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Arkansite from
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Census-designated Place
Classification
Species:Brookite var: Arkansite
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arkansite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1439796
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1439796:7
GUID (UUID V4):d2088df8-a60f-4617-9bdb-6d1004af6ea7
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MICHAEL HOWARD Arkansas Geological Commission 3815 W. Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 Figure... site of most recent mining activity in the Magnet Cove area. Abundant brookite and smoky quartz were...reclamation in the mid-1990s. lthough the Magnet Cove area of Arkansas was noted before 18.50 in the literature...(1846) concerning the discovery of “arkansite” (brookite). Magnet Cove then began to be known for the variety...crystal forms and other mineral species present at Magnet Cove were published in the United States and Europe
Book
Minerals of Arkansas ISSUED BUREAU OF BY MINES, MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE STATE OF ARKANSAS W. N...N. WILKES, Commissioner 1925 MINERALS of ARKANSAS Published STATE BUREAU and by of MINES, MANUFACTURES...AGRICULTURE W. N. WILKES, Commissioner PUBLISHED in ARKANSAS 1925 INTRODUCTION of “Minerals an The book...the mineral exhaustive study of the State. as Arkansas” understand as their and the part the finished...paid or ores uses criticism of “Minerals of Arkansas” because of the fact that given State. our
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brookite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas KENNETH E. QUINN 1022 W. McElroy Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074 One...One of the better-known minerals from the Magnet Cove area is brookite which, like rutile, is an oxide of...titanium. It occurs in several spots around the Cove, but the most important locality is the Christy...brookite in Arkansas goes back to 1846, when Charles U . Shepard described a mineral from Magnet Cove and called...called it arkansite; he thought it to be a "titanate of y t t r i a . " The mineral was soon realized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gravity of this mineral from Magnet Cove, H o t Springs, County Arkansas, which R a m m e l s b e r g... . . . . . 0"407 0"887j 6"00 100"000 100'000 ARKANSITE AND BROOKITE. 50"00 BY 1VI. RAMMELSBERG. Annalen...Rammelsberg, Arkansite is only a variety ofBrookite. Arkansite was discovered by Powell at Magnet Cove, H o t...t Springs, County Arkansas, and described and named by Shephard. According to him, this mineral, when...might still possibly be zirconia and thorina. Arkansite fuses with bisulphate of potash, according to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Skyline Drive Fayetteville, Ark. 7201 Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has a great mineral reputation. Brookite...) Mrs. Wright at Wright's Rock Shop in Hot Springs, Arkansas, tells collectors to find the minister of...of the Baptist Church in Magnet Cove and he will give direc­ tions to mineral sites. We found a young...Watching for tornadoes is a frequent pastime in Arkansas—they touch down often. But don't get "watch" confused...in order to spend their school's spring break rock hunting in Arkansas continued to dig blissfully unaware
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitv of California. MOLYBDENITEAT MAGNET COVB,ARKANSAS V. G. Srnrcr'r, University of Arkonsas,... Fayeileailie,Arkansos. Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has long been famous for the wide variety of its mineral...authority. On the annual spring field trip from the University of Arkansas in 1940, molybdenite was found...found near the north rim of the Cove on the northwest bank of cove creek in the southwest quarter, of...geyserite which is found at other localities within the cove. Masses (up to four inches in diameter) of granular
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES AND NEWS MAGNET COVE, ARKANSAS, Wlr.r.t.a.u L. Hllrolr, AND VICINITY Alabama Museum oJ Natural'...yesterday when the Red Men roarned the forests of Arkansas they found a happy hunting ground, the realization...mineralogists and geologists. For over a century Magnet Cove, Arkansas, has been visited by mineralogists and geologists...its treasures. Magnet Cove is located on Arkansas Highway No. 6, twelve miles east of Hot Springs. As the...external appearance and general features of the cove many have believed this to be an ancient volcanic
Book
M>f*es MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE v MAP OF ARKANSAS Rur Reproduced on a reduced scale from map by...1 /. I y & ..vu. t u.vy UNIVERSITY OF I Arkansas," Washington, D. C., 1 907. , / \/ QUATERNARY...Mississippian ECONOMICS & SOCIOLO, Rocks MINERA IN ARKANSAS INCLUDING A REVIEW OF OIL AND GAS CONDITIONS...MINES, MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURE STATE OF ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 1922 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page...Features Principal Arkansas Minerals and Their Location by Counties Counties of Arkansas and Their Mineral
Other Paper
MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...Jr. and J. Michael Howard MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS...Michael Howard 16001 Vimy Woods Road Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 E-mail: jmichaelhoward@sbcglobal.net ©...Additional Magnet Cove Mineral Occurrences……………………………… 49 Part 2 – Minerals of Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County...County, Arkansas and Vicinity……………………..... 49 Part 3 – Briefs of the Important Mineral Locations of Magnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hackberry, Mohave Co., Ariz. Arkansite, var. of brookite, at Magnet Cove, Arkansas. 3 g s 2 Rutile named...Ilmen Mtns., Ural, Kazachstan-Semis Bug, USSR, in USA. Rutile occurs in Vermont at Waterbury, in various...in Quebec, Canada, in Cuba, Islas des Pinas. In USA ilmentite is found in black sand at Pebble Beach...Ural. In USA, it occurs in New Jersey at Franklin, Sussex Co., in Orange Co., N.Y., in Magnet 126 ROCKS...ROCKS AND MINERALS Cove, Ark. Titanite found also in Ren­ frew Co., Ontario and Ottawa Co., Que­ bec
Report (edition)
STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised...Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised 2007 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL...Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F...three-day trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hackberry. This arizonite is listed in the new Dana. Arkansas stone is a name used for novaculite, the fine-grained...from the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Arkansite is a name given in 1846 by Shepard to the...crystals of brookite originally described from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, a famous occurrence for this titanium oxide...Hermann to brucite from Wood's mine, Texas (Lancaster County), Pennsylvania; and texasite is a name given in...orthoclase—pearly and distinctly cleavable — from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Floridite is the name given in 1891
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
White), and Mississippi (B. L. Wailes) ; that Arkansas has been reported on by the late eminent geologist...completes the preliminary Geological Survey of Arkansas ; the First Report, by Dr. D. D. Owen, published...vague. One of the most western of the States, Arkansas has been one of the latest in being systematically...a general view of the geological structure of Arkansas, and to point out its chief features, mineralogical...geology of a new country, and particularly of Arkansas. Besides establishing the chief a~is and trend
Report (edition)
STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 S P EC I ES O F A RKA N SA A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard \ 1987... / ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist s·' , STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...23 SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman...field trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bear Lake there are eralogical interest, Sussex County, New known some interesting mineral locali- Jersey...rhodochrosite, tennatite, covel- more, California; Magnet Cove, Arkansas; Paris and Peru, Maine; in Connecline and...palaite after the Pala mineral locality, Cal. Arkansite, coloradoite, oregonite and many other numerous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
im Urn1 and Arkansit, nmgegndert in Rutil, BUS Arkansas. 89. Analyse des gelben Angit vom V'esnv. 90....im Ural ond Arkansit, amgewandelt in Rutil, an8 Arkansas. Hr. Reg.-Rath Z e r r e n n e r vertraute mir...Start I hierselbst erhielt ich ausgem~ichnete Arkansite, welche mir einige neue W ahrnehniiingen, namentlich... Die Krystalle in Rede, von Magnet Cove, Hot springs Co, Staat Arkansas, miissen von etwas verschiec...Schwanken des specifischen Gewichttj wie die Arkansite. Die Krystalle (B) erreichen zuweilen eine bedeutende
Journal (issue)
Carolina). Chalcedony after interstices from Chester County, Pa., has been described by Vaux, G., 1935] ...Bastennes, France Magnetite after Brookite. Magnet Cove, Arkansas Pyrite after Chalcocite. Cornwall, England... Analcite after Leucite: II, C 2 Magnet Cove, Garland Co., Arkansas, 9492 Anglesite after Cerussite:...Silesia, 8678 Cervantite after Antimony: I, C 2 Kern County, California, 17240, 18383 (stibioconite ?) Cervantite...Also known from Paterson, New Jersey,3 Chester County, Pennsylvania,4 and Cornwall, England. Chalcedony
Catalog/List
Clinton, Magnetite, Essex Co., 7. Quartz Crystal, Arkansas. 8. Milky Quartz, 9. Smoky Quartz, N. Y....and of attracted a will attract magnet by a is and is magnet retained by possessed by iron ... magnetic steel, a when variety of natural magnet. Brown or Iron Ore, submetallic, black, yellow-brown...flexed wire native (22). graphite same but is spring into are position again they as exceedingly...N. Springs, Col. Maine. gray, Berks Agate, Hot Penn. Co., Quartz, Bowdoin, Germany. oxide,
Report (issue)
auf {112} (Typ North Common Hili, Massachusets, USA). Zeichnung Peter Seroka Bipyramide {011 } auf (in...häufigen Vorkommens an der Fundstelle Magnet Cove, Arkansas; USA, Arkansit genannt. Typische phantomartige...Schüpbach Diesen Brookit-Habitus findet man nur in Arkansas: Blockig-pyramidaler, elsenschwarzer „Arkanslt"-Kristall...dem Rutherford Deposit am Moses Hili, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA. Fund 1992, Sammlung & Foto Stefan Weiß...dunklere, sanduhrförmige Zeichnung. Die typischen Arkansite sind undurchsichtig schwarz. Orientierte Verwachsungen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O. 08 2.20 O. 32 4.7 0.02 3. 00 0.07 Anatase Arkansite Brookite Cassiterite TiO2 TiO2 TiO2 Sn02 O....Rutile-brookite pegwith pyrochlore, matites (Magnet fersmite, and Cove, Arkansas) ilmenorutile Feldspar -aegirine...and brookite (Magnet Cove, Arkansas) Carbonatites with lcnop ite (Magnet Cove, Arkansas) Carbonatites...fer Miaskites withpyla; Magnet Cove, gusonite (Kiev, rochlore (Central Arkansas). Kola Peninsula) Ural)...Ilmenitic placers (Ukraine) Bauxites with ilmenite (Arkansas) Bukusu, Uganda) 19 INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY
Book (volume)
...........................................22 Arkansas ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map .............................................area Site Map ................................48 Arkansas – Carroll Co. Busch area Site Map ...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
n R u t i l n a c h B r o o k i t v o n Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Verf. hatte früher nachgewiesen, dass einige...(Arkansits) vorkommende Rutil von Magnet Cove, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas. Das spec. Gew. dieses Vorkommens...dieses Vorkommens, während die s c h w a r z e n Arkansite der Form ( H O ) , ( 1 2 2 } u n v e r ä n derter...die Form der Arkansite n a c h a h m e n . Die gewöhnliche A u s bildung der Arkansite ( l 10}, {122}...den cambrischen Schiefern in Calliagh, Monaghan County. Zusammensetzung: SiOi AI2O3 CaO Pe-iO-i MnO CuO
Report (issue)
Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and Optics...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island Group (F...Mine, near Yucca Station, A&P Railroad, Mohave County, Ai'izona A Basic Copper Sulphate. United States
Book (volume)
...........................................19 Arkansas ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................19 Arkansas ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
 
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