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Labradorite from
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Anorthite var: Labradorite
Formula:(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Labradorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6751:5
GUID (UUID V4):19c87bb8-fda0-41b8-bc05-7e5be212dda4
Nearest other occurrences of Labradorite
71.5km (44.4 miles) ā“˜Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
91.5km (56.8 miles) ā“˜Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
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Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This small but exceptional slate block features an...Paleocene, Ft. Union Formation Glendive, Montana, USA This is a good fossil leaf specimen with fine detail
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu Ā© 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\Ā·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Report (issue)
General Geology of Central Cochise County By JAMES GILLULY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER ...Copper Belle monzonite porphyry.______________ Cochise Peak quartz monzonite_____-___-_________ Turquoise...series._______________________________ Bisbee group and Bisbee formation....._______ Glance conglomerate..._______________________ Cintura formation ______________________ Bisbee formation________________________ Cretaceous fossils...al structure.__________________ Area north of Cochise Stronghold. ____ General features._______________
Report (volume)
Formations of the Bisbee Group, Empire Mountains quadrangle, Pima County, Arizona, by Tommy L. Finne...A27 2. Index map of the Empire Mountains area, Arizona-_________ 29 3. Index map showing the location...^> 'c 1 ec sl^p Ā§a|? 1 X 8Ā§ .S .|1(S| o o Arizona. .- .- g -g g 0 'S d i rS O ^ ^ c^ *o...olivine and plagioclase (labradorite) in an intergranular groundmass of labradorite microlites, olivine,...FORMATIONS OF THE BISBEE GROUP, EMPIRE MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA By TOMMY L. FINNELL
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
Report (issue)
itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
Journal (issue)
Januaryā€“February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
Report (issue)
Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Report (volume)
WILDERNESS AREAS CHIRICAHUA WILDERNESS AREA, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-A Mineral Resources...Resources of the ChiricahuaWilderness Area, Cochise County, Arizona By HARALD DREWES, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...a mineral survey of the Chiricahua Wilderness, Arizona. CONTENTS Page Summary..................................................................... Bisbee Formation........................................RESOURCES OF THE CHIRICAHUA WILDERNESS AREA, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA By HARALD DREWES, U.S. Geological Survey
Report (issue)
Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and Cochise County, Arizona b y ELLIOT GILL ERMAN 1958.............................................. 41 Bisbee group ...........................................part of the Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico and Arizona .................................................Mountains, situated as they are on the New Mexico-Arizona boundary, are critical in a comparison and correlation...resemble rocks in Arizona. The upper Paleozoic strata are similar to rocks of southeastern Arizona and indicate
Report (issue)
the Santa Rita Mountains, Southeast of Tucson, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-C Mesozoic...Southeast of Tucson, Arizona By HARALD DREWES MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... stratigraphy_____________________________ Pre-Bisbee rocks________________________________ Temporal...37 42 43 43 Creataceous stratigraphy Continued Bisbee Group__________________________________ Glance...-Environment of deposition.._____________ Post-Bisbee rocks__ ______--_____________--_-_-_Fort Crittenden
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mineralsā€”Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ā€¢ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Journal (issue)
Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping; Hardcover:...mineral localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many... Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy and...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among... HI STORY_....,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _......., J COUNTY MAp o, '1~AAa M'Al.t.OFM.11.ES An 1870 map of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
short periods of activity that mining was done. ARIZONAā€”Masses of native copper, some weighing up to several...been found in the Copper Queen Copper mine in Bisbee, Cochise Co., Ariz. ARKANSASā€”A large, beautiful grayish...was reported in 1843 at Williams Ferry in Hall County by Dr. Stevenson while panning for gold. The stone...Creek corundum mine in Town County. At Piedmont Orchard in Habersham County, beautiful nodules of deep...related to granitic rocks, has been found in Troup County near La Grange. All of the stones are a rich blue-green
Journal (issue)
Bisbee! Wm ,' .\ V> s K * *SKEĀ» ā€¢\v Ā„*ā€¢ S\* 'W , 4 .v - N ā– ST. -ā€¢ā€¢ā€¢,> ā€¢ ā– % SW 'VARIZONA-III ^-^v...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 g_ g ā€” ā€”^ affiliated with the Friends of...September-October 1981 Arizona-m famous mineral localities: Bidee, Arizona by Richard W. Graeme a...Record Third in a series id four issues devoted to Arizona published bimonthly by the Mineralogical Record...B-2120 Schoten COVER: AZURITE on malachite from Bisbee, about 6 inches tall. William Larson specimen;
Journal (issue)
December 2014 Display until 12/23/14 PRINTED IN USA RG_turquoise_cover_1214.indd 2 ROCKPICK LEGEND...MidTennessee Gem & Mineral Society; Williamson County AgExpoPark; 4215 Long Ln.; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5;...16-18ā€”GLOBE, ARIZONA: 58th Annual Show; Gila County Gem & Mineral Society; Gila County Fairgrounds; 3...shipton3@comcast.net JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015 29-15ā€”TUCSON, ARIZONA: Wholesale and retail show; Eons Expos; 22nd Street...com; Web site: www.EonsExpos.com 30-15ā€”TUCSON, ARIZONA: Annual show; Marana Minerā€™s Co-op; The Rock Show;
Book (edition)
~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee. These old workings were...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Journal (issue)
Mine Closures The Maine (Part I) Popularity of Bisbee Community Outlook ...........54 Minerals Lives...near the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which has a fantastic collection of minerals and...BD10 Power Feed Trim Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: ā€¢ All cast aluminum tank, table...# 168787 HP14 Slab Saw Scan for Video MADE IN USA Features include: ā€¢ 1/2 HP continuous duty motor...Association Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Societyā€™s Annual Gem Show Better
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
National University] at 11:35 31 May 2016 variety of Arizona localities. Pseudohexagonal twinned crystals to...sharp single and twinned crystals from several Bisbee mines, including the Cole, Campbell, and Shattuck...Shattuck shafts, have been reported from Cochise County. An unusually large number of snow-white jackstraw...groups were recovered from the Flux mine, Santa Cruz County. Magnificent single and twinned crystals and reticulated...Mammoth-Saint Anthony mine in the Mammoth district, Pinal County, and beautifully crystallized cerussite specimens
Book (edition)
mine, Racooche Valley, White Co. 1866 Vs White County Daniel Light form, % mi. NE Less than 1887 ...Alabama has yielded a 4i%4 carat diamond from Shelby County, 30 miles south of Birmingham, found about 1900...Siding in St. Clair County, 20 miles northeast of Bir- mingham. One found in Lee County in 1901 weighs 4^...have a cornfield at Pounding Mill, Tazewell County, Va. A 3 carat stone, bought by a Knoxville...Luttrell, Another of .78 carat, light yellow, Union County. was reported found in 1888 on the Henry Burris
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulzur, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. ARIZONAā€”"Bisbee (Cochise Co.), Ariz., is again yielding orange...have a piece of meteorite from Meteor Crater in Arizona and the surfaces of the two pieces are exactly...Mr. Smith. MINNESOTAā€”"I found an agate in Itasca County, Minn., which weighed exactly one pound. It is...pieces weighing four pounds. "Location: ā€” Washington County, Nebr., about 15 miles north of Omaha in a limestone...continuous source for gem quality, opalescent labradorite (feldspar). The quality is comparable to the
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Catalog/List
Meteorite End Cut Iron, IAB-MG Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA Another larger ofering at 4.5 kilograms (9...Meteorite Iron, IAB-MG Meteor Crater, Coconino County Arizona, USA Found: 1891 Without question, the Canyon...associated with the Meteor Crater outside of Winslow, Arizona is the quintessential American meteorite. This...Ordinary Chondrite (LL5) Near Lazbuddie, Parmer County, Texas, USA. (approximate centroid) Fell: 15 Feb 2013;...Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA Found in 1917 during the World War I era in Hale County, Texas, the Plainview
 
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