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Halloysite from
Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Halloysite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Colour:White, banded white & brown
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Rogers, Austin Flint (1912b), Notes on rare minerals from California: Columbia University, School of Mines Quarterly: 33: 381; Knopf, Adolf (1918a), A geologic reconnaissance of the Inyo Range and the eastern slope of the southern Sierra Nevada, California; with a section on the stratigraphy of the Inyo Range, by Edwin Kirk; USGS PP 110, 130 pp.: 115; Merriam, Charles Warren (1963), Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo County, California: USGS PP 408, 83 pp.: 46; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 437.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halloysite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo Mining District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA
 
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