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Microcline from
Badu Hill quarry, Llano, Llano County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite2 photos of Microcline associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Microcline associated with Quartz at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Microcline associated with Goethite at this locality.
Hematite1 photo of Microcline associated with Hematite at this locality.
Albite1 photo of Microcline associated with Albite at this locality.
Pegmatite1 photo of Microcline associated with Pegmatite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Badu Hill quarry, Llano, Llano County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:199829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:199829:0
GUID (UUID V4):2d2ab22f-a43e-477e-8544-c3924fa965d7
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
3.3km (2.1 miles) Kingsland Granite Company Quarry (Petrick Quarry), Llano County, Texas, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Pebble Beach pegmatites, Llano County, Texas, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) Williams pegmatites (Williams Gardens), Llano County, Texas, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Buchanan dam, Burnet County, Texas, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Baringer Hill Mine, Bluffton, Llano County, Texas, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) Kiam pegmatite, Llano County, Texas, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Packsaddle Mountain, Llano County, Texas, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Clear Creek pegmatite, Burnet County, Texas, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Pavitte Copper prospect, Burnet County, Texas, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County, Texas, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu­ merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized
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Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...obvious even when visiting some of the Garland County mines. I also planned to do some Magnet Cove collecting...came from the Hardy-Walsh or more likely from Moses Hill on the eastern edge of the Cove because parts were...just to the east of the brookite diggings on Moses Hill. Previously, 1 had some of the lustrous black quartz
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cadmium sulfide. They are both found at Sterling Hill and Franklin (New Jersey) almost exclusively as...Huizing, 534 I Thrasher Dr, Cincinnati OH 45247 USA Please, make checks payable to Mineralogical Almanac...1907, Endicott discoYered amazon stone in Custer County, aquamarine and rose quartz at the Wild Rose claim...(later known as the Devils Hole pegmatite), Fremont County and facetable almandine garnets near Canon City...Richland County, Wisconsin. He married Effie I. circa 1890 in Wisconsin and moved to Rye, Pueblo county, Colorado
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ROSSMANITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS FROM NEWCOMB, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK. M. Lupulescu1 and J. Rakovan2. 1New...in the Grenville-age marbles from Newcomb, Essex County, New York. Rossmanite and olenite, two high-aluminum...them. PEGMATITE MINERAL DISCOVERIES FROM CENTRAL TEXAS. F. Roberts1, A. E. Smith Jr.2, W. B. Simmons3,...central Texas. His field work has led to discoveries in a large number of areas. The Badu Hill pegmatite...pegmatite, Llano County, was mined during 2004–2006 for microcline by Cactus Canyon Quarries of Texas, Inc
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............ 3 Spring Collecting Trip to the Texas Hill Country .......................................and desserts. I Spring Collecting Trip to the Texas Hill Country by Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Member... knew that making a collecting trip to central Texas May 12–18 might be pushing my luck a bit as far...still there but not as strong. Heading northeast to Llano, I decided to take the Willow City scenic loop and...missed the Coal Creek serpentinite and the visible quarry that was just a few hundred feet off the road to
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simultaneously. Those specimens are from the Badu Hill granitic pegmatite with some associated rare earth...face. ably similar to the Minas Gerais, Brazil. Badu Hill zircons that formed partly with that side included... F. Roberts, and D. Bicknell 2007. Badu Hill pegmatite microcline-biotite sandwiches. Mineral News 23(9):1...paleontology and stratigraphy of the Paleogene of Texas Gulf Coast. His work includes monographs on the...Mr. Singleton, How are you? We competed in the Texas Science Olympiad at A&M this past weekend and qualified
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................................ 3 Badu Hill Pegmatite Microcline-Biotite Sandwiches ..................facilities located at 6719 Burnet Lane, Austin, Texas 78757. Anyone interested can pick up a copy from...telephone number (512) 458-9546. O Badu Hill Pegmatite Microcline-Biotite Sandwiches by Arthur E. Smith...what we call microcline-biotite sandwiches from the Badu Hill pegmatite in Llano County, Texas. Frank noted...conditioning during the hot summer months. The red-brown microcline layers are from 4- to 10-cm thick and are sandwiched
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NEBRASKA NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH DAKOTA AND TEXAS BY MARGARET COOPER CONTENTS Page Page 1. Foreword...Part 2, and Part 3 258 Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Section 2. Additional References 259 United...South Dakota, and Texas 262 souri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas 299 FOREWORD...Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas. It is Part 4 of a comprehensive bibliography planned...Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas; Index II, Geographical Index for Arkansas, Iowa
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of the Goshen Central School District in Orange County, New York, received a display quality collection...HudsonInstituteof Mineralogyto localschools. Bado Hill Pegmatite Microcline-Biotite Sandwiches Arthur E. Smith, Frank...what we call microcline-biotite sandwiches from the Badu Hill pegmatite, Llano County, Texas. Frank noted...conditioning during the hot summer months. The red brown microcline layers are from 4 to I O cm thick and are sandwiched...layers leaving some biotite on both sides of the microcline, so the sandwiches. To examine these minute crystals
Journal (issue)
MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS III A SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD, NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2020 ... Mineral Collections in TEXAS UVolume IIIV With an Introduction by Wendell Wilson A Supplement to...November–December 2020 MINERAL COLLECTIONS IN TEXAS Mineral Collections in Texas Volume III A Supplement to The Mineralogical...twin, 5.5 cm, from the Amo tin deposit, Ximeng County, Yunnan, China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd...Fluorapatite, 2.2 cm, from the Pulsifer quarry, Androscoggin County, Maine. Kyle Kevorkian collection; Jordan
Show/Event (guide)
lecture about the huge beryl crystals at the Bumpus Quarry, he was hooked. Tonight, John will dispel some...Rossmanite and associated minerals from Newcomb, Essex County, NY by M. Lupulescu & J. Rakovan T h e minerals...Road Wollastonite Deposit, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York by M. R. Walter, S. C. Chamberlain, R...Road Wollastonite Deposit, Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New Y o r k by S. C. Chamberlain, M. R. Walter...Pyrochlore-group minerals form the Wausau Complex, Marathon County, W I by T. W. Buchholz, A. U. Falster, and W. B
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Kapustinitecrystals(thelargest:1 cm)on ussingite-microcline matrix.I.V. Pekovcollection.Photo:S.I.Pekov....the lo,\er zone, with large blocky crystals of microcline and eudialyte with smaller concentrations ofnepheline...lamprophyllite and Yilliaumite in the interstices of the microcline crystals. \\ ithin this zone are numerous pods...as rare singlecrystal grains up to 4 cm in the microcline-aegirinc zone of the pegmatite. Some of them...from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the American Museum of Natural History in New
 
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