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Sanidine from
Cameron Cone, Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Sanidine
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sanidine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cameron Cone, Crystal Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:489108
Long-form Identifier:1:3:489108:6
GUID (UUID V4):c850f2dc-47aa-47da-9d15-2cf336fb1172
Nearest other occurrences of Sanidine
7.6km (4.8 miles) Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
87.0km (54.1 miles) Knickerbocker Hill, Rosita Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
89.2km (55.4 miles) Harris Park, Park County, Colorado, USA
96.9km (60.2 miles) Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
99.1km (61.6 miles) Alderman deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northwest acro88 the cliff’s of Glen Cove to South Park and the Tarryall Mountains. Researchers have subdivided...northeasterly-trending continentul Figure 2. Geologic map of the Colorado Front Range showing the Precambrian metamorphic...Karistrom 1978; Lanthier 1978). Farther south in Colorado, sediments accumulated in decper-water rocks formed...Survey into “Early, Middle, and Late” Eras. In Colorado we because of the subsequent folding and overthrusting...subduction zone and possibly the creation Era in Colorado and Wyoming of a volcanic island arc. Carpenter
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLORADO TOPAZ Topaz, Al Si0 (F,OH) is one of Colorado's better known gem minerals. Though Col­ orado...(PJM), 975 (TCM) Box 25046, Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225-0046 A ccording to Cross and Hillebrand...discovery of Colorado topaz was made about 1880 by a Mr. Thiebald,* "a prospector of Colorado Springs."...have been in the Crystal Park area. The largest fine-quality topaz specimens in Colorado occur in several...are also referred to the general discussions of Colorado topaz in Eckel (1961) and Pearl (1963) and to
Book (edition)
MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...highways. Latest information is given on local tra\'el and collecting conditions and land ownership, so...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak
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— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Journal (issue)
England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Donald R. Peacor University of Michigan Ann...R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur...SPECIMENS from the collection of the Geology Museum, Colorado School of Mines. See page 242 for a full description... All rights reserved. notes fromthej EDITOR COLORADO-III Here we are with our third special issue devoted...devoted to the mines and minerals of Colorado. As most long-time subscribers know, the first in the series
Report (volume)
Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT
Journal (issue)
- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection;...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special supplement...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines...Thompson George Witters Martin Zinn III and Colorado in the :Mineralogical Record Supplement to The
Report (issue)
Denver, Colorado, USA © 2011 by Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303...collection Robert Weldon photo Above: Topaz, 5.5 cm tall El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina Scott Rudolph collection...Topaz ALFREDO PETROV & JOHN RAKOVAN 34. Colorful Colorado DAVID W. BUNK 42. Mongolian Topaz: The Gorkhi...and chromium can substitute for aluminum in the crystal structure. Ideal "fluortopaz" (Al2SiO4F2) would...lighter and larger than fluorine. Crystals and Crystal Structure Crystals are orthorhombic and are typically
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...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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...........................................47 Colorado ................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
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_— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -el ~~ a a 7 : 7 ¢ z = NTs tbee _ = hee Dy...Isle Royale National Park were rendered by Superintendent John G. Lewis and Park Historian Lloyd Abelson...Barron of the Southern Gem and Mineral Company of El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits...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
Book
information b Book review c Crystal morphology information d Crystal drawing ff Continues on following...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
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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...Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...James D. Lindberg, Las Cruces, NM; Jack Lowell, Colorado Gem & Mineral Co., Tempe, AZ; Steven & Lorna Lukinuk...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
Report (issue)
correct results. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225 Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction...3B Rutile HS137.3B Samarium Oxide GDS36 Sanidine GDS19 Sanidine NMNH103200 Saponite SapCa-1 Saponite SapCa-l...Area 5 #15 Topaz Wigwam Area 6 #16 Topaz Harris Park #17 Topaz Crystal_Park_#2 Topaz Jos_#22 Topaz Harris_Park...Topaz Cameron Cone #42 Topaz Mt . Antero #5 Topaz Glen Cove #6 Topaz Glen Cove #8 Topaz Harris Park #9 Topaz
Journal (issue)
England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA Steven R. Morehead Riverside, CA Donald R. Peacor...Menzies Pink topaz from the Thomas Range, Juab County, U ta h .........................................check out this new way of selecting purchases. Crystal Models Anyone who has ever tried to study crystallography...that the process is much easier if you have goo crystal models to play with. Rene Just Haiiy (1743-1822)...collectibles today. Among the more recent producers of crystal model sets was tl German mineralogist Paul Heinrich
Book (volume)
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...Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...James D. Lindberg, Las Cruces, NM; Jack Lowell, Colorado Ge1n & Mineral Co., Tempe, AZ; Steven & Lorna...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...gems and the science of crystallography— the six crystal systems and their characteristics. The actual tests...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...Formations Compact and Special Forms Druses and Crystal Amorphous Forms VII 4 PHASES OF ROCK COLLECTING...SYMMETRY OF CRYSTALS Nature of a Crystal tems 16 I The Six Crystal Systems I Characteristic of the
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vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant crystal, a doubly terminated floater found in a talc vug...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...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters
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and the science o f crystall ography- the six crystal systems and thei r characteristics. The actual...Format,ons Compact and Special Forms Druses and Crystal Amorphous Forms VII PHASES OF ROCK COLLECTING...SYMMETRY OF CRYSTALS 88 Nature of a Crystal I Th e Six Crystal Systems I Characteristic of the Systems...These are needed to spltt layers of rock remove crystal cavities from cliffs and tnm specimens to the desired...Center Geological Survey Federal Center Denver Colorado 80225 Index sheets from wh ich the precise maps
Book
Amazonite: Mineralogy, Crystal Chemistry, and ­Typomorphism Mikhail Ostrooumov Institute of Earth Sciences...OX5 1GB, UK 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved...of research that treats its various attributes: crystal chemistry, properties, conditions of formation...deposits in Brazil, India, Canada, Mexico, Mongolia, USA, and other countries. The goal of the conducted laboratory...to obtain the fullest possible description of crystal chemical features and properties of amazonite.
 
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