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Almandine from
Sedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Comments:Almandine on chlorite schist, crystal 4.0 cm across. Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, specimen #TM 370C:1:3; C.E. Raines, photo.
Habit:Dodecahedrons 10cm
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Biotite4 photos of Almandine associated with Biotite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (33 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:28352
Long-form Identifier:1:3:28352:4
GUID (UUID V4):46da39d1-bd44-479b-9317-ac133278b3eb
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
22.6km (14.0 miles) Taylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) Clora May Mine, Newett, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
38.1km (23.7 miles) Cotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) Bon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) Devil's Hole Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) Betty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
48.9km (30.4 miles) Lucille Mine, Gold Brick Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
52.1km (32.4 miles) Bucky pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek), Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
63.0km (39.1 miles) Meyers - McMullin pegmatite occurrence, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
64.8km (40.3 miles) Mica Lode Mine (Mica Hill Mine), Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
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