Letovicite from
The Geysers, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA

The Geysers, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA
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Description
Comments:	Occurs as platy micro-crystals on massive mascagnite from Boric Acid Springs along Geyser Creek Canyon.
Habit:	masses of pseudohexagonal crystals 0,03 by 0,05 mm and 0.0005mm thick
Colour:	Colourless
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Vonsen, Magnus (1941) Preliminary report on minerals of The Geysers of Sonoma County, California. Mineralogist: 9: 246, 279; Vonsen, Magnus (1946), Minerals at “The Geysers,” Sonoma County, California: California Division Mines Report 42: 288; Dunning, Gail E. and J.F. Cooper (1969a) Letovicite from The Geysers, Sonoma County, California. California Division Mines and Geology Mineral Information Service: 22: 135; Dunning, G. S. & Cooper, J. F. (1993): History and minerals of The Geysers Sonoma County, California. Mineralogical Record 24(5): 339-352.
Associated minerals:
Associates:	Mascagnite
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Letovicite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view The Geysers, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA

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