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Microcline from
Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Microcline
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Uraninite1 photo of Microcline associated with Uraninite at this locality.
Biotite1 photo of Microcline associated with Biotite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microcline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:199534
Long-form Identifier:1:3:199534:3
GUID (UUID V4):ed0c15f4-6f57-499b-90de-fa1d1da6b5fa
Nearest other occurrences of Microcline
14.0km (8.7 miles) Enchanted Rock State Park (Charles Moss Ranch), Llano County, Texas, USA
22.9km (14.3 miles) Kiam pegmatite, Llano County, Texas, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) Packsaddle Mountain, Llano County, Texas, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) Althaus pegmatite, Gillespie County, Texas, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Williams pegmatites (Williams Gardens), Llano County, Texas, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) Badu Hill quarry, Llano, Llano County, Texas, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) Kingsland Granite Company Quarry (Petrick Quarry), Llano County, Texas, USA
33.7km (20.9 miles) Pebble Beach pegmatites, Llano County, Texas, USA
36.2km (22.5 miles) Baringer Hill Mine, Bluffton, Llano County, Texas, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) Buchanan dam, Burnet County, Texas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
55(3) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Rode Ranch pegmatite, Texas, USA. 2.39 (vs+), 3.88 (vs), 3.83 (vs)...granite pegmatite as a near-surface alteration product of gadolinite (Rode Ranch pegmatite, Texas, USA); in...altered volcanic tuff (Honeycomb Hills, Utah, USA); in pegmatite veins and miarolitic cavities in nepheline...quartz, albite, microcline, montmorillonite, fluorite, calcite (Rode Ranch pegmatite, Texas, USA). Distribution:...Distribution: In the USA, from the Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano Co., and the Clear Creek pegmatite, Burnet Co.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BEHOITE, BETA-BE(OH)2, FROM THE RODE RANCH PEGMATITE, LLANO COUNTY, TEXAS Anrnun J. EnrrunNn, GeologyDeparl...around gadolinite occurring in the Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County, Texas. It usually occurs as euhedral...Saba, Texas in an examination of various sarnplesfrom the Rode Ranch pegmatite. This pegmatite occurs...Precambrian rocks of the Central Mineral Region of Texas and has a suite of rare earth minerals similar to...Baringer Hill ppgmatite (Hess, 1907). The Rode Ranch pegmatite contains the primaly minerals allanite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CENTRAL A. J. EHLMANN, RARE-EARTH MINERAL PEGMATITE REGION, TEXAS J. L. WALPER, AND J. WILLIAMS CONTENTS........... 1348 1348 1350 Description of the pegmatite ........................................... Mineral...new rare-earth pegmatite,the Rode Ranch pegmarite, in the Central Mineral Region of Texas has made possiblethe...of BuchananLake. The dominant mass of the Rode Ranch pegmatite consistsof bodies of milky quartz and large...similar to the "red rock" of the Baringer Hill pegmatite. Cyrtolite and fergusoniteoccur disseminatedin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1329 Arizona Economic geology Aluminum, Maricopa county, Wickenberg (Sheridan, Michael F , et al.) tt-t2...(Mclean, W. John, er a/.) 7-E 1103 Hemihedrite,Pinal county, Florencemine, Maricopacounty, Wickenburg,Rat Tail...a/.) 7-8 1088 Kinoite, SantaRita mountains,Pima county (Anthony, John W., er a/.) 5-6 7O9 Phoenicochroite...er a/.) 1.2 224 Breccia Intrusive Utah, San Juan county, MosesRock dike, kimberlite (McGetchin, Thomas...(Omori, Keiichi.) tt-12 1897 Wardsmithite,Inyo county, Death Valley, Tertiary, Furnace Creek formation
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zones round gadolinitein the Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano County, Texas. Named from the composition. Bernalite...from the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona. Named for its discoverer, Richard A....rock in the Cane Creek potash mine, Moab, Grand County, Utah; 956 M.H. HEY formula given as (Ca,Naz)7Ln2BzzO43...Mineral QM, from Madoc, Ontario, and from Pershing County, Nevada, are identical; monoclinic, composition...Florence mine, Pinal County, Arizona, and the Pack Rat claim, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, are near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
radiotechnics and many other high-tech industries. USA is the main producer of beryllium ore from bertrandite-bearing...intrusions of plagio-microcline granites and small stocks of tourmaline granites. Six pegmatite fields, comprising...and 10–35 m in thickness. Quartz-albite-microcline pegmatite bodies are extremely enriched in rare element...in width with minor and accessory muscovite, microcline, and spodumene; (3) medium-, coarse-grained ...Kolmozero-Voronja belt are comparable to those from giant pegmatite-hosted Li-Ta-Be deposits, i.e., Greenbushes, Wodgina
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ABSTRACTS SEVEN NEW BARIUM MINERALS FROM FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA EASTERN CaliJornia Dilision Joux...silicate minerals have been found in eastern Fresno County, California. The minerais occur in sanbornite-bearing...dynamothermal metamorphism, are invaded by mirocline-rich pegmatite and black silexite bodies loaded with innumerable...RARE-EARTH PEGMATITI, THE CENTRAL MINERAL REGION, TEXAS FROM A. J. Enr,nexr, J. L. ,Wer,rnn, Teras Chri...The discovery of a new rare-earth pegmatite, the Rode Ranch pegmatite, in the central Mineral Region of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fertile granites of Precambrian rare-element pegmatite fields" is geochemistry controlled by tectonic...Fertile granites of Precambrian rare-element pegmatite fields: is geochemistry controlled by tectonic...twenty fertile granites and their rare-element pegmatite aureoles was examined to correlate their tectonic... Tectonic control on geochemistry of granite-pegmatite suites is poor and secondary to the fundamental...genetically conditioned twofold subdivision of pegmatite categories: (i) A broadly diversified spectrum
Journal (issue)
e r a lo j g ic a l Volume Eight/Number Two PEGMATITE ISSUE #1 p u b lis h e r ls * h n Q n i. • ;...Lasmanis The Clear Creek Pegmatite: A Rare Earth Pegmatite in Burnet County, Texas.........................by Anthony Robert Kampf The Harding Mine, Taos County, New Mexico......................... 115 by Richard... Iores K IO i DITOR Here it is: our first Pegmatite Issue! Actually this accumulation is a happy accident;...our file of articles I realized we had enough pegmatite-related papers to fill an issue. One advantage
Journal (issue)
mountain lies about 40 km east of Montreal in Rouville County, Quebec, very close to and clearly visible from...marble, presumably Grenvillian in age, are common. Pegmatite dikes, pipes and lenses, breccias, porphyritic...Zones of breccia and sodalite syenite, as well as pegmatite veins and miarolitic cavities in nepheline syenite...most com­ mon minerals of the pegmatites are microcline and aegirine with local concentrations of analcime...ManganElpidite Epididymite neptunite Epistolite Microcline Erythrite MonteregianiteEudialyte (Y) Eudidymite
Book
Roland Bouhelier in 1973 from the "Bouhelier pegmatite", and shortly thereafter acquired by the Canadian...data from his subsequent research. Dr. Peter Tice (USA) provided a copy of his M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses. Dr...discussion on MSH rock types with LH. Dr. Dave Richerson (USA) provided details of the collecting history of donnayite...specimens from its collection. Dr. Modris Baum (USA) generously provided specimens for research and photographs...Baum (USA), the late Henry Budgen (Canada), Gianfranco Ciccolini (Italy), the late Rock Currier (USA), Robert
Book
Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Journal (volume)
Yttrian epidote and allanite-(Y) from a granite pegmatite in Bamble, Telemark, Norway 33 Tomas Husdal...size, the mineralogical and chemical zoning of pegmatite bodies, the occurrence of massive, monophase quartz...rocks. In the following three aspects regarding pegmatite classification and genesis are taken up to illustrate...pegmatites – is currently facing. Challenges of pegmatite classification The classification of rocks, which...within the pegmatite bodies comprising a distinct mineralogical and chemical zoning. In pegmatite bodies
Book (edition)
Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For...Photo Editor: Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous
Book (edition)
Willard Lincoln. Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. SELECTED REFERENCES: Thompson, M...oil shale of the Green River Formation, Uintah County, Utah, associated with authigenic orthoclase, pyrite;
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(Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada), Henry L. Barwood (USA). Dmitriy Belakovskiy (Russia). Fabio Bellatreccia...(Italy), T.S. Ercit (Canada). Alexander Falster (USA). Jeffrey de Fourestier (Canada). Robert Gault (Canada)...Henderson. Jr. (USA). D.D. Hogarth (Canada). J.L. Jam bor (Canada), Anthony R. Kampf (USA). Pave! M. Kartashov...Karnp-Moller (Denmark). Akira Kato (Japan). Lance E. Keams (USA). Elisabeth Kirchner (Austria), Uwe Kolitsch (Austria)...Republic). Per Nystcn (Sweden), David O'Hanlcy (USA). Filippo Olmi (deccased) (ltaly). Werner H. Paar
Book (edition)
of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing...the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely disseminated in uraniferous...in the Cave Hills and Slim Buttes areas, Harding County, South Dakota. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Thompson,...Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores County; and at the Double Header lode...lode , Su1nmit County . rt is also found in Canada, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Acanthite is
Journal (issue)
Gl!!narm. San Antonio. Texas 78204 Mlcrocry•tal Collectlng In Keweenaw County, Michigan by Jean R. Rentmeister...Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 Mrs. Evelyn Rhodes, Secretary 221 Westminster, San Antonio, Texas 78228 Mrs. Viola...Smith. Treasurer 1215 South 41st Street. Temple. Texas 76501 GEMS a MINERALS Is published monthly by Gemac...CA. Host, Gem and Mineral Society ol San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan, P.O. Box 53, NAS Mollett Field, CA...Mineralogy Society. Annual Show. Benton-Franklin County Fairgrounds. Kennewick, WA. 10-10 and 10-6. Donald
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Enterprises, PO Box 213, Livermore, California, 94551, USA. Because of space limitations, only a subset of the...Hidden Valley Road, Kingsport, Tennessee, 37663, USA. The authors appreciate the advice and kind assistance...City, Nevada, USA; Peter Embrey, London, England; Jessie Hardman, Long Beach, California, USA; and Barbara...Barbara Nichols, Livermore, California, USA. All of these colleagues made helpful comments and substantive...Enterprises PC Box 213 Livermore California 94551 USA Elemental Table “Element” Aluminum Amide Ammonium
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21; American Geophysical Union: Washington, DC, USA, 1990; 242p. Pease, V.; Vernikovsky, V. The tectono-magmatic...United States Geological Survey: Menlo Park, CA, USA, 1995; pp. 122–132. Dolmatova, I.V.; Peshkova, I...FS-2008-3049; U.S. Geological Survey: Reston, VA, USA, 2008; 4p. Klett, T.; Pitman, J. Assessment of undiscovered...Multivariate Analysis; John Wiley & Sons: New York, NY, USA, 1971; p. 677. Tamura, R. Multivariate Nonparametric...latest rocks in the deposit area are granite-pegmatite veins, which cut all rocks, including those mineralized
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variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer Production...organic geochemistry. Green River Formation, Uinta County, Utah, U.S.A. Trudell, L.C. (1970): Lithologic...Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. McDonald, AM. & Chao, G.Y. (1994):...Abernathy, operator of the Fumerole mine, Emery County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount...65, 205. Adularia Variety of orthoclase and microcline. Named after the Adula Mountains, Graubunden
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NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University Press, New York 2 Filmset...minerals in a serpentine quarry near Oxford, Llano Co., Texas, contains red-violet monoclinic crystals,...[2Mn0.Si02]. Named from the locality, Alleghany County, North Carolina. [M.A., 5, 50.] 13th List [Wales;...rectangular (tetragonal or ortho¬ rhombic) prisms in pegmatite at Ampangabe, Madagascar. It approximates in composition...NaAl(Al,Si)Si06.HH20, as red masses in syenite-pegmatite from Nordmarka, Norway; possibly an alteration
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Zolensky: Lyndon Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. We also wish to acknowledge our present editor...Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL...Athabaska, Lake Bay, on Nichols and San Joaquin Ranch, Orange Co., CA; Germany; Harz, al, Clausth and...luster. strongly pleochroic and anisotropic. Norton County enstatite achondrite and Quizhen enstatite chondrite...weathering product of caswell5), silverite in the Norton County enstatite achondrite. BM AM 70:638(198 ABI:465
Report (volume)
George G. The Metaline district, Pend Oreille County, Washington, [Chap.] 6 in Lead-zinc deposits in...Hudspeth County, Texas, in Geology of the southern Quitman Mountains area, Trans-Pecos Texas- S.E.P.M...terraces along Maple River in northeastern Clinton County, Michigan, U.S.A. (their morphologic, genetic and...northwest quarter of Lemoine Township, AbitibiEast County [also French edition]: Quebec Dept. Nat. Resources...Iraq and of Antigo silt loam catena in 'Menominee County, Wisconsin [ abs.]: Dissert. Abs. Internat., Sec
 
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