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Nepheline from
Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirineⓘ16 photos of Nepheline associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Albiteⓘ7 photos of Nepheline associated with Albite at this locality.
Lorenzeniteⓘ7 photos of Nepheline associated with Lorenzenite at this locality.
Pectoliteⓘ5 photos of Nepheline associated with Pectolite at this locality.
Seranditeⓘ3 photos of Nepheline associated with Serandite at this locality.
Cancriniteⓘ2 photos of Nepheline associated with Cancrinite at this locality.
Neptuniteⓘ2 photos of Nepheline associated with Neptunite at this locality.
Eudialyteⓘ2 photos of Nepheline associated with Eudialyte at this locality.
Kupletskiteⓘ2 photos of Nepheline associated with Kupletskite at this locality.
Villiaumiteⓘ1 photo of Nepheline associated with Villiaumite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87598
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87598:1
GUID (UUID V4):5b3ad312-7fcf-42be-a245-0f6bb861d166
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘTimber Buttes, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘRobinson Peak, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
47.4km (29.4 miles) ⓘHunter Mesa, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘJohnson Mesa, Carisbrook, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
57.5km (35.7 miles) ⓘRaton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
79.0km (49.1 miles) ⓘCiruela, Mora County, New Mexico, USA
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Journal of Geosciences, 60 (2015), 171–179 DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.195 Original paper Kogarkoite, Na3(SO4)F...for F-enrichment of thermal groundwater related to alkaline silicic volcanic rocks VladimĂ­r ĆœĂĄÄek1*,...GeologickĂĄ 4, 152 00 Prague 5, Czech Republic 3 Department of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University in Brno,... 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic 4 Geological Survey of Ethiopia, P.O. Box 2302, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia *...situated between the towns of Hawasa and Shashemene, in the central part of the Main Ethiopian Rift in
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