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Schefferite from
Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside var: Schefferite
Formula:(Ca,Mn)(Mg,Fe,Mn)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schefferite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:151377
Long-form Identifier:1:3:151377:6
GUID (UUID V4):e2b7750b-bea0-4324-998f-d5286d2eefc4
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
(CaBSiO4OH) vesicle filling from a basaltic Houghton County lava flow. Small specks of native copper occur...the surface and between the nodular masses. The Michigan Bicentennial symbol (back cover) incorporates...Survey Division BULLETIN 6 THE MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN by E. Wm. Heinrich Professor of Mineralogy and...University of Michigan Ann Arhor, Michigan Lansing, Michigan 1976 STATE OF MICHIGAN WILLIAM G. Mrr...State of Michigan CL '48 s.321.6. Printed by Speaker-Hines and Thomas, Inc., Lansing, Michigan. Available
Book
Mineralogy of Michigan by E. W. Heinrich updated and revised • by George W. Robinson M By E W~ Hellnr]ch...Museum Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan 49931 2004 © MINERALOGY OF MICHIGAN 3 FOREWORD...FOREWORD Michigan has a long and varied geologic history that includes repeated episodes of volcanism...before the first Europeans set foot here. When Michigan became a state in 1837, one of the first actions...and we continue to learn more about them today. Michigan minerals helped to build the state and nation
Journal (issue)
Hill Mining Museum. Collecting permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill Quarry, Passaic Pit, and...Hill Mining Museum. Collecting permitted on the Mine Run Dump and in the Fill Quarry, Passaic Pit, and...Overnight the temperature dropped to about 32°F; Sussex County has the highest average elevation of the New Jersey...spears, and arrowheads. A case of “Tilly Foster Mine Minerals” was assembled by the author to show the...crystallized species that came from this famous iron mine in Brewster, New York. Here were classic chondrodite
Catalog/List
aupplied. Usually; the ■ine ~e ■ountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens. PRIES:...See M! Vol 14, pa 115 __ to!a, - St. llilaire Champion Hi,Ca Diamond Lake,( Hex1 co Cres tmore f,lry...Ontario, Canada Maid of Sunshi Michigan Haine Roxbury, CT Champion Mine Utah Crystal Peak,CO Four Peaks...Peaks Horseshoe Dam Spain Maine Carter Mine,NC Champion Mine Grants, New Hex Workman Creek Spain Connecticut..."Roses11 Hartse! !,CO Juanita Hi,NH Mexico Weldon Mine Norman, OK BARYIOCACIIE Hasive xln with Hausmanite
Catalog/List
limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...cerium aluminum silicate California Los Angeles County, Pacoirna Canyon Large black tabular crystals in...basic sulfate of aluminum and potassium Utah .Piute County, Tushar Mountains, Marysvale ----i'>ink crystalline
Catalog/List
on limonite ....... . Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine --=.rransparent micro crystals on...Copper aluminum silicate' Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on...silicate CLEAVELANDITE Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine #2 Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite...ALTAITE Lead telluride • Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Brilliant metallic tin white cleavable mass...magnesium silicate Canada Heath Lake, Smallwood mine ~e, light brown prismatic crystalline aggregate
Journal (issue)
Luzonite • copper arsenic sulfide • Chinkuashih mine, Keelung, T a iw a n • 4x5 $ 5 0 .0 0 , 2x3 $ 2...Dean of the School o f A rts & Sciences Central Michigan University First M ineralogy Published In The...from Verespatak, Rumania; copper from the Mohawk mine, Michi­ gan; cuprite (var. chalcotrichite) from...further slide displays of m /m s of some of the Foote mine, Kings Mtn., N orth Carolina minerals. Yedlin spoke...cussing the geology and mineral­ ogy of the Grandview mine, Grand Canyon, Arizona. He displayed some of the
Catalog/List
£10 2x2 £15 Ix! £3 lx2 £6 I · 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Colourless to yellow small crystals...Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with micro...£12 7.x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 963 6 ✓ ALBITE Maine USA variety CLEAVELANDITE, pure white sheafy, masses...no/2 feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained...£7.50 Ag Sb 501 ALLOPHANE New East Wheal Russell mine, Devon ,England grey bleby small botryoidal with
Catalog/List
___ 2x2£3 ___ - -----~ - ~014_ _ 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 69 ALUMOHYDROCALCITE South Bay,...- - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish line grained mass...North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon ,England variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety)...217 ANDORITE San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brnstad iron Mine near Arendnl ,Norway Pure
Catalog/List
massive with minor Celsian and Bementite from Benallt Mine, Lleyn, Wales, (Recently tested by XRD) lxl £4 lx2...£15 £6 88 ADAMITE Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 1036 ALSTONITE Fallowfield Mine, Northumberland Colourless...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near Creston...£3 2x2 £4.50 2x3 £6.50 Feldspar 963 ALBITE Maine USA 811 ANATASE Tysse, Hardanger,Norway variety CLEA...~-------·-·-- ·· -·· 1077 ■■ ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black
Catalog/List
----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL Evje area . South...---·-··----·------ ·- - ---27 ANTHOPHYLLITE Kaveltorp Mine Sweden 1008 CHRYSOBERYL Kolsva. Vastmanland Sweden...--~----· ·---·-------- -- -62 COBAL TITE Bolidcn Mine, North Sweden 1003 ARSENIOPLEITE Sjogruvan,Ridd...2x3 £25 Ampibole 1140 ERYTHRITE Sl-a1tterud Cobalt Mine. Vikersund Norway 970 MAGNESIOHASTINGSITE Langban...________ __ _!LU9! .~~~ -E N1 163 GALENA Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthcad. Cumbria Cube-octahedral grey crystals
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods...gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils;
Book (edition)
natural or synthetic, but, also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful...arsenide minerals. Algodonite from Painsdale, Michigan in fine crystals. In masses from the Algodones...the Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Domeykite is from the Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake Superior...Quartz. ALABASTER ALLANITE After the Aigodones Mine, Coquimbo, Chile. 2-2.5. Density: 1.05—1.096...France, India, Germany, Austria, Poland. Faraday Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada: large as vulpinite
Book (edition)
natural or synthetic but also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful... tions PC: Private Collection LA: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles) COMMENTS This section contains...Pyrophyllite: North Carolina Japan San Benito County, Gahnite: Colorado Jadeite: California b 1 ...1 -20.2 7.9/2.1 8.4 4. 4. Beryl Aquamarine Mine, Brazil dark blue dark blue antique Brazil medium...Brazil Africa cut cut Colombia Colombia Chivor Mine, 8B 3.7/2.3 5PB 5.3/2.8 8. 2B 7.9/2.7 2. 6PB 6
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Book (edition)
natural or synthetic. but. also to indicate the very mine f ram which it came! I nclusions are the most powerful...the Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. Domeykite is from the Mohawk Mine, Michigan; Lake Superior...Quartz. ALABASTER ALLANITE After the Algodones Mine, Coquimbo, Chile. Occurrence: In sedimentary deposits...France, India, Germany, Austria, Poland. Faraday Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada: large purplish masses...traprocks. i\"eH Jersey: Oregon; Washington; Colorado; Michigan; T'irg1nia: Pennsyl,·ania. Guanajuato, Mexico;
Book (edition)
Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Catalog/List
COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...calcium hydroxy-silicate. Ca lifornia Riverside County, Crestmore. White prismatic crystalline on merwinite...Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro xls and coatings on
Report (volume)
geology and mining industry of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, by S. F. Emmons, pp. 201-290, pis. xliv-xlv...pis. Vi-xix. The Penokee iron-bearing series of Michigan and Wisconsin, by Koland Duer Irving and Charles...v-xii. Preliminary report on the Marquette iron-bearing district of Michigan, by Charles Richard Van Hise...and hydrography Continued. The mines of Ouster County, Colorado, by Samuel Franklin Emmons, pp. 405-472...The age of the Franklin white limestone of Sussex County, New Jersey, by John Eliot Wolff and Alfred Hulse
Book
times, and there is evidence of at least one flint mine dating from this period. Finely worked and polished... Center Arborescent native copper, Keeweenaw, Michigan. Center right Very much enlarged octahedron of...certain basaltic lavas. USA - copper mines of Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, crystals ( ! ! !) to several...with copper, Keeweena w Peninsula copper mines, Michigan. NORWAY - finest specimens from Kongsberg, in...(Joachimstal). USA - crystals ( ! !), branching masses ( ! !) in copper mines Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan; micro
Book (edition)
the out- standing shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...purple crystals, 5” by 4”, lron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYSTAL GROWTH 73 light from...rock crystal from the San Pedro Mine, Hiriart Hill, Pala, San Diego County, California, showing the many...which comes from Coso Hot Springs area of Kern County, California. The latter specimen exposes a spherical
Book (edition)
at the outstanding shows of the annual San Diego County Fair at Del Mar, California. In addition, the collections...one species only, or even specimens only from one mine. Whatever limits the collector imposes on himself...purple crystals, 5" by 4", Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina. CRYSTAL GROWTH 73 light from...replacing glauberite crystal; Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona; size 2" by 2". Top center: calcite replacing...twins of aragonite, 3" by 2¼"; Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. Top right: Kaolinite after orthoclase
Book (edition)
Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Michael P. Cooper Mark Rogers Marshall Sussman Michigan Technological University Marcelle Weber PHOTO
 
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