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Catapleiite from
Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Catapleiite
Formula:Na2Zr(Si3O9) · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Catapleiite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa), Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:121947
Long-form Identifier:1:3:121947:0
GUID (UUID V4):b8a4f9b8-159d-4d9b-a670-d9c8c39c3ea8
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
This extraordinary locality has yielded hundreds of superb specimens often featuring large, sharp crystals...Choice column. Serandite was first described as a new species from Rouma Island, Los Archipelago, Guinea...Guinea (Lacroix 1931). It was named in honor of Jules Numa Mugnier Serand (1872– 1933), a lighthouse keeper...keeper who supplied Lacroix with suites of samples from the Los peralkaline complex (Fontan and Martin 2017)...79:1864). The chemical formula of serandite is NaMn2Si3O8(OH). It is an end-member of the serandite-schizolite-pectolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S. DEMARK 6509...Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...article suggest or imply approval to collect at any of the sites mentioned. In many cases, collecting is...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope of this
Conference Proceedings
Symposium on Minerals of Russia Green Center, Petroleum Hall, Colorado School of Mines, 924 16th St.,...by Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter D~nver Gem and Mineral Show Colorado School of Mines Geology... Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter P.O. Box 5276, Golden... Symposium on Minerals of Russia Green Center, Petroleum Hall, Colorado School of Mines, 924 16th St.,...Remarks, Bruce Geller, Director, Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum 9:15 Igor V. Pekov* and Anna
Book
Museum Gems & Minerals reveals the beauty and splendor of the natural world around us. This book is a comprehensive...illustrated guide to 260 examples of gems and minerals from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto...right conditions, geological activity over millions of years can form amazing and sometimes strikingly beautiful...the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations and explanations of many geological concepts...informative introduction to Gems & Minerals explains some of this science, continued on back flap... ye :
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serandite (orange) and analcime (white). It is one of the most famous specimens collected at Mont Saint-Hilaire;...shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMNMC 37124), where it is currently on display...crystals of monteregianite-(Y), [KNa 2YSi8 0 19 ‱ 5H 20], and on the right, deep blue crystals of carletonite...Monteregianite is named after the Monteregian Hills, of which Mont Saint-Hilaire is a member; carletonite...carletonite is named after Carleton University, where much of the early work on Mont Saint-Hilaire minerals was
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PREFACE The end of 1994 marked the close of the first quarter-century of publication of the Mineralogical...helping to build one of the single most valuable and authoritative published archives of data for the mineral...problems, however. With each passing year the sum of knowledge contained in the back issues has grown...early on that, were this problem of access not relieved, the sheer bulk of data would eventually compromise...compromise its own reference value. In 1980, at the urging of Pete J. Dunn, we initiated a feasibility study for
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This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr. John Sinkankas for his kind initiative and support...phorographed specimens are fivm the collectio11s of both authors as ire!/ as from many other collections...Te~in 14/02/03/0 I All rights reserved‱‱ ·o pan of thh. work may be reproduced by any mechanical. photographic...photographic, or electronic process, or in the fonn of a phonogrciphicrecording. nor may it be ,torcd in...public or private U<,e. without written penni,,ion of the publi,her. ISBN 80-7296-039-3 CONTENTS Preface
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listing geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several...will find the information on gemstone fluorescence of particular interest. Data tables list all mineral...which produce fluorescence, determine the color of luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce...color due to the presence of a different activator. A comprehensive catalog of known fluorescent minerals...description of color variations in a quick-reference format. The author has included a number of experiments
Journal (issue)
Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario.................... 2 A short history of mining in New Mexico .........................................5 by W. E. Wilson Minerals first described from New M ex ico ...................................... 9...mineral localities: The Magdalena district, Kelly, New Mexico ...............................................localities: The Hansonberg district, Bingham, New Mexico ............................................
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listing geographic boundaries and the known minerals of each area. Entire chapters are devoted to several...will find the information on gemstone fluorescence of particular interest. Data tables list all mineral...minerals which produce fluorescence, determine the color of luminescence. For example, fluorite may fluoresce...color due to the presence of a different activator. A comprehensive catalog of known fluorescent minerals...description of color variations in a quick-reference format. The author has included a number of experiments
Journal (issue)
A. Bartsch Houston Museum of Nat. Sci. Houston, Texas Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia...Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml Andrew C. Roberts Geol. Surv. of Canada Ottawa George...Twenty-nine, Number Three Articles Nam ibite, a summary of world occu rren ces................................phibole Group: The second list of additions and corrections to the G lossary of M ineral Species 1995....
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...book features a directory of locations the United States, Canada, and Mexico where minerals and gems have...precautions to take, likely places to look, the etiquette of col- lecting—and how to polish, classify and...explains the physical properties of minerals and gems and the science of crystallography— the six crystal..."hunter to his quarry" and more than eighty photographs of minerals in color, manv of which may be found
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
70(5), pp. 565–578 Crystal-structure refinement of a Zn-rich kupletskite from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec...Quebec, with contributions to the geochemistry of zinc in peralkaline environments P. C. PIILONEN1, I...Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University...Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada ABSTR ACT The chemistry and crystal structure of a unique...58% and M(3) 60%]. Of note is the lack of Zn in M(1), the larger and least-distorted of the four crystallographic
Book (edition)
Dana’s New| Mineralogy | Eighth Edition Richard V. Gaines H. Catherine W. Skinner Eugene E. Foord Brian...Rosenzweig i DANA’S NEW MINERALOGY DANA’S NEW MINERALOGY The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana...VANDALL T. KING ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK And with Illustrations by ERIC...ERIC DOWTY SHAPE SOFTWARE JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. NEW YORK - CHICHESTER - WEINHEIM - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE...translation or any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States
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Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International
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Zeolites Defined Origin of the Name The name zeolite was created in 1756, by Freiherr Axel Fredrick...(to boil) and "Iithos" (stone), to describe a group of silicate minerals that expel water when heated and...many local names in the eighteenth century. Most of the research in zeolite mineralogy was done, at that...Britain. Because of differences in language, nationality, and obscurity of some of the publications,... no uniform system of nomenclature had been developed. There was no governing body, like the International
Book
MINERALS An Illustrated Exploration of the Dynamic World of Minerals and Their Properties A ' ‱%7r... Scovil An Illustrated Exploration of the Dynamic World of Minerals and Their Properties George W...Canadian Museum of Nature Photography by Jeffrey A. Scovil Mineral specimens from the collection of the Canadian...Canadian Museum of Nature ‱ A Peter N. Nevraumont Book W E I D E N F E L D AND N I C O L S O N London...Canadian Museum of Nature Musee canadien de la nature Text copyright © 1994 by Canadian Museum of Nature/ Musee
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
330 www.elsevier.com/locate/lithos Geochemistry of boron in the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland☆...Greenland☆ J.C. Bailey ⁎ Geology Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen...Abstract The distribution of boron has been studied in rocks and minerals of the Ilímaussaq complex, South...emission spectrometry. In the silica-undersaturated rocks of intrusive phases 1 and 3, average B contents increased...increased from 5.6 ppm in augite syenite to a maximum of 8.9 ppm in sodalite-rich agpaitic nepheline syenite
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N I M _ _ Second Edition | w Bee Encyclopedia of minerais / =Roberts, Willard — 210906 REF 549.03...Photo sie Wendell E.se ee ee ee eee ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS Second Edition Willard L. Roberts, Thomas...gemologists have come to rely on the Encyclopedia of Minerals as the definitive reference work on every...species. However, the amount of information generated in the science of mineralogy has increased tremendously...with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Minerals contains:
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Encyclopedia of 1inerals / Roberts, Willard Lincoln. 210906 REF 549.03 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS Second...gemologists have come to rely on the Encyclopedia of Minerals as the definitive reference work on every...species. However, the amount of information generated in the science of mineralogy has increased tremendously...with a wealth of new information and features. The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Minerals contains:...alphabetical entries, 1000 of which are entirely new ‱ 240 new color photographs, mostly of large specimens, as
Journal (issue)
Bariand Sorbonne Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington... Peacor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ml George W. Robinson Natl. Museums of Canada Ottawa, Ontario...Gauthier & V. T. King The Fat Jack mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ............................... 21 by...Jr. The Monitor-Mogul mining district, Alpine County, California ........................................................... 43 by T. Moore Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY No. 177 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...WALCOTT, DDtECTOK CATALOGUE AND INDEX PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 188O to 19O1...PRINTING 1901 OFFICE CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittal.............................................................................. Catalogue of Survey publications ....................^..........Atlas of United States......................................... Topographic maps and folios of United
Book (edition)
Republic First edition All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced by a~y mecl~~nical, photographi~...photographi~, or electronic ~rocess_, or in the form of a phonographic recording, nor may it be stored_ma...without written permission of the publisher. PREFACE The first edition of our book "Minerals and their...in the end of 2006, with a few corrections of the text and with an appendix containing new minerals described...described in 2004--2006. This present book comprehends new minerals published or approved by IMA (International
Report (issue)
ROCKS AND MINERALS FOR THE COLLECTOR Geological Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy...Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia Ann P. Sabina 2015 Ann P. Sabina 1930-2015...at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral identification based...diffraction. Ann was the author of the very popular GSC series “Rocks and Minerals for the Collector”...Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska border. She discovered
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MINERALS. I. NOMENCLATURE, COMPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARDIZED GENERAL FORMULA PAULA C. PIILONEN§...Ottawa–Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada...Canada ANDREW M. MCDONALD Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E...Mineral Sciences Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario...Porsgrunn, Norway ABSTRACT The composition of 135 samples of astrophyllite-group minerals from 15 localities
 
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