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Elbaite from
Eight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:Elbaite
Formula:Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Elbaite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eight Mile Park, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:35066
Long-form Identifier:1:3:35066:8
GUID (UUID V4):ff500b2c-9cfe-4a9a-b39f-f44d73d626df
Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Meyers - McMullin pegmatite occurrence, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Mica Lode Mine (Mica Hill Mine), Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Meyers quarry (Meyers Quarry; Meyers-Halstead Quarry; Suzana Claims; Suzanna Claims; Royal Gorge No. 2), Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) Chief lithium pegmatite, Texas Creek Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) Sentinel rock (Specimen rock), Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
50.5km (31.3 miles) Specimen Rock, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
2.90 2.58 Total 100.56 100.00 (1) Eight Mile Park, Colorado, USA. (2) (Na, Li)Al(PO4 )(OH, F) with Na:Li...Lepidolite, quartz, elbaite, mica (Eight Mile Park, Colorado, USA). Distribution: In the USA, from Eight Mile...about six km northwest of Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado; in the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex...near Jihlava, Czech Republic. From the Tremearne pegmatite, Breage, Cornwall. In Brazil, large crystals from...Valley, Minas Gerais. At the Rusororo pegmatite, Gatumba district, Rwanda. Name: For its content of sodium
Journal (issue)
MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN What the Heck is Pegmatite? (The Basics) by Bob Carnein Lake George Gem &...& Mineral Club News June 2019 Now retired to Colorado, Dr. Carnein was an active member of NMS when he...the first problem when defining what a pegmatite is. Pegmatite is the name of an igneous-rock texture...rock type. On the average, mineral grains in a pegmatite are more than 1 cm (about ½ inch) across (Bates...across occur at the Devils Hole mine, in Fremont County, Colorado). More typically, they are on the order
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The Collector’s Edge specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...prohibitions on collecting or to private land or mining claims for which permission has been obtained....been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FEBRUARY, 1965 THE CHIEF LITHIUM PEGMATITE, DEVILS HOLE, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO1 E. Wu. HnrNnrcu eNo...mately one airline mile north of the well-known Devils Hote (lingneim) pegmatite (Hanley et aI.,1950)...on the south side of the Antelope Gulch, about I mile west of the junction betweenAnterope and E a s t...) . and chemicals corporation in canon city, colorado. However, Iithium minerals were rumored to have...found in this area as early as 1956. The Chief pegmatite was exploredfor lithium and berl,llium in the
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by Vandall King. from Orchard Dome, Fort Bend County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas 77036...77036 • In I 969 and 1970 Duval's Frasch sulfur mining operations at Orchard Dome were being geared down...1 White fluorite, 2 mm, Orchard Dome, Fort Bend County, Texas, photo by the author. ,/" 2 Minero!...Mine: the Royal Gorge No. 1 Mine, Eight Mile Park, Fremont Co., Colorado Mark Jacobson 112 N. Lemans St...tourmaline mine of the Colorado miner, C. A Beghtol. This long lost pegmatite was described by Douglas
Journal (issue)
Uzbekistan; and the Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake Co., Utah. In most locations, tungstenite...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...longer possible and there really is no place to park in the immediate area. Best bet is to have a non-collecting...V anadiun1 l\'line, l\fagnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas is Reclaimed and Collecting Ceases...the day that open-pit mining would reveal its expected buried treasures. Mining by Union Carbide for vanadium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
December 2014 THE FENGJIASHAN WOLLASTONITE MINE, DAYE COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA. B. Ottens, Klingenbrun-Banhof...visited the Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine in Daye County, and a huge number of well-developed minerals have...kilometers south of Bancroft, near L’Amable, is a pegmatite locality well known for dravite specimens. Fodi...NEW WISCONSIN MINERALS FROM THE NINE MILE PLUTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN. T. W. Buchholz1, A. U. Falster2...the south central portion of the Proterozoic Nine Mile Pluton, the youngest and most silicic of four plutons
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...to 7 cm across occur near Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals...localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with a major...HUK [OL *PU JPUUH[P4PULYHS:VJPL[` Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Detailed work by Lindsley and Peters...States are from pegmatites of the Amelia district, Amelia County, Virginia (Sinkankas 1959, 1997). Here
Show/Event (guide)
cathodoluminescence to the evolution of the Black Mountain pegmatite by]. Maloney and M. A Wise 2:15 S o l i d solution...2:45 R a r e - e a r t h mineralogy of the Mohave County pegmatites, NW Arizona byS.L. Hanson, A U. Falam;... 4:15 Natromontebrasite from the Meyers quarry, Fremont County, CObyM. I. Jacobson,.1, W Nizamoff,A. U. Falster...10:30 T h e Fengjiashan Wollastonite mine, Daye County, Hubei Province, China by B. Opens 10:45 N e w...new Wisconsin minerals from the Nine Mile Pluton, Marathon County, Wisconsin by T W BuchholzA. U. Falster
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long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...have been found with spine! in marble less than 1 mile southwest of Amity (Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013)...Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described
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ct), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 ct), Maine; round brilliant red-orange...56 ct), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...events to bring the history of North American gem mining up to date. Here, then, is the latest, most complete...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout
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193-256 137-208 129-192 209-264 193-256 [ [ COLORADO-Ill] 177-256 121-184 89-168 1-120 1-88 [ ...177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400 COLORADO-II] 321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400...69-132 65-128 1-64 11 / 1980 20 I 1989 [ COLORADO-I] [ 289-352 385-448 [ AUSTRALlA] 353-504...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
Journal (issue)
A. E. Mineral Museum 12 Barite Concretions, Colorado 13-19 New Publication 19 Banded Pseudomalachite...forum for all of them to interact. I have been Colorado Chapter president for the past three years. During... CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES (ALSO BOARD MEMBERS) COLORADO CHAPTER: Jeff Self; selfawareminerals@gmail.com...Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant Co., Oregon, USA. Photo by Doug Merson BULLETIN of FRIENDS OF MINERALOGY...Ridge, Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, King County, Washington” in volume 91, no. 6 by Rick Dillhoff
Report (issue)
James D. Vine, U.S. Geological Survey 1 Denver, Colorado 80225 INTRODUCTION A concern for future lithium...present address, 21736 Panorama Drive, Golden, Colorado 80401. ~n dMore recent estimates of the demand...the Foote Mineral Company developed an unzoned pegmatite ore body near Kings Mountain, North Carolina,...field that had been discovered by the Leprechaun Mining Company at Clayton Valley, near Silverpeak, Nevada...the market in the short term. The large zoned pegmatite at Bikita in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) was a major source
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Clear Creek co., and at Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite
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et), Idaho; rectangular step cut purplish pink elbaite tourmaline (30.89 et), Maine; round brilliant red-orange...rhoColorado; eolorless scheelite (19.66 cc), Kern Cowny, California;...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...and interviews with persons actively engaged in mining gemstones. Pertinent references are furnished throughout... most likely in Canada. Systematic large-scale mining of sapphire-bearing gravels in Montana is beginning
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...from the Tourmaline Q ueen .1ine, Pala, San Diego County, California. From a pen-and-ink drawing by W. E...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information...W. pegmatite mine, Pala, California 17. Mack mine, Rincon, California 18. Beryl-bearing pegmatite, Baja...Ramona, California 21. Gem-bearing pocket in pegmatite, Baja California 22. Drawing of topaz crystal
Journal (issue)
dumortierite from the Indian Pass area of Imperial County, California. The red stripes are red jasper from...stars are howlite from Tick Canyon in Los Angeles County. continued on page 10 8 - NOVEMBER 1976 FEATURING:...carnelian agate from the Wiley Well Area of the Colorado Desert in Southern California. The tongue came...report a visit to a well-known obsidian area one mile east of Ludlow, and just south of the railroad tracks...~pecialize in Cem ()uality Crystal opal. \\"e have been mining and dealing in opal for 8 years. i n- tegrity
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Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent John G. Lewis and Park Historian Lloyd Abelson...Furcron, Chief Geologist of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology; on the State of Michigan by Robert...Kobuk jade locality. Descriptions of San Diego County, California, gemstones and the mines in which they...the generous assistance of many residents of that county. My special thanks are extended to Elbert H. McMacken...orthoclase crystal Map of Amelia, Va. An amazonite pegmatite Dr. George F. Kunz California kunzite crystals
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Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography)...Rocks; Minerals Found in Igneous Rocks; Granite Pegmatite Gems and Minerals; Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits;...\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the
Journal (issue)
Richard A. Bideaux M ineralogist feature articles Pegmatite Phosphates: Descriptive Mineralogy and Crystal...mineral specimens for collectors. 912 So. Live Oak Park Rd. Fallbrook, Calif. 92028 Phone (714) 728-9121...hiddenite specimens in his collection from Alexander County, North Carolina, and those superb quartz crystal...Directors of the Foundation of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. It was my pleasure, and...interpenetrating twin cubes of thorianite from Hud­ dersfield County, Quebec. Their addresses: Vickery — 4 Brendon Road
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of us spent most of our weekends in the museun1 park and some even rushed through school homework to...hematite. octahedral Having eight-sided forms or pertaining to an octahedron (eight faces). oolitic A rock...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,
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Encyclopedia of minerals ~~cbe County Public Library Saguache, Colorado OEMCO For Refere nee Not to...Sagtiache Co1tntr Publlc I...ibran' Saguache, Colorado ~ VANNOSTRAND REINHOLD ~ - - - - N e w York...Cal and Kerith Graeber Cureton Mineral Company Colorado School of Mines cw Charles and Marcelle Weber...hematite. octahedral Having eight-sided forms or pertaining to an octahedron (eight faces). oolitic A rock...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing
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Encyclopedia of minerals Sagiiache County Pu blic Library Saguache , Colorado DEMCO For Reference Not to...Wendell E. Wilson Library Saguache County Public Saguache, Colorado VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD New York ...Cal and Kerith Graeber Cureton Mineral Company Colorado School of Mines Charles and Marcelle Weber Dan...hematite. octahedral Having eight-sided forms or pertaining to an octahedron (eight faces). oolitic A rock...of weakness caused by deformation or twinning. pegmatite Very coarse-grained granitic rock representing
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(cm) meter (m) kilometer (km) 3.281 feet 0.621 mile Area centimeter 2 (cm 2 meter 2 (m 2 ) kilometer...2 (km 2 ) ) 0.155 inch 2 10.764 feet 2 0.386 mile 2 Volume centimeter 3 (cm 3 ) liter (1) meter...0.061 1.057 35.316 0.240 inch 3 quarts feet 3 mile 3 Mass gram (g) kilogram (kg) Mass per unit...Publishing Scripta Company, Washington, DC 20005 USA. Acta Chemica Scandinavica, 1947-, Munksgaard, Noerre...Ohio 43214, USA. American Chemical Society, Journal, 1879-, Washington, DC 20036, USA. American Crystallographic
 
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