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Diopside from
Iron Mountain Kimberlite District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Chromian
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Iron Mountain Kimberlite District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:42123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:42123:0
GUID (UUID V4):7e392771-c9b8-45b3-ab80-9a5786065aa3
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
13.4km (8.3 miles) Radichal kimberlite diatreme, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
98.6km (61.3 miles) Douglas Mine (Morning Star claims 1868 & 1871; Douglas Gold and Copper Company), Keystone Mining District - Douglas Creek Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cordierite and Corundum in the Laramie Range of Southeastern Wyoming Downloaded by [University of Connecticut]...January 2014 W. DAN HAUSEL Wyoming State Geological Survey Laramie, Wyoming 82071 dhause @ wsgs.uwyo.edu...field reconnaissance in the central Laramie Range of southeastern Wyoming led to the discovery of a new source...metavolcanic rock within the Wyoming Province (Graff et al. 1982). The Wyoming Province represents an Archean...Archean basement complex that underlies much of Wyoming and a large portion of Montana (Hausel, Edwards
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
00:52 01 June 2016 Wyoming Mineral Locality Index Figure 1. Index map of Wyoming counties, with exposures...exposures of Precambrian and volcanic rocks. 1 he Wyoming mineral locality index is designed to provide mineral...interesting mineral occurrences in the state of Wyoming. Five publications were used extensively in compiling...Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor collection. An ideal and...1 inch equals 4 miles) of the entire state of Wyoming in book form. The Wwming Atlas and Gazetteer can
Book
Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, CO, USA 80127 (303) 973-9550/(800) 763-3132 www.smenet.org...Xenoliths and Mantle Nodules Kimberlite Facies 90 Origin of Kimberlite 109 Origin of Diamond 116 References...Lamproite 139 Genesis of Lamproite in Comparison with Kimberlite 142 References 143 CHAPTER 8 PLACERS 147 Pleistocene...localities of India 4 1.2 Kimberlite and lamproite fields in Brazil 7 1.3 Kimberlite fields in South Africa...4 Major kimberlite sites in Russia 9 1.5 Main Russian diamond mine sites and kimberlite bodies within
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1980 Megacrysts and Xenoliths in Kimberlite, Elliott County, Kentucky: A Mantle Sample from Beneath...Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916, USA Abstract. Two kimberlite pipes in Elliott County con- tain rare ultramafic...peridotite orthopyroxenes (0.46-0.57% Cr203). Diopside solvus temperatures indicate equilibration of...result of an increase in fo ~. Introduction Kimberlite diatremes and dikes characteristically provide...and L.A. Taylor: Megacrysts and Xenoliths in Kimberlite, Elliott Co., Kentucky (Boyd 1976) or the P
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Petrogenesisof pyroxene-oxideintergrowths from kimberlite and cumulaterocks: co-precipitationor exsolution... nodular pyroiene-ilmenite intergrowths from kimberlite, (2) "myrmekitic" pyroxene-oxide intergiowths...an ilmenite-spinel websterite from the Elliott County kim_ berlite, Kentucky and a cumulate norite from...from a small gabbroic pluton from Chester County, South Carolina has revealedintergrowths representingall...-Elliott which produced the Elliott County kimberhte megacrystsuite. The County websterite xenolith contains
Book (volume)
and Other Volcanics SECOND INTERNATIONAL KIMBERLITE CONFERENCE SPONSORS American Geophysical ...AmericanGeophysicalUnion Washington,D.C. 20006 1979 the Second Kimberlite Conference The MantleSample: Inclusionsin Kimbcrlites...primarily a book about the bus. Papers contained Kimberlite this in these volumes were presented at the...of mantle models developed through study of kimberlite xenoliths, basalt xenoliths and through geophysical...important impact on progress in mantle petrology and kimberlite-oriented research, but the needed rationalization
Book (volume)
3 Magnesium-Iron Pyroxenes Orthopyroxenes Pigeonite 162 Calcium Pyroxenes Diopside-Hedenbergite Augite...broadly in terms of three major subgroups; magnesium-iron pyroxenes in which other.cations occupy less than...by sodium ions and the Ml positions by Al, r diopside salite ferrosalite ferroaugite augite subcalcic...Ca-Tschermak's molecule (CaAJ 2SiO6 ) augite diopside + bedenbergite Ca(Mg,Fe 2+) Si2O 6 Fig. 2. Nomenclature...0adeite)-NaFe 3 +Si 2 O 6 (aegirioe)CaMgSi2O6 (diopside)-CaFeSi 2 O 6 (hedenbergite)-CtAl 2 SiO6 (Tschermak's
Book (edition)
(SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127 (303) 948-4200 / (800) 763-3132 www.smenet...Mexico Geoffrey E. Dolbear Wyoming State Geological Survey Laramie, Wyoming John H. Dooley MineSet Partners...Zealand Don D. Eisenhour Wyoming State Geological Survey Laramie, Wyoming Ayman El-Midany George C...of New Mexico Tech Socorro, New Mexico Rocky Mountain Stone Company Inc. Albuquerque, New Mexico David...Japan Harold R. Kokal Ed McCullah Mittal Steel—USA Research and Development Center East Chicago, Indiana
 
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