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Sapphirine from
Amethyst Prospect, Custer County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Sapphirine
Formula:Mg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gedrite4 photos of Sapphirine associated with Gedrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sapphirine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amethyst Prospect, Custer County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:430493
Long-form Identifier:1:3:430493:7
GUID (UUID V4):efc2a72a-af97-4963-ab0a-cba5fb2c8159
Nearest other occurrences of Sapphirine
2.7km (1.6 miles) Marion Mine, Custer County, Colorado, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Sapphirine in Precambrian Rocks Associated with Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Custer County, Colorado...Associated with Stratabound Sulfide Deposits, Custer County, Colorado By WILLIAM H. RAYMOND, PETER A. LEIGGI...BULLETIN 1513 Mineralogic relationships between sapphirine and sulfide-bearing Precambrian rocks UNITED...William H. Sapphirine in Precambrian rocks associated with stratabound sulfide deposits, Custer County, Colorado...Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:1513 1. Sapphirine-Colorado-Custer County. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Precambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAMORPHOSED PROTEROZOIC BASE-METAL SULFIDE OCCURRENCES, COLORADO: A RE-EVALUATION OF GAHNITE COMPOSITION AS A GUIDE...metamorphosed to the amphibolite and granulite facies in Colorado, many of which are spatially associated with Mg-rich...the Wet Mountains (Marion and Amethyst prospects and an unnamed prospect) are depleted in Zn and enriched...gedrite, tremolite, forsterite, cummingtonite, sapphirine, cordierite, enstatite, and clinohumite. The...massive-sulfide deposits in Mg-rich alteration zones in Colorado, causes a marked enrichment in the spinel component
 
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