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Melanite from
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Census-designated Place
Classification
Species:Andradite var: Melanite
Formula:Ca3(Fe3+,Ti)2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Melanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:729757
Long-form Identifier:1:3:729757:1
GUID (UUID V4):71066c71-720c-48a9-8b76-4b6fea413896
Localities for Melanite in this Region
Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS By CARL M. WELCH South Dakota School of Mines Box 1 197, Rapid City, S.D. 57701...57701 Magnet Cove has been an area of of punishment since much walking will great mineralogic interest since...natural magnet in the soil and its picks and sledges. Small tools are also basin-like shape. The Cove is located...northern Hot Spring County, Arkansas could be used. A good knapsack is of about 12 miles east of Hot Springs...places where Cove Creek enters and the text as being closed. However, Mr. leaves the Cove. Kimzey will
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KIMZEYITE, A ZIRCONIUM GARNET F-RONIMAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS* Cuanr-Bs Mtr-roN, Br-eNcuB L. INcn.Llr...dodecahedrons modified by trapezohedron at Nlagnet Cove, Arkansas' in a carbonatite with abundant apatite, monticellite...found in other garnets (schorlomite frorn Magnet Cove, melanite Irom Kaiserstuhl, Germany, and titanian...with Magnet Cove mineralogy. Ixrnorucrtox During geologicaistudy of the Magnet Cove, Arkansas' carbonatite...attention was directed by Mr. Joc Kimzey of Malvern, Arkansas,to small dark brown garnetsabout 1 mm. diameter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I3-13 I, 1989 Alkaline igneousrocks of Magnet Cove,Arkansas: Metasomatizedijolite xenoliths from Diamond...te that forms part of the outer ring of the Magnet Cove alkaline ring-dike complex. Xenoliths were collected...contains up to 3.5 wto/oF. Aegirine, biotite, and melanite garnet, also formed during metasomatism, contain...form the inner rings of the Magnet Cove complex. INrnolucrroN The Magnet Cove complex is an alkaline ring-dike...in an area of approximately 12 km2 in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. The igneousrocks of the complex intrude
Report (edition)
STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 S P EC I ES O F A RKA N SA A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard \ 1987... / ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist s·' , STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...23 SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman...field trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
Report (edition)
STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised...Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised 2007 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL...Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F...three-day trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Y" Amsterdam Alkaline igneous rocks of Magnet Cove, Arkansas: Mineralogy and geochemistry of syenites...Ross, M., 1990. Alkaline igneous rocks of Magnet Cove, Arkansas: Mineralogy and geochemistry of syenites...carbonatites. Lithos, 26: 67-98. Syemtes from the Magnet Cove alkaline igneous complex form a diverse mmeralogical...crystalhzatlOn history of the syemtes. Introduction The Magnet Cove complex is a IOI-Ma (Zartman, 1977; Eby, 1987)...an area of approximately 12 km 2 in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Areas ofTi, V and Nb mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1931 Vor,. 16 A PARAGENETIC MAGNET No.8 CLASSIFICATION OF THE COVE MINERALS KrNrqprn K. LaNnBs....aegirite, eudyalite and other minerals from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, have found their way into collections all...detail. Contributions to the petrogenesisof the Magnet Cove area were made by H. S. Washington in the first...the origin of the minerals. Magnet Cove lies in southwest central Arkansas in the Ouachita Mountains physiographic...good highway connects the area with the city of Hot Springs, which lies about 12 miles to the west. The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Shockley's comprehensive survey of collecting in Magnet Cove, Arkansas was but one of the many outstanding articles...with timeless appeal to mineral stu­ dents. The Magnet Cove locality has remained a prime collecting site...MINERALS Mineral Collecting Magnet Cove, June, 1948 in Arkansas By W O O D L A N D G . S H O C...E Y Since early in the nineteenth cen­ tury Magnet Cove has been one of the world's most famous mineral...Unfortunately, most of the published material on the Cove is either out of print or is otherwise hard to obtain;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Examination of schorlomite from ijolite at Magnet Cove (USA) and silicocarbonatite at Afrikanda (Russia)...in ijolite (?) at the Magnet Cove alkaline complex, Hot Spring County, Arkansas (Shepard 1846). In 1852...as schorlomite or titanian andradite (a.k.a. ‘‘melanite’’). There is a continuous series of compositions...Ti contents referred to as both schorlomite and melanite (e.g., Schwartz et al. 1980). Some examples of...including material from the type locality at Magnet Cove. A similar assessment has been recently done
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington—Igneous Rocks, Arkansas. 177 III.—IGNEOUS COMPLEX OF MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS. By HENEY S. WASHINGTON...pp. 389-416; 1900. THE FOYAITE-IJOLITE SKHIES OF MAGNET OOVE : A CHEMICAL STUDY IN DIFFERENTIATION. By...Essex County, Massachusetts, he has passed to the no less interesting area of Magnet Cove, Arkansas, originally... The outcrops of the chief igneous rocks of the Cove occupy an elliptic area, and divide, as shown on...found, even as outliers, in the inner part of the Cove. Disregarding the metamorphosed rocks of the ridge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA (Received October 12, 1992; revised and accepted...end ocean surface waters ocean bottom waters hot spring mine waters mine waters geothermal well (a)...bEstimated pH 8. CT60°C, pH 1.86, in acid sulfate hot spring, Uzon volcano (Russia). dpH 11 - 12 reported...Titanium Corporation of America mine at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, U.S.A. According to E.R. Force (pers. commun...from Titanium Corporation of America pit, Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Width of sample 5 cm. tonic blocks, particularly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
peculiar rock, essentially composed of orthoclase and melanite, under the name of borolanite.1 The type-specimens...nepheline and asgirine, in addition to orthoclase and melanite, and is therefore allied, both as regards mode... to the Tinguaite group of Eosenbusch; but as melanite is an important constituent it was classed with...foyaite (elseolitesyenite) family. The occurrence of melanite as an important accessory in certain rocks belonging...has long been recognized. In our rock we have melanite raised to the rank of an essential constituent
Other Paper
MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...Jr. and J. Michael Howard MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS...Michael Howard 16001 Vimy Woods Road Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 E-mail: jmichaelhoward@sbcglobal.net ©...Additional Magnet Cove Mineral Occurrences……………………………… 49 Part 2 – Minerals of Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County...County, Arkansas and Vicinity……………………..... 49 Part 3 – Briefs of the Important Mineral Locations of Magnet
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Fission-track geochronology of the Arkansas alkaline province By G. Nelson Eby Prepared................. 4 Granite Mountain and Saline County syenites......................... 4 Potash Sulphur.......................................... 7 Magnet Cove complex........................................the various intrusive and dike complexes of the Arkansas alkaline province.................. 2 Figure...Figure 2. - Generalized geologic map of the Magnet Cove complex.......... 8 Tables Table 1. - Analytical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitv of California. MOLYBDENITEAT MAGNET COVB,ARKANSAS V. G. Srnrcr'r, University of Arkonsas,... Fayeileailie,Arkansos. Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has long been famous for the wide variety of its mineral...authority. On the annual spring field trip from the University of Arkansas in 1940, molybdenite was found...found near the north rim of the Cove on the northwest bank of cove creek in the southwest quarter, of...geyserite which is found at other localities within the cove. Masses (up to four inches in diameter) of granular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Thuringia, pyrolusite, 976. Kaiserstuhl, Baden, melanite, 775. Leichtenberg, Fichtelgebirge, gersdorffite...Minver, minverite, kaersutite, 874. The Rill, Kynance Cove, The Lizard, mackinawite, 614. Wheal Agar, stannite...Morvah ; Mouselmle ; Pedn men Du, Sennen Cove; Porthmeor Cove; Blackpool. Hendra, Melador, Restrowrack...380. Lgch Borolan, myrmekitic intergrowths, 491; melanite, 775. Loeb Laxford, granite, 342. Loch Ossigary...meteorite, 740, 850. Amba Dongar, Gujarat State, melanite, 775. Dongri Buzurg, Maharashtra, cryptome. lane
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES AND NEWS MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS, Wlr.r.t.a.u L. Hllrolr, AND VICINITY Alabama Museum oJ Natural'...yesterday when the Red Men roarned the forests of Arkansas they found a happy hunting ground, the realization...mineralogists and geologists. For over a century Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has been visited by mineralogists and geologists...its treasures. Magnet Cove is located on Arkansas Highway No. 6, twelve miles east of Hot Springs. As the...external appearance and general features of the cove many have believed this to be an ancient volcanic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Titanium members from Magnet Cove, Occurrence as crystals or grains in: Arkansas Igneous rocks Granite...Kimzey family of Magnet cove, Arkansas. Joe W. Kimzey was former state geologist of Arkansas. It occurs as...fire-like. Rhodolite is a fine gem stone from Macon County, North Carolina consisting of 2 parts pyrope and...surface of the green—may be of gem quality. nests. Melanite—Black. Polyadelphite-Yellowish brown to SPESSARTINE...Hydrogrossular—Buffelsfontein, Transvaal. Kimzeyite—Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Polyadelphite-Franklin, New Jersey Pyrope-Teplitz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARKANSAS — HAVEN FOR THE ROCK-HOUND By LOU OBERSTE, Director Publicity Arkansas Publicity and Parks Commission...Commission State Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas In the early prehistoric days when the earth was in...of explosive and chaotic experiences that made Arkansas a real "bonanza" for the rockhound. A specimen...rock found in the United States can be found in Arkansas, and one stone—the diamond —is found only here...lode" for the rock prospector is in the Magnet Cove area near Hot Springs, where almost one hundred mineral
Report (issue)
Petrology of the Alkalic Igneous Complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared in cooperation...Petrology of the Alkalic Igneous Complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas By R. L. ERICKSON and L. V. BLADE GEOLOGICAL...petrology of the alkalic igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, by R. L. Erickson and L. V. Blade. Washington...igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geochemistry Arkansas Magnet Cove. 2. Petrology...Petrology Arkansas Magnet Cove. 3. Rocks, Igneous. 4. Rocks Analysis. I. Blade, Lawrence Vernon, 1917joint author
Book (edition)
field work on the Iron Hill complex of Gunnison County, Colorado, in 1912-1913. Although his final results...decade. In the United States these include Magnet Cove, Arkansas (Erickson and Blade, 1963), Iron Hill, Colorado...carbonate-rich rocks that might have originated from a hot carbonatitic fluid genetically derived through some...include all those carbonate-rich deposits formed from hot fluids” —a useful extension. ° Thus, for descriptive...South Africa; Chilwa Island, N yasaland; Magnet Cove, Arkansas. In some cases the ring complex is arcuate
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 3: Almandine, 3 cm. Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. John Medici specimen and photo....Titanium-bearing garnets (schorlomite and andradite variety melanite) tend to be dark brown or black due to intense...spessartine; in recent years a popular gem from Tanzania. Melanite-a varietal name for black titanium-bearing andradite;...uvarovite crystal, 0.8 mm, near Jacksonville, Tuolumne County, California. Dan Behnke specimen tahedral crystals...Ramona, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen and photo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hfi1:#Hl ;:,:,;';: sive comprex, west-centrar (Fig. Arkansas r), in the So'iet union occulrences 9"1"j:-1If"sh...the ijolitic rocks and the fenites. Mnrrrons ARKANSAS oF IIwESTIGATIoN Mineral compositions were obtained...dominatedby massivelybeddedchert. steeply toward the Magnet Cove complex, 8 km to the east (D. R. Owens, pers...Ma (Rb-Sr biotite) for syenitic rocks of the Magnet Cove complex. The agesof both complexeshave been confirmed...crystals predominate. Rare xenocrystsof salite and melanite are present.Concentrations of magnetite,apatite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS Downloaded from gsabulletin.gsapubs.org on August 9, 2015 I1...AMERICA IG N E O U S C O M PLEX O F M A G N E T COVE, A R K A N S A S BY HENRY S. WASHINGTON (Presented.................... 396 Part II.—Petrology of Magnet Cove................................................ 390 H . S. W ASHINGTON— IGNEOUS COMPLEX O P MAGNET COVE P a r t I.— G eo log ic S t r u c t u r e o...T O R Y The igneous rocks of Arkansas, especially those of Magnet Cove, have become classical through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE FOYAITE-IJOLITE SERIES OF MAGNET COVE: A CHEMICAL STUDY IN DIFFERENTIATION. INTRODUCTORY. SOMETIME...published a paper' on the "Igneous Complex of Magnet Cove," in which it was shown that the main types found...cit., p. 403. 3J. F. WILLIAMS," Igneous Rocks of Arkansas." Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Ark. Vol. II, 189o. 4...locality were such that it was thought that the Magnet Cove complex might furnish another favorable example...six of the representative plutonic rocks of Magnet Cove, as well as two of Fourche Mountain, were therefore
 
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