(TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.


Australia
New South Wales Buckland Co. Ardglen Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry)	[Gyrolite] Mineralogical Record Vol 19, No.6 p389; Tschernich, R.(1992), Zeolites of the World, p.48
Tasmania Burnie district Ridgley West Ridgley Quarry ?	[Gyrolite] Mathew Latham coll.
Central Plateau Liawenee	[Gyrolite] Bottrill & Baker (in prep) Catalogue of minerals of Tasmania
Marrawah district Redpa Redpa quarry	[Gyrolite] http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/zeolites.pdf
Tamar Valley Craigburn	[Gyrolite] http://www.crocoite.com/locationbulletins/part1/zeolites.pdf
Upper Mersey Valley Gads Hill	[Gyrolite] http://www.crocoite.com/mainadit/gadshill.htm

Canada
British Columbia Cariboo Mining Division 100 Mile House Horse Lake	[Gyrolite] Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.51
Nova Scotia Annapolis Co. Margaretsville	[Gyrolite] Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.143 Johnston, R. A. A., "A List of Canadian Mineral Occurrences", Memoir 74, Can. Dept. Mines, 1915.
Québec Chaudière-Appalaches Les Appalaches RCM Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Mine Lac d'Amiante (Lake Asbestos mine; LAB mine; Black Lake mine)	[Gyrolite] Canadian Museum of Nature & Horvath collections

China
Hebei Province Xingtai Prefecture Xingtai Co. Fushan Mine	[Gyrolite] Cao Zhengmin, Bi Yurun, and Wang Peiying (1987): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 6(2)

Costa Rica
Alajuela Province La Garita	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume VII Number 7 Spring 1993

Czech Republic
Moravia (Mähren; Maehren) Vysočina Region Havlíčkův Brod Staré Ransko	[Gyrolite] Pauliš, P.: Nejzajímavější mineralogická naleziště Čech II. Kutná Hora: Kuttna, 2003, s. 96 - 98.

Denmark
Faroe Islands (Faeroe Islands; Faeroes; Faroes) Eysturoy island Ljosa	[Gyrolite] Zeolites of the World, R. Tschernich, 1992 (53)
Skalafjordur	[Gyrolite] Franz J. Schmitter (2008) Zeolithe aus dem Hohen Norden: Sammeltouren auf den Faroer-Inseln. Lapis, 33, #2, 29-35.
Strendur	[Gyrolite] Franz J. Schmitter (2008) Zeolithe aus dem Hohen Norden: Sammeltouren auf den Faroer-Inseln. Lapis, 33, #2, 29-35.
Streymoy island Leynavatn	[Gyrolite] Franz J. Schmitter (2008) Zeolithe aus dem Hohen Norden: Sammeltouren auf den Faroer-Inseln. Lapis, 33, #2, 29-35.
Nesvik	[Gyrolite] Zeolites of the World, R. Tschernich, 1992 (301)
Rossafelli	[Gyrolite] Zeolites of the World, R. Tschernich, 1992 (301)
Streymnes	[Gyrolite] Franz J. Schmitter (2008) Zeolithe aus dem Hohen Norden: Sammeltouren auf den Faroer-Inseln. Lapis, 33, #2, 29-35.
Vágar island (Vagur island) Sandavagur	[Gyrolite] Christian Bracke Collection.
Vágar (Vága) Tunnel	[Gyrolite] Burvald, I. (2003): Mineralforekomster på Færøyene. Norsk Bergverksmuseums Skrift 25, 29-34

Federated States of Micronesia
Kosrae	[Gyrolite] Kelly Nash Collection specimen (Ex Myer Crumb Coll.)

France
Midi-Pyrénées Aveyron Espalion Puech de Vermus	[Gyrolite] Boutry C., Pelisson P., Pillard F. (1986), Les zéolites d'Espalion, Le Cahier des Micromonteurs, n°2, pp: 3-7
Hautes-Pyrénées Bagnères de Bigorre Pouzac Bois de hêtres quarry	[Gyrolite] Domenico Preite collection

French Polynesia
Tuamotu-Gambier Tuamotu Archipelago (Tuamotus) Mururoa Lagoon "Echo 2" drill hole	[Gyrolite] Y. Noack (1983) Occurrence of Thaumasite in a Seawater-Basalt Interaction, Mururoa Atoll (French Polynesia, South Pacific) Mineralogical Magazine 47:47-50.

Germany
Bavaria Franconia Maroldsweisach Zeilberg Quarry	[Gyrolite] No reference listed
Hesse Vogelsberg Homberg Nieder-Ofleiden Hochberg quarry (Hohenberg quarry)	[Gyrolite] S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Ortenberg Gaulsberg Quarry	[Gyrolite] Kolitsch, U. (1997): Tacharanit vom Gaulsberg bei Ortenberg (Vogelsberg, Hessen). Mineralien-Welt 8 (2), 25-26
Lower Saxony Göttingen Adelebsen Bramburg Quarry	[Gyrolite] Koritnig, S. (1972). Gyrolith, Okenit und Tacharanit als metasomatische Reaktionsprodukte aus dem Basaltvorkommen der Bramburg bei Göttingen, Deutschland. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 35, 293-301. (in German); Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Rhineland-Palatinate Eifel Mts Hillesheim Zilsdorf Arensberg Mt.	[Gyrolite] Hentschel, G., Die Mineralien des Arensberges bei Zilsdorf, Eifel, Der Aufschluß 29, 219-227, 1978
Mayen Ettringen Bellerberg volcano Caspar quarry	[Gyrolite] [Blass, G., Graf, H.W., Neue Mineralfunde - mineralogische Raritäten - aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralien-Welt 7/5, 28, 1996] [A. Wittern: Mineralfundorte in Deutschland, Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001]

Greenland
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island) Lyngmarksfjeld	[Gyrolite] Nelly Jensen collection

Iceland
Hvalfjordur	[Gyrolite] Selbekk, R. S. & Mattsson, H. (2004): Zeolitt mineraliseringer i Hvalfjördur, Island. STEIN 31 (1), 28-33
Reydarfjörđur Teigargerdistindur	[Gyrolite] Mineralogical Magazine 1962 33:173-186.

India
Maharashtra Ahmadnagar District (Ahmednagar District; Ahmed Nagar District)	[Gyrolite]
Gunjale	[Gyrolite]
Mumbai District (Bombay District) Bombay Quarry	[Gyrolite]
Kandivli-Damupada	[Gyrolite]
Mumbai (Bombay) Pathanwadi Quarry	[Gyrolite] Moore, T. (2002) What's New in Minerals?. Tucson Show 2002. Mineralogical Record. 33: 274
Ward 38 Malad	[Gyrolite] Personal experience-Rock Currier
Kandivali Quarry	[Gyrolite] [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
Nasik District Mahodari	[Gyrolite] Ottens (2003)
Nasik quarry	[Gyrolite] P Haas collection
Pune District (Poonah District)	[Gyrolite] Meyer, I. (1982): Gyrolith. Die verschiedenen Färbungen und ihre Ursachen. LAPIS 7 (3), 14-16
Lonavale (Lonavala) Lonavala Quarry	[Gyrolite] [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
Pashan Pashan quarries	[Gyrolite] Stefan Koch specimen

Israel
Negev Hatrurim Formation	[Gyrolite] Gross, S. (1977): The Mineralogy of the Hatrurim Formation, Israel. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin no. 70, 80 pp.

Italy
Veneto Padova Province Euganei Hills Faedo Fasolo Mount	[Gyrolite] Passaglia E. and Taglavini A. (1995): Erionite from Faedo, Colli Euganei, Italy. N.Jb.Miner.Mh.,4, pagg.185-191.
Verona province Vestenanuova Contrada Bagattei	[Gyrolite] M.Mattioli, M.Cenni, G.Raffaelli (2008): I Minerali del Veronese - Le mineralizzazioni secondarie delle rocce vulcaniche dei Monti Lessini. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, II° serie - sezione Scienze della Terra 7 - 2008, 196
Vicenza Province Gambellara Gambellara quarry	[Gyrolite] "Minerali del Vicentino - La natrolite" M. Boscardin, S. Pegoraro. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana n. 1 / 2000 pp. 4-11
Schio-Valdagno tunnel	[Gyrolite] Boscardin, M., Mietto, P., Pegoraro, S., Orlandi, P., Secco, L.(2000):

Japan
Honshu Island Kanto Region Chiba Prefecture Awa-gun Tawara-mura Kamogawa Mine (Mineoka Mine)	[Gyrolite]
Kamogawa city Fukihara	[Gyrolite] Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)
Tohoku Region Yamagata Prefecture Tsuruoka Atsumi-cho Irakawa	[Gyrolite] Mizota (1969) Ganseki-Koubutsu-Koshogaku Zasshi, 62, 329-338.
Kyushu Region Kagoshima Prefecture Kushikino City Kushikino mine (Mitsui-Kushikino mine)	[Gyrolite] Dr. Kameki Kinoshita collection (curated at Geological Survey of Japan)

Norway
Nordland Fauske Sulitjelma Sulitjelma Cu Mines Charlotta Mine	[Gyrolite] Nordrum, F.S. (2004): Mineralene i Sulitjelma kobbergruver, Fauske. STEIN 31 (3): 3-25

Portugal
Azores District San Miguel Island ?	[Gyrolite] S.M. Topa photo

Romania
Hunedoara Co. Crişcior (Kristyor; Kreischquell)	[Gyrolite] www.minerals-of-the carpathians.eu (2009)

Russia
Eastern-Siberian Region Krasnoyarsk Territory (Krasnoyarsk Kray; Krasnoyarskii Krai) Evenkia (Evenkiyskiy Autonomous okrug) Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin (Lower Tunguska River)	[Tungusite] Min.Mag. 59 (1995), 535
Tura	[Tungusite] Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau Noril'sk	[Gyrolite] Spiridonov, E.M., Gritsenko, Y.D., and Ponomarenko, A.I. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 755-762.
Urals Region Middle Urals Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast' Sysert' District Polevskoi (Polevskoi Zavod) Gumeshevskii (Gumeshevskoye) Cu Mine	[Gyrolite] American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 323–333, 2009
Southern Urals Chelyabinsk Oblast' Chelyabinsk coal basin	[Gyrolite] Cesnokov, B., Kotrly, M. and Nisanbajev, T. (1998): Brennende Abraumhalden und Aufschlüsse im Tscheljabinsker Kohlenbecken - eine reiche Mineralienküche. Mineralien-Welt, 9 (3), 54-63 (in German).
Kopeisk	[Gyrolite] No reference listed

Slovakia
Prešov Region Vranov nad Topľou Co. Vechec	[Gyrolite] Ďuďa,R., et al., 1981: Mineralógia severnej časti Slanských vrchov. Min.Slovaca, Monografia 2, 98s

South Africa
Northern Cape Province Kalahari manganese fields Hotazel Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine)	[Orlymanite] [Amer.Min.(1990) 75, 923-927; Mandarino, 1997]
Kuruman N'Chwaning Mines N'Chwaning I Mine	[Orlymanite]

UK
Northern Ireland Co. Antrim Ballyclare Bruslee quarry	[Gyrolite] Mineralogical Magazine 1962 33 : 187-201.
Craighill Quarry	[Gyrolite] Trevor Boyd collection
Ballymena Craigs Quarry	[Gyrolite] S. Moreton, unpublished observation.
Scottstown Quarry (Cross Moorfield Quarry)	[Gyrolite] P Haas collection
Belfast Wolf Hill Quarry	[Gyrolite] Trevor Boyd collection
Squire's Hill Unnamed quarry	[Gyrolite] Mineralogical Magazine 1962 33 : 173-186.
Scotland North West Highlands (Inverness-shire) Isle of Skye Duirinish Dunvegan Moonen Bay	[Gyrolite] [UKJMM 16:21-27]
Dunvegan Dunvegan Quarry	[Gyrolite] http://www.picus.co.uk/managed/bms/bmscollection1501-2000.htm
Minginish Carbost Talisker Talisker Bay	[Gyrolite] [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
Trotternish Inver Tote	[Gyrolite] BMS Database
Portree	[Gyrolite] [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
The Storr	[Gyrolite] [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
Strathclyde (Argyllshire) Isle of Mull 'S Airde Beinn	[Gyrolite] Mineralogical Magazine 1965 34 : 92-106.
Kilfinnichan	[Gyrolite] [Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]; Dana 6:569

Ukraine
Crimea Oblast' Crimea peninsula Bakhchisaray area Trudolyubovka Village Pervomaiskii broken-stone quarry	[Gyrolite] Karpenko V., Ignatenko K. Babingtonite form the Pervomaiskii quarry in the Crimea // Novye dannye o mineralakh (New Data on Minerals), 1991, #37, 58 - 63 (in Russ.) Getling R.V. Datolith of the Bodrak area in the Crimea and some features of his genesis // ZVMO, 1960, vol. 89, #1, 102 - 106 (in Russ.)

USA
Arizona Cochise Co. Tombstone Hills Tombstone District Lucky Cuss Mine (Escondido Mine; Escondido claims; McCann Mine; Wedge Mine)	[Gyrolite] Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 242.
Maricopa Co. Phoenix Horseshoe Dam area (Horseshoe Dam Clinoptilolite occurrence)	[Gyrolite] Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 242; Shannon, D.M. (1983b), Zeolites and associated minerals from Horseshoe Dam, AZ, Min.Rec.: 14: 115-117.
California Los Angeles Co. Santa Monica Mts Cold Creek Canyon	[Gyrolite] DeVito, F 1988 Self-guided field trip, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Bull. Min. Soc. So. Calif., Volume 58, Number 5, pafes6-7. ; DeVito, F. (1988) Self-guided field trip, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Bull. Min. Soc. So. Calif., Vo;ume 58, Number 5, pages 6-7.
Riverside Co. Crestmore Crestmore quarries	[Gyrolite] Foshag, William Frederick (1924c), Centrallasite from Crestmore, California: American Mineralogist: 9: 88-90; Strunz, H. and Micheelsen, H. (1958) Calcum-phyllosilicate. Naturwissenschaften: 21: 515-516; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 477; micromounts@yahoogroups.com
San Francisco Co. San Francisco Fort Point	[Gyrolite] Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1905b), Mineralogical notes: USGS Bulletin 262: 124, 126; Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1911a), Mineralogical notes, series 1: USGS Bulletin 490: 103; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 445, 447; www.missourigeologists.org/Min-Loc1-2005.pdf.
Santa Clara Co. Santa Cruz Mts New Almaden District New Almaden Almaden Quicksilver County Park New Almaden Mine (New Almaden Mines)	[Gyrolite] Clarke, F.W. (1889), A new occurrence of gyrolite: USGS Bulletin 64: 22-23; […American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 38: 128-129]: 22 (128-129); Bailey, Edgar H. & Donald L. Everhart (1964), Geology and quicksilver deposits of the New Almaden district, Santa Clara County, California: USGS PP 360: 102; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 478.
Ventura Co. Santa Monica Mts Newbury Park	[Tungusite] http://www.mindat.org/article.php/801/Tungusite+in+the+Santa+Monica+Mountains,+Los+Angeles+and+Ventura+Counties+CA
Idaho Adams Co. Pinehurst	[Gyrolite] R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
Idaho Co. Little Salmon River	[Gyrolite]
Riggins	[Gyrolite] Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 115
New Jersey Hudson Co. Secaucus Laurel Hill (Snake Hill; Penetentiary Quarry)	[Gyrolite] Minerals of Laurel Hill, Secaucus, NJ, Facciolla, N.W. (published privately).
North Carolina Durham Co. Durham Durham Quarry	[Gyrolite] Handbook of Mineralogy - Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols; Kenny Gay message 15.09.2005; Mineralogical Magazine 1977 41 : 394-395
Oregon Grant Co. Kimberley Big Bend	[Gyrolite] Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 118
Monument	[Gyrolite] Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 69
North Fork John Day River Devils Backbone	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume VI Number 8
Ritter Roadside Quarry	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume VII Number 8 Fall 1993
Upper Ritter Quarry	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume VII Number 8 Fall 1993
Linn Co. Sweet Home Green Peter Dam	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume VII Number 10 Fall 1994
Tillamook Co. Oceanside	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume VIII Number 2 Fall 1995
Wheeler Co. Spray Burnt Cabin Creek	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Vol. 6 No. 4; Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 118
Harper Mountain	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe VolumeVII Number 3 Spring 1996
Juniper Canyon	[Gyrolite] Micro Probe Volume IX Number 2 Fall 2000
Utah Salt Lake Co. Oquirrh Mts Bingham District (West Mountain District) Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine)	[Gyrolite] James R. Wilson (1995) A Collector's Guide to Rock, Mineral, & Fossil Localities of Utah UGS Miscellaneous Publication 95-4
Virginia Fairfax Co. Manassas Quarry	[Gyrolite] ID by Tony Kampf
Loudoun Co. Chantilly Chantilly Quarry	[Gyrolite] Minerals of Virginia, 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Conklin Bull Run Quarry	[Gyrolite] Rocks & Min.:60:167.
Prince William Co. Manassas Manassas Quarry	[Gyrolite] Minerals of Virginia, 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Wyoming Park Co. Yellowstone National Park	[Gyrolite] Bargar, K.E.; Beeson, M.H. & Keith, T.E.C. (1981): Zeolites in Yellowstone National Park. Mineralogical Record 12, 29-38

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