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Eucryptite from
Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Eucryptite
Formula:LiAlSiO4
Comments:finegrained alteration crust of spodumene (together with quartz, micas and albite); Earthy white facture fillings
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Spodumene6 photos of Eucryptite associated with Spodumene at this locality.
Lepidolite1 photo of Eucryptite associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Fluorapatite1 photo of Eucryptite associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Eucryptite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:124952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:124952:1
GUID (UUID V4):47f0e840-87c2-4733-a9d6-0b241cd36292
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
leaf gold, smoky quark, and turquoise specimens, New Mexico boasts an array of mineral species. RAMON S....Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDEX is to provide a comprehensive listing of New Mexico...Particular attention was directed toward incorporating new information on discoveries and occurrences, although...to compile all of the mineral occurrences in New Mexico-a venture of that magnitude is beyond the scope...Minerals of New Mexico is the basic reference for locations. Abstracts from the New Mexico mineral symposia
Book (edition)
org/details/mineralsofnewmexOOnort MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO Before all things, there which has them ...Henderson, 1933 MINERALS of New Mexico STUART A. NORTHROP University of Mew Mexico PROPERTY OF HBSIER ...UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE © 1944. 1959. UNIVERSITY OFNEW MEXICO PRESS ALL RIGHTS...BOUND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRINTING PLANT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U. S. A. FOR IVAH 1...history of New Mexico mineralogy and mining 3 5 Prehistoric utilization of minerals New New Mexico under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithium aluminosilicates spodumene, petalite, and eucryptite (formulas of minerals in bold italics are listed...the text. Species Amblygonite Bikitaite Elbaite Eucryptite Holmquistite Lepidolite Liddicoatite Lithiophilite...of most occurrences (12.5 × 8 cm) from the Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba. (c) A large crystal of muscovite...a miarolitic cavity (16 × 12 × 12 cm), Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California; the yellow arrow shows...as in the “spotted rock” zone of the Harding pegmatite, New Mexico (see fig. 6 of London 2014); however
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5-6.0 kbar P(HzO). Stability relations among eucryptite, spodumene, petalite, ,B-spodumene (tetragonal)...1978). Introduction The lithium aluminosilicates eucryptite (Ecr: a- LiAI Si04), spodumene (Spd: a-LiA1Siz06)...spodumene + quartz or eucryptite + quartz, and accounts for the apparent stability of eucryptite + quartz at low...starting materials' Spodumene Nuristan. Afghanistan Eucryptite Zimbabwe Bikita. Petalite Minas Gerais, Brazil...Nelen. Smithsonian Institution,Washington,DC. USA. complete or entirely consistent with geological
Report (issue)
Eucryptite LiAlSiO4 c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group:...Bikita, Zimbabwe. (2) Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA. (3) LiAlSiO4 : Occurrence: In lithium-rich pegmatites...Distribution: In the USA, from Branchville, Fair¯eld Co., Connecticut; Center Stra®ord, Stra®ord Co., New Hampshire;...Hampshire; in the Harding pegmatite, Dixon, Taos Co., New Mexico; in the Midnight Owl pegmatite, Maricopa Co...Co., Arizona; and in the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina. From the Tanco pegmatite
Report (issue)
110± Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Pala, California, USA (?). (ICDD 33-786). 2.921 (100), 2.793 (90), 4.205...Total 99.44 Chemistry: (1) Pala, California, USA; corresponds to (Li 0: 98 Na0:01 )§=0:99 Al1:00 (Si1:99...gneisses. Association: Quartz, albite, petalite, eucryptite, lepidolite, beryl. Distribution: From UtÄo...Kuortane, and in the Tammela district. In the USA, giant crystals in the Etta mine, near Keystone, Pennington...in the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina; from the Pala district, San Diego Co
Report (issue)
pegmatite district.__--___--___-_-______--_______._ Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and New England__...Comparative analyses of three spodumene samples, Edison mine, Keystone, S. Dak.. ____..____________^__._______5...mined in the Pala district. Other states containing lithium deposits are New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming...spodumene-lepidolite concentrates were produced in New Mexico, and small quantities of lithium minerals were...Lepidolite was produced from 1943 to 1947 in New Mexico and Colorado. Production figures are unavailable
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cambrid.ge,M assachusetts. EUCRYPTITE FROM BIKITA, Assrnacr Eucryptite is an important lithium bearing...Southern Rhodesia. Imbedded in a matrix of granular eucryptite are single crystals. From morphological measurements...temperature, naturally occurring eucryptite2 (a-eucryptite) has been reported from a limited number of localities...described from Center Strafiord, New Hampshire, an inter-growth of eucryptite and albite identical with that...Branchville; and a massive granular eucryptite from the Harding Mine, Dixon, New Mexico. In 1955 the writer collected
Journal (issue)
SwitZ6rl3nd , photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York Famous Mineral Localities —The Pulsifer Quarry...................78 by Pete J. Dunn The snowbird Mine, Montana’s Parisite Loca lity.....................Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas............................................ 95 by R.W. Thomssen and J.W. Anthony Uvite, a New (Old) Common Member of the Tourmaline Group and Its...bV P J - Bridge, J.L. Daniels, and M.W. Pryce A New Mineral: Perloffite, The Fe*+ Analogue of B jarebyite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
readers have written in saying that you have tried the new Broad Spectrum lamp of the Raytech Equipment Co....I recommend that other manufactureres give this new idea some thought. It's a nice lamp. Harry Wain,...795 a distance of 1.7 miles. Turn north (left) on county route 59, Bolander Rd., and travel .7 mile to the...collector. My specific objective was the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colo. It is located about 4 miles up Buckskin...great mineral collection. Bill and I arrived at the mine with no trouble but possibly because of the altitude
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
39, pp. 729-746 (2001) SPODUMENE – PETALITE – EUCRYPTITE: MUTUAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PATTERN OF ALTERATION...anhydrous Li-aluminosilicates spodumene, petalite and eucryptite, is not a common feature. Such an association...aplite–pegmatite dykes of the Covas de Barroso district, northern Portugal. We describe their mutual relationships:... the spodumene remaining metastably, whereas eucryptite is obviously hydrothermal and secondary. Replacement...albite and muscovite, petalite by K-feldspar and eucryptite. Muscovite is widespread, and the late hydrothermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been found at the Palermo Quarry, North Groton, New Hampshire. Crystals to 150 pounds in weight have...Maine; Alstead, Gilsum, and Springfield, New Hampshire; Bedford, New York; the Scott and other quarries near...also been found at Red Hill, Maine; North Groton, New Hampshire, and from Pala, Rincón, and Mesa Grande...amethyst crystal localities are near Milan and Berlin, New Hampshire; Deer Hill, Maine; near Statesville, North...Carolina; at Amelia, Virginia, near Clayton, Rabun county, Georgia; etc. The old localities near West Chester
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 USA (email: dlondon@ou.edu) ABSTRACT Pegmatites are...recent years. This paper presents an overview of that new paradigm, which is detailed in London (2008), as...proposed that Li-rich pegmatites of the Black Hills district, South Dakota, might be unrelated to the Harney...trench, and coring program conducted in Colorado (USA) during WWII generated modal analyses of 1,803 pegmatites...a group or district. For example, of ~ 24,000 pegmatites mapped in the Black Hills district (Fig. 7),
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
compositionally complex butrelatively A1Si206),and eucryptite (a-LiA1SiO4).Stability low-salinitysolution(Te...Hollister (1981). Phaseabbreviationsare: Ecr = eucryptite, Spd -- spodumene,Pet = petalite, Qtz = quartz...Zimbabwe;andHarding,New properties,despite isotopicevidencethat crystalli- Mexico) reveal a fundamentaldifferencein...internalunit at the Harding be secondary(note, however, that Thomas and pegmatite,New Mexico. Althoughthis... Landis, G. P., and Register,M. E., 1979, The Harding pegbe primary and the low-soluteaqueousfluidsmay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
n on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Summary New data confirm that most petalites are slightly Li-deficient...spodumene at moderate to high Pand ]', and by eucryptite (or bikitaite) at low P and T. Kinetic factors...examined in conjunction with that o f spodumene and eucryptite (Skinner an0 Evans, 1960; Stewart, 1963, 1978;...descriptive and paragenetic studies of petalite from new localities (Rossovskyi, 1970; Cernf2 and Ferguson...these results and also presents a summary of the new data on the chemistry and stability of petalite.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the pegmatites: Tanco, SE Manitoba, Harding, New Mexico, Bikita, Zimbabwe, and Covas de Barroso,...P-T dráhu krystalizace Harding, 1B - Tanco a 1C - Bikita (London 1984); 2 - Harding (Chanovoveského pegmatitu...on the crystallization of the Harding pegmatite, Taos county, New Mexico. Can. Mineral. 28, 287-298. Charoy...Noronha F., Lima A. (2001) Spodumene petalite - eucryptite: mutual relationship and pattern of alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...twin planes. Swamp dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, California (USA). Pegmatites share textural features...pegmatite from near Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California, shows typical zonation and texture...pegmatite at the San Diego mine, Mesa Grande district, San Diego County, California (USA), in which large K-feldspar...individual pegmatite bodies in several districts within New England (Cameron et al., 1954), the central Appalachians
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
used (Spruce Pine, North Carolina and Harding pegmatite, New Mexico, both U.S.A.). The sequences of crystallisation...rocks. London (1992a) nevertheless noted that this new explanation for pegmatite textures and zonation constituted...structures from layered aplites dykes of San Diego County, California (U.S.A.), Kleck (1991) proposed sedimentary...and most fractionated units (e.g. the Harding pegmatite, New Mexico, U.S.A.—Chakoumakos & Lumpkin 1990;...significant problems with the Jahns-Burnham model, the new explanations currently lack either the generality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERA]-OGIST, V0L. 53, JULY_AUGUST, 1968 EUCRYPTITE AND BIKITAITE FROM KING'S MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA...fillings in the King's Mountain pegmatite yield good eucryptite crystals with a:13.4q[, c:9.016+0.007 A, a:c:l:0...the formulas (LG.roNao.oo)Als.ss-Sro.o;Oza for eucryptite and Li:.roAl:.ooSia.szOrz.1.95HrO for bikitaite...connecticut, eucryptite has been reported from only three other localities. These are center strafford, New Hampshire;...Hampshire; the Harding Mine, Dixon, New Mexico (Mrose, 1953); and Bikita, Rhodesia (Hurlbfi, 1962).Bikitaite
Catalog/List
COMPANY 2 Fl/R. ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~enish-gray to reddish-brown...crystalled on limonit'e ...................... . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela White to very pale...crystal groups on limonite .................. . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
primary mineral 2 Journal Pre-proof phases. Eucryptite (LiAlSiO4), which is stable at low P and T (Fig...-p muscovite), while petalite is altered to eucryptite and K-feldspar during the subsolidus stage via...Petalite overgrowths in spodumene pegmatites can be a new mineral formed by the meteorite impact. This interpretation...on the crystallization of the Harding pegmatite, Taos County, New Mexico. Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 287–298...Noronha, F., Lima, A., 2001. Spodumene–petalite–eucryptite: Mutual relationships and pattern of alteration
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Connecticut; and in the- Neal pegmatite near Unity, New Hampshire. Chlorophyllite a common alteration product...occurs at most of the cordierite localities. EUCRYPTITE is lithium and aluminum silicate which occurs...Connecticut; the Harding Mine near Embudo, New Mexico; and the Buzzo quarry at Center Strafford. New Hampshire...rare mineral. It has been found at the Rutherford mine near Amelia Courthouse. Virginia; and in small pink...octahedral crystals in pegmatite at Cape Ann, Essex County, Massachusetts; and at St. Peter's Dome near Colorado
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Peter Zodac, Peekskill, New York. MBMBERSHIP STATISTICS November 1, 1952 Correspondents5500...Atomic Energy Commission Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; Max N. Short of the University of Arizona, Tucson...1p r o g r a m a n d a b s t r a c t s . . . . . New securities purchased. . LOmmrssron on securrtres...4,300.00 5,743.75 6M Atlantic Coast Line, 4] 5M New York Central, 5.. 5M S o u t h e r n R a i l w a...shares, UnitedFruit Co... .. 56 shares,StandardOil of New Jersey 50 shares,Chesapeake & Ohio Railwai'.. 50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Peter Zodac, Peekskill, New York. MBMBERSHIP STATISTICS November 1, 1952 Correspondents5500...Atomic Energy Commission Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; Max N. Short of the University of Arizona, Tucson...1p r o g r a m a n d a b s t r a c t s . . . . . New securities purchased. . LOmmrssron on securrtres...4,300.00 5,743.75 6M Atlantic Coast Line, 4] 5M New York Central, 5.. 5M S o u t h e r n R a i l w a...shares, UnitedFruit Co... .. 56 shares,StandardOil of New Jersey 50 shares,Chesapeake & Ohio Railwai'.. 50
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LiAlSiO4–SiO2, including the phases spodumene, petalite, eucryptite, b-spodumene and quartz, was experimentally studied...Mountain, SD, USA Lacorne Township, Ontario, Canada Yellowknife, NWT Canada Paton Lake, WI, USA Otov, Czech...Canada Etta Mine, SD, USA Manjaka, Madagascar Newry, ME, USA Newry, ME, USA Branchville, CT, USA Utö, Sweden...Alexander Co., NC, USA Vandeberg, Pala, CA, USA San Diego, Pala, CA, USA Madagascar Pala, CA, USA Afghanistan...pegmatite of Stony Point, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA (up to 0.031 apfu). Spodumene generally exhibits
 
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