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Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
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| Name: | In allusion to the shape as steep pyramids of an unknown, pseudomorphically replaced mineral | ||
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| A variety of Calcite Pseudomorphs of calcite after an unknown mineral (possibly ikaite) with steep pyramidal form. These pseudomorphs are frequently formed of imbricated groups of pyramids, packed one within the other to make prismatic forms up to 8 or 10 inches (20 to 25 cm) in length. | |||
Classification of Thinolite | ||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||
References for Thinolite | ||||||||
| Reference List: | King (1878) USGS Report Geol. 40th Parallel: 1: 508. Dana, E.S. (1884), A crystallographic study of the thinolite of Lake Lahonton: USGS Bull. 12. Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 160. Aquatic Geochemistry (1998): 4(3-4): 429-454. | |||||||
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