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Zektzerite from
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Pass
Classification
Species:Zektzerite
Formula:LiNaZrSi6O15
Habit:pseudohexagonal to tabular orthorombic crsytals
Colour:colorless, white, pink, orange-tan
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Anatase
Arfvedsonite
Astrophyllite
BastnÀsite-(Ce)
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Euxenite-(Y)
Fluorite
Goethite
Microcline
Okanoganite-(Y)
Sogdianite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Zircon
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arfvedsoniteⓘ32 photos of Zektzerite associated with Arfvedsonite at this locality.
Microclineⓘ29 photos of Zektzerite associated with Microcline at this locality.
Albiteⓘ10 photos of Zektzerite associated with Albite at this locality.
Sogdianiteⓘ9 photos of Zektzerite associated with Sogdianite at this locality.
Astrophylliteⓘ6 photos of Zektzerite associated with Astrophyllite at this locality.
Aegirineⓘ5 photos of Zektzerite associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Feldspar Group4 photos of Zektzerite associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Zektzerite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Riebeckiteⓘ3 photos of Zektzerite associated with Riebeckite at this locality.
Okanoganite-(Y)ⓘ2 photos of Zektzerite associated with Okanoganite-(Y) at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zektzerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (73 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:12099
Long-form Identifier:1:3:12099:7
GUID (UUID V4):d177082e-b7df-45ac-bba2-7365febd7033
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
. . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON November 5, 2011 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am 9:30 am Doors open at the...emphasis this time will be on the minerals from Washington Pass, bring a selection of what you have collected...Plain Blvd. discussion of minerals from the Golden Horn. We need to know what minerals are present and...information should be recorded to sort things out. Washington 4:00 pm End of meeting and clean up. Please stay
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species. Minerals of the Golden Horn Batholith OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON 450 ROCKS & MINERALS T...the southeastern portion of the Golden Horn Granite at Washington Pass, 150 miles northeast of Seattle...collectors exploring the very rugged country around Washington Pass. As they looked closer at the miarolitic cavities...species: calciohilairite, okanoganite-(Y), and zektzerite. Some of the other minerals occurring here have...describes those species occurring within the Golden Horn batholith that interest the mineral collector. G e
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. . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON November 10, 2012 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am 9:30 am Doors open at the... and visiting). Rudy is currently working on Zektzerite (see President’s Page) and is requesting that...will be talking about recent collecting at Washington Pass. 12:00 noon Lunch potluck: Club provides sandwich...in the research on Washington Pass minerals. 5:00 pm Dinner will be at the County Buffet in Vancouver
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a new occurrence in the Golden Horn Batholith, Washington State, USA MARKUS B. RASCHKE1,*, EVAN J...JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA *Corresponding author, e-mail: markus.raschke@colorado...Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA 3 Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Blindern... 0318 Oslo, Norway 4 Moxee, WA 98936 USA 5 Yakima, WA 98908 USA pr oo f 1 co rre ct ed Abstract:...Liberty Bell/Washington Pass in the alkaline granite of the Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington
Report (issue)
0398(11) Z=3 X-ray Powder Pattern: Golden Horn batholith, Washington, USA. 2.970 (100), 2.939 (95), 2.926...3.24 2.74 11.15 4.69 97.37 (1) Golden Horn batholith, Washington, USA; by electron microprobe, B by spectrophotometer...bastnÀsite, zektzerite, astrophyllite. Distribution: From the Golden Horn batholith, near Washington Pass, Okanogan...Okanogan Co., Washington, USA. Name: For Okanogan Co., Washington, USA, and the yttrium content. Type Material:...Material: National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA; 142512-142514. References: (1) Boggs, R
Journal (volume)
the list I know of a case where a Rockhound in the USA is now swopping with a Rockhound in Germany as a...MINERALS FROM MIAROLITIC CAVITIES IN THE GOLDEN HORN BATHOLITH, WASHINGTON STATE, U.S.A. by Hugh Heron Introduction:...below. The Locality: The geology of a portion of Washington State has been a topic of worldwide interest...B.C. when Mt Mazama, to the east of the Golden Hom Batholith, erupted some 42 cubic kilometres of ejecta...kilometre of Mt St Helens in May, 1980). The Golden Hom Batholith is situated in the rugged and mountainous
Journal (issue)
. . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON November 6, 2010 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am Doors open at the PUD building...clean up. Please stay to put away tables and Washington help clean up. Interstate 5:00 pm Dinner will...join us if you can. 2 A Controversy at Washington Pass By Bob Meyer Fergusonite-(Y), sharp, somewhat...collected from near Washington Pass. The Golden Horn batholith, located near Washington Pass in the North Cascades
Journal (issue)
. . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON November 14, 2009 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am Doors open at the PUD building...program I5 on Gadolinite and other minerals from Washington Pass presented by Saul Krotki. Mill Plain Blvd....meeting and clean up. Please stay to put away Washington tables and help clean up. Interstate 5:00 pm...A New Find of Gadolinite-(Ce) Washington Pass, Okanogan Co., Washington Saul Krotki CRYSTALS IN AN UNUSUAL
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. . . . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON May 5, 2012 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Time once again to spend the day together. We will be talking...talking more about the minerals from the Golden Horn. Please read the President’s Message on the next page...am: Program on Known Minerals from the Golden Horn Batholith by Rudy Tschernich I5 Noon: Pot Luck Lunch:...1:00 pm: Program Unknown Minerals from the Golden Horn Batholith by Randy Becker 2-4:30 pm: study minerals
Journal (issue)
. . . . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON May 4, 2013 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am 9:30 am Doors open at the PUD...Park Ft. Vancouver Way from the Golden Horn by Rudy Tschernich Washington 4:00 pm End of meeting and clean...has been done on the minerals from the Golden Horn Batholith, some of which is found in the papers in...programs at this meeting: Research on the Golden Horn Batholith by Rudy Tschernich. Be sure to come to find
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LPC and Norway were found. The first find of zektzerite from Norway is reported from here, besides the...km x 20 km in the southern part of the Vestfold County, between the Langesundsfjord in the west and T0nsberg...often covered by opal-AN, occurr together with zektzerite, cream-yellow spheres of an unidentified mineral...quartz crystals covered with dirt and clay. The zektzerite was found in the area around the lens cap, and...the cavity together with zircon, opal-AN and zektzerite. Beautiful trillings, contact twins after {021}
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safe and healthy. Hopefully this whole mess will pass and we will be able to meet again in the Fall. ...Eifel, Germany 9 Fig. 16. Zektzerite on Arfvedsonite Washington Pass, Okanogan Co., WA Fig. 17. Kainosite...Kainosite with Chamosite Liberty Bell, Washington Pass, WA intrusive has its own unique chemistry, especially...a region in the Golden Horn at Washington Pass. The Golden Horn is a granite batholith that has considerable...unusual zirconium minerals. A notable one is zektzerite, both as discernable crystals (fig. 16) and as
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on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401...54401 I I r i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities...above). Goethite appears as delicate sprays of golden colored to brown acicular crystals. The contrast...ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available GRRVSON LRPIDRRV 5135 Washington Street...592-0902 \ 3651 E. Marginal Way S. Seattle, Washington 98134 (206) 623-6876 /. Carl Faddis — Isidoro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, is located in the Pikes Peak batholith, a composite of the Pikes...Other genthelvite localities in the Pikes Peak batholith are Crystal Park, Cookstove Mountain (Stove Mountain)...Cascades of Okanogan County, Washington, the alkaline granites of the Golden Horn batholith have yielded...described in 1892 from West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, by Frederick August Genth (1820–1893)...dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated and described by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that occur in beautiful specimens in Washington. minerals Washington Mineral Locality Index L A N N Y R... okanoganite-(Y), and zektzerite, all from Washington Pass in Okanogan County —which are known only from...in Snohomish County, ferritungstite from Germania mine near Fruitland in Stevens County, and paulingite...from Rock Island Dam near Wenat­ chee in Douglas County. In addition, many localities pro­ duce fine-quality...preparing the alphabet­ ical list of localities. Chelan County Crown Point mine, near Holden; M O L Y B D E N
Report (issue)
Zektzerite NaLiZrSi6 O15 ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic...164(2) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Washington Pass, Washington, USA. 4.850 (100), 3.145 (85), 7.190 (78)...0.75 21.84 0.50 2.8 5.9 100.0 (1) Washington Pass, Washington, USA; by electron microprobe, Li by °ame...Occurrence: USA). Rarely in miarolitic cavities in a riebeckite granite (Washington Pass, Washington, Association:...Distribution: From Kangaroo Ridge, near Washington Pass, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA. In the Dara-i-Pioz massif
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
arfvedsonite-bearing granite from the Golden Horn batholith near Washington Pass, Okanogan County, U.S.A. Associated minerals...microcline, zircon, arfvedsonite, bastnaesite, zektzerite, astrophyllite, a pale green mica, and an unidentified...borofluorosilicate from the Golden Horn batholith, Okanogan County, Washington. American Mineralogist, 65...33, 41–115. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C. Oberti, R., Ottolini, L., Della Ventura
Journal (issue)
localities in northwest Ohio (white, cream); Hardin County, Illinois (white); Bingham, New Mexico (blue or...fluorescence, and that from Friedensville, PA exhibits a golden-yellow fluorescence in LW UV and a white fluorescence...Uranium-containing fluorescent minerals are found in Washington and other states in the western US, Zaire, and...The Purple Passion Mine in Wickenburg, Yavapai County, produces good specimens of wulfenite (mostly nonfluorescent...Pure Potential Mine (North Geronimo Mine) in LaPaz County has red-fluorescing calcite and purple-fluorescing
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professor in 1964. She subsequently taught at Western Washington State College in Bellingham from 1966—becoming...Manhattan and profes­ sor emerita at Western Washington (which had by then changed its name from State...Internationale pour PEtude des Argiles. While at Western Washington University she was ac- Figure 2: SEM photomicro­...Patricia Combs, administrative assistant, West­ ern Washington University, and Prof. James R . Under­ wood,...immi­ grated with his family to the state of Washington. I n 1943 he married Edith Mae Ollom, who was
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogist, Volume 63, pages 304-310' 1978 Zektzerite, NaLiZrSiuO,u: a silicate with six-tetrahedr...GeologicalSciences,Uniuersity of Washington Sealt le. Washinston98I 95 Abstract : zektzerite, Nal-iZrSiuo,u, is orthorhombic...Introduction Zektzerite,LiNaZrSi.O15,? Il€w mineral found in miarolitic cavitiesof the Golden Horn batholith...batholith near Washington Pass,North Cascades,Washington, occurs in associationwith quartz, microcline, aegirine... 304 GHOSE AND I'YAN ZEKTZERITE Table I Zektzerite: crystal data zektzerite, Naliz!si601s: barholith
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DAMERON 1609 N W Seventy-ninth Circle, Vancouver, Washington 98665 T he national organization of Friends...2004 symposium, 24-26 September, in Longview, Washington (just north of Portland, Oregon), featuring Minerals...activity: the annual cleanup of scenic Washington Pass in the Okanogan National Forest just east of North...scenic pullouts, then socialized and collected zektzerite, calciohilairite,, and okanoganite-Y from the...4) devoted entirely to Washington minerals and fossils, including the “Washington Mineral Locality Index:’
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Museum, Conference Room (13th and Maple Streets, Golden CO); all are welcome to attend; for more information...Oct. 13-19 is Earth Science Week 2013.“Fremont County Stones and Bones” and Canon City Geology Club have...Creek and South Valley Open Space Parks (Jefferson County), structural geology and oil geology, led by Ned...Minerals of the Golden Horn Batholith, Washington Pass, Northern Cascade Mountains, Washington; by Dr. Markus...Chemistry Depts. “The unusual minerals at Washington Pass include zektzerite, sogdianite, brannockite, and a newly
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The day was cool but sunny and the drive up Ute Pass was beautiful—the aspens just starting to turn....Public Show, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 6th Ave. Frontage Rd. and Indiana St., Golden, CO. 10:00 - 5:00...Minerals of the Golden Horn Batholith, Washington Pass, Northern Cascade Mountains, Washington; by Dr. Markus...Chemistry Depts. “The unusual minerals at Washington Pass include zektzerite, sogdianite, brannockite, and a newly...Rock & Mineral Show, taking place at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, Main Exhibits Building, Hover & Nelson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals for the locality: cerianite, elpidite and zektzerite. CERIANITE occurs as yellowish masses and crusts...altered and crystal faces are not well defined. ZEKTZERITE has been found only in 5 specimens. This extremely...now found only at two localities (Washington Pass, Washington, USA, (Dunn et al. 1977) and Dara-I-Pioz... ROUSE, RC., CANNON, B., & NELEN, JA (1977): Zektzerite: a new lithium sodium zirconium silicate related
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cm, on muscovite, from Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, China. Rob Lavinsky collection...annual rainfall is barely 100 mm, but some years may pass with no rainfall at all. A comprehensive survey...lining deep, dark cavities in basalt, could easily pass for not-quite-first-rate but nevertheless impressive...encrustations. Let us turn our attentions now to zektzerite (something we don’t do very often). The very...silicate was first found in 1966 in Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, in an arfvedsonite granite
 
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