón mine, Bolivia ANTHONY R. KAMPF1,*, STUART J. MILLS2, BARBARA...Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosı́ Department, Bolivia. The mineral occurs in vugs in a...structure; NASICON structure; El Dragón mine, Bolivia. 1. Introduction has self-collected or obtained...occurrences in Bolivia as being leached saltdome caprocks (Žáček et al., 1998, 2000), and the Cerro Sapo sodalite...sodalite deposit, also in Bolivia, as being a carbonatite dyke, rather than a hydrothermal ankerite vein
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Southern Bahia Alkaline Province of NE Brazil: U–Pb and Pb–Pb ages of the blue sodalite syenites Maria de Lourdes...Abstract Blue sodalite syenite is a rare rock, and the Southern Bahia Alkaline Province (SBAP) is the...Brazil where economic deposits are found. This province forms part of the Archaean to Paleoproterozoic...and the Neoproterozoic Araçuaí mobile melt. Blue sodalite-bearing syenites are found in almost all the igneous...previous petrologic study demonstrating that blue sodalite is formed during the crystallization of these
Report (issue)
Sodalite Na8Al6 Si6 O24 Cl2 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point...[Cl 1: 99 (SO 4 )0:01] §=2:00 : Mineral Group: Sodalite group. Occurrence: Formed in nepheline syenites...Horse Pass, British Columbia. From Cerro Sapo, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Name: In allusion to its sodium content...(1983) The structure of hackmanite, a variety of sodalite, from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Can. Mineral.,...and H.D. Grundy (1984) The crystal structures of sodalite-group minerals. Acta Cryst., 40, 6{13. All rights
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
polarizing microscope. NOTES AND NEWS SODALITEFROM BOLIVIA WorrceNc Bnnxor,on, H amburg,Germany. Beads and... A. Stuebelwas the first to collect relics of sodalite in the ruins of Tihuanacu (Tiahuanaco), a settlement...settlement of the Aymara Indians near La Paz, Bolivia. These were examined and described by H. Fischer,l...Bamberger and IL Feussner.2 Prodgers who visited Bolivia in 1905-1906makes the statement that the "Cura...blue sodalite in several Bolivian collections labeled from "Ayopaya, Cnchabamba" or "Cerro Sapo." In
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR BOLIVIA by Keith R. Long1 , Jane S. Ciener2 , Fernando...U.S. Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia. 4 Servicio Geologico de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia INTRODUCTION This bibliography...references useful for a mineral resource assessment of Bolivia. In its present form it is a nearly exhaustive...resources, economic geology and areal geology of Bolivia. References pertaining to mineralogy, geochemistry...(Federico), 1950, Nuevas publicaciones geologicas sobre Bolivia: Mineria Boliviana, v. 7, n. 53, p. 7-8. Earth
Journal (issue)
crystal cluster, 7.3 cm, from near Bapu, Guangdong Province, China. Rob Lavinsky specimen, now in the Tom...Stewart D. Redwood Casilla 13385, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia is fortunate to have had the lifetime services...country of Bolivia, he published numerous works on the geology and mineral deposits of Bolivia, many of...the first geological and mineral deposit maps of Bolivia. The mineral ahlfeldite, a hydrated nickel selenite...selenite discovered at the Pacajake mine in Bolivia, was named in his honor in 1935. Federico Ahlfeld was
Journal (issue)
in B o livia Alfredo Petrov Casilla 1728 Cochabamba, Bolivia e-mail: alfredopetrov@earthlink.net Bill...Colorado 80020 e-mail: smith72@attglobal.net Bolivia, a landlocked nation three times as large as M...this gazetteer. INTRODUCTION Most people think of Bolivia as a land of great mountain ranges and high cold...description only fits the southwestern third of Bolivia. The two thirds of the country to the north and...largest carbonatite outcrop, Cerro Manomo. The northeastern two thirds of Bolivia contains the fastest growing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonatites are: (1) British Columbia Alkaline Province, Canada (Pell 1994, Millonig et al. 2012); (2)...example the Ontario and Southwest Quebec carbonatite province covered by Woolley and Bailey (2012). Although...largely on field observations from Chilva alkaline province in southern Malawi, fits many complexes from Eastern...et al. 2007); carbonatite-marble dikes of Abyan Province, Yemen Republic (Le Bas et al. 2004); metacarbonates...Paleoproterozoic collision zone of the Borborema province, NE Brazil (EJ dos Santos et al. 2013; RV Santos
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hegau, Germany, the Rome province, Italy, the Canary Islands, Cerro Sapo, Bolivia, Jacupiranga, Brazil and...rare K-rich zeolite, in the Italian ultrapotassic province around Rome. c The Colorado Plateau, USA. Whilst...progressive zeolitic reactions have dominated in the USA province, giving rise to suites of zeolite beds with high...major locality matching in the central European province, especially in Italy and Germany, (b) good matching...merlinoite. The ultrapotassic rocks of the Rome Province are expressed in the K-rich, low-Si zeolite merlinoite
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Cerro de Pasco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (issue)
K., 1987. Blue and yellow sapphire from Kaduna Province, Nigeria. Journal of Gemmology, 20(7/8), 427-42...scapolite, beryl, tourmaline, Damaping in the Huebei province, China, since 1979. The danburite, euclase, fibrolite...from the Nagar area of the Hunza valley, Gilgit Province, in the Northern Area of Pakistan. The colour...sapphire will soon be discovered. P.G.R. Sodalite from Bolivia. J. HYRSL AND A. PETROV. Canadian Gemmologist...Specimens of blue sodalite are reported from Cerro Sapo (Toad Mountain) in the Ayopaya region, near the
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and are thicker than acicular minerals. Massive sodalite, Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa...Mine, Peru; Potosi, Oruro and other localities, Bolivia. Europe: Kongsberg, Norway; Sainte-Marie-auxMines...Latin America: Cananea, Sonora, Mexico; Corocoro, Bolivia. Europe: Cornwall, England; Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany...wine vessel, thought to be from Luoyang, in Henan province, was used for ritual purposes, NATIVE ELEMENTS...Graphite, Kahatagaha, Kurunegala, North Western Province, Sri Lanka * 13.5 x 8.5 x 7 om 42 | NATIVE
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......................................... 163 Bolivia..................................................numbered rectangle rather than a dot. State, province etc. These are quoted for a number of countries...on the V la co Province ments suggested by my colleague D.R.C. Kempe, and I of Bolivia. am most grateful...Rocks a11d Carbo11atites of the World biotite, sodalite and carbonate. A body of whi te, banded limestone...cut by feldspar-rich pegmat ites. An outcrop of sodalite syenite occurs j ust to the northeast of the area
Book (volume)
Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7H2O Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar. Description: Grey grains from the...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Description: Colourless crystal. Identified...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. Description: White-grained aggregate
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(England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish Lustre;...Cornwall and forms part of silver deposits in Bolivia. It is a fairly rare mineral found in hydrothermal...USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA), Llallagua (Bolivia), Cinovec (Czech Republic), Zeehan (fasmania, Australia)...Republic), Bala Sprle (Romania) and Oruro and Potosi (Bolivia). W ZnS Colour: light to dark brown Lustre;...weathering. Tiny crystals are found at Llallagua (Bolivia), Bishopstown (Scotland) and Paterson (New Jersey
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(England), Ontario (Canada) and Oruro and Tasna (Bolivia). Bi Colour: lead-grey, pink tarnish Lustre;...Cornwall and forms part of silver deposits in Bolivia. It is a fairly rare mineral found in hydrothermal...USA), Seward Peninsula (Alaska, USA), Llallagua (Bolivia), Cinovec (Czech Republic), Zeehan (fasmania, Australia)...Republic), Bala Sprle (Romania) and Oruro and Potosi (Bolivia). W ZnS Colour: light to dark brown Lustre;...weathering. Tiny crystals are found at Llallagua (Bolivia), Bishopstown (Scotland) and Paterson (New Jersey
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Brazil, H Page 2: Vivianite, I 00 mm, Huanzala, Bolivia, H Page 3: Liddicoatite, polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga...Katanga administrative region again. The former Kivu province is now divided to three regions: INTRODUCTION...conditions in the gold-bearing "greenstone" in Abitibi province in northern Ontario and Quebec. Some genetic problems
Journal (issue)
YAN WEIXUAN, YANG klNGXIN, Turquoise from Hubei Province, China HOWIE, R. A., Iridescence in plagioclase...PETROV, A., Gemstones and ornamental stones from Bolivia: a review Book reviews Proceedings of The Gemmological...YAN (see Wu Ruihua, et al.) Apatite: —Llallagua, Bolivia, 41 —Sandawana, Zimbabwe, 181 Aquamarine: (see...(see also Aquamarine, Emerald) —Australia, 523 —Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 42 —Brazil, 523 —colourless, Orissa...Leckie, D.A, etal.) Bolivia: —Cochabamba: Alto Chapare, 43, Capinota, 42, Cerro Sapo, 41, 46, Kami, 46
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quarry Miarolitic cavities in nepheline syenite Sodalite syenite Igneous breccia Pegmatites Marble xenoliths...the igneous complex. In nepheline syenite and sodalite syenite pegmatites, just as in the case of granitic...concerning the origin of the Monteregian Hills alkaline province, and a brief description of each member. The geology...under the current administrative divisions, the Province of Quebec has been divided into regions and Regional...Petrographic Province. Dawsonite was subsequently found in other localities within the Monteregian Province, including
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.... 231 PETALITE.271 LEUCITE.276 SODALITE GROUP.289 Sodalite, Nosean, Haiiyne ...... 289 ........(“potash—anorthoclase”), tuffaceous liparite, Taiji Kii province, Japan (Kimizuka, 1932) (Includes P2O5 0-03)....A study of potash-anorthoclase from Taiji, Kii province, Japan. Japanese Journ. Geol. Geogr., vol. 9,...andesine aplite/marble contact, Alta Gracia, Cordoba Province, Argentina (Beder, 1932) Anal. J. Jakob (Optics...(“labradorite”), quartz dolerite. New Amalfi, Cape Province, South Africa (Muir, 1965), Anal. I. D. Muir.
 
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