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Selenite from
Peru, Madison County, Iowa, USA


Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Peru, Madison County, Iowa, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:776507
Long-form Identifier:1:3:776507:0
GUID (UUID V4):bd247d8d-7afd-4822-94a1-9c62370549a0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across road from golf course on Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co., Ala. Note the fluorescence. "Haven't had time...dolomite xls, calcite and fluorite. Rock formation is Madison limestone."— item dated May 1, I960, from John...have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds,...things, other than mud over our boot tops. "The selenite specimen enclosed was collected from a small area
Catalog/List
PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE: Various localities, Peru: Check out our Peruvian pages to get an idea of...spent the past three years living and working in Peru and had just moved back with all the goodies he...desired! $8.00 each! 3 VELVET MALACHITE: Ajo, Plma County, Arizona: 1-2 inch beauties of vibrant green velvet...each MARCASITE "SPIKEBALLS": Belle Fouche, Butte County, South Dakota: About the nicest marcasite specimens...Is an inch and the price is cheap at$1.00 each! SELENITE: Maravltfa Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico: 2 to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. W e had an opportunity to examine some pebbles...Kingsville, Md. FLORIDA—From the western part of Pascoe County, Florida, we have 3 grayish calcite concretions...brilliant black geothite xls. IOWA—"The other day I was in Des Moines (Polk Co.), Iowa and as we drove out to...fossil were seen but there were a number of small selenite xls in clusters and singles, etc. None of them..."—item dated July 7, I960, from Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa. Some specimens were sent in by Mr. Priest. They
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions...specimen received is a gray, slightly cellular mass. IOWA — "Enclosed in the package are some specimens that...(Waterloo Co.), Iowa, on Hwy 281 about 8 miles then as Hwy 281 turns left to Dunkerton, Iowa, turn and follow...14, 1959, from Don H. Erpelding, Rt. 3, Waterloo, Iowa. The specimens are chiefly dark brown limonite geodes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens at the famous Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I have just received a report from the...nice jasper. "The green chalcedony is from Marin County, north of San Francisco. It was picked up on a...ledge (Coyote Point). The chalcedony from Marin County is a beautiful dark green specimen. COLORADO—W...intere->;ng specimen of amazonstone from Rabun County. This is the first true amazonstone believed to...southern Indiana use the logs for fence posts !" IOWA—A number of tiny, loose, dark f>ray fossils, known
Catalog/List
. !~ ~~ o _. -·· -- 1123 ■■ WAVELLITE Minune, County Cork, lereland Rich white mdintions on shale lxl...lewistonite " from this location Fairfield Utah USA £5 CARMINITE quite rich red-brown masses of small...inches £12 small 2x3 £8 lx2 £4 Franklin New Jersey USA AEGIRINE in CHAROfTE , rich areas of black 5mm radiations...Sphalerite best (Oran ith Long wave Franklin New Jersey USA. 2x2 £8 I x2 £4 ·,,___~;LUORITE on CALCITE , green...2 to 3mm thick and 9x4 inches Keweenaw Michigan USA £25 ~ CHLOROXIPHITE a rich specimen , for this rare
Report (volume)
_ _______ ____________________ hydrous cobalt selenite Selenile or selenate Kerstenite (molybdomenite)...(molybdomenite) __________________ hydrous lead selenite or selenate PbSeO. (?) 7'ellurite Emmonsite (durdenite)...vein deposits of Butte, Montana; Cerro de Pasco, Peru; Northern Rhodesia; and Belgian Congo. Some of the...Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar, San Onofre, and Huitzuco...contain only selenide minerals and a few secondary selenite minerals. Uranium deposits in sandstone in the
Catalog/List
mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE BISMUTH...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE TeO...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...micro's on matrix. (Getchell Mine,Humboldt Co . Nevada USA) 5mm £4 up to 1.5cm £7 242 KOLBECKITE Scandium Phosphate...visible dark grey-red areas in matrix with pyrite. (Peru) 1x1 £3.50 1x2 £6.00 COPPER M I NERALS 266 ALGODONITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Marble Peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, in Pima County, Arizona. A note from him reads: "I have done some...taken from the Cherokee district placers in Butte County, California. Mineral Information Service, July...Littlefield of Stonewall in old Campbell County (now Fulton County), sent in an interesting specimen of rutile...Central Iowa Mineral Society, (Mrs. R. G. Hays, President, Rt. 1, Buffalo Road, Des Moines, Iowa). F. A...for selenite. Locality No. 1 is about 4 miles north and a little west of Granger, Dallas Co., Iowa, where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALABAMA—Cherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy
Book (volume)
Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:...agate, (banded, various colors), jasper. BIBB COUNTY MACON:  at Holton Quarry, 7½ mi. NWagate;  N
Catalog/List
masses filling·small (Lockout Pass,Tooele County, Utah, USA) lem C319 BUSTAMITE excellent rich near...Au Te/2 bright metallic (Cripple Creek, Colcrado, USA) lem C321 CATAPLEITcE Na Zr Silicate. Yukspor,...(Greyhorse Mine,Dripping Springs Mountains, Pinal USA) 1/2 x l/2ins f.1.50 lxl f.3 lx2 f.6 C327 DIABOLEITE...Atacamite. Maricopa County, Arizona) 1/2 x 1/2 f.3.50 lx 1/2 to coating rock. County, Arizona 2x2 f.12...cleavages Maine, uSA) more lustrous Ogdensburg, in black Pyrochroite New Jersey USA) C331 GOLD this
Catalog/List
visible dark grey-red areas in matrix with pyrite. (Peru) lxl £3.50 1x2 £6.00 1 238 BISMUTITE Bi CO/3 0...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...(Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te 0/2 good...brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3 pure crystalline...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mining in Alabama in the Cragford district of Clay County, the workings which entered the unoxidized zone...Palmer, Alaska. ARIZONA—From a locality in Mohave County in N . W . Arizona, we have an interesting specimen...glauberite xls mailed you last June from Imperial County near Bertam Siding on the Southern Pacific R.R...Calif. The xls are gypsum—rough, dark gray xls of selenite (gypsum) which vary from % x % to % x 2 inches...Pinellas Co., Fla., some beautifully xled white selenite was found by Mrs. Ray F. Bowman, 1791 Sylvan Dr
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and much used in industry, is found in De Kalb County, 4 miles northwest of Fort Payne, Ala. There a...Another deposit is reported as being in Clarke County-" ARIZONA—Earl Mayer, 1753 " I " St, Yuma, Ariz...might now add, that Clinton is the county seat of Van Buren county. As stated, this bridge is in the wilds...know of two pivot rocks near Shirley, Van Buren county, and one about three-fourths mile from edge of...of Hot Springs National Park, Garland county, on one point of Sugar Loaf Mt., near the top crest." CALIFORNIA—The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego County, California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County specimen, Harold and...Tourmaline Discovery at the CryoGenie Mine, San Diego County, California, 156-68 Clifford Frondel (1907-2002)...Millerite from Barrick Goldstrike’s Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, C. Jones, J. Jones, S. Kulinski, 129-31;...America 101518'hSthWSte601 Washington,DC 20036-5212 USA phone: 202-775-4344 fax: 202-775-0018 website: www
Catalog/List
TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...each based on size and characteristics. WINDOW SELENITE: Colonias, Chihuahua, Mexico: Excellent single...are priced at only $2.00 each. MONSTER FROSTED SELENITE ROSE CL USTERS: Chihuahua, Mexico; I carried these...inches in diameter and consist of clusters of selenite roses intergrown into large specimens with the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fossils f r o m other states. A m e i Priest, Peru, Iowa. MINERALS FOR EXCHANGE. Send your list f o r...gastropods, brachiopods, etc. Only $ 1 . 7 5 Postpaid USA. Robert Eaton, 5 4 Heberle Rd., Rochester, 9,New... Y . CRYSTAL CLUSTERS, gypsum but glassy like selenite. Large 4 " by 6 " t o 6 " by 6 " $ 1 . 5 0 ea...Big Spring, M i d l a n d , T e x . 8 Herkimer County "Diamonds," $ 1 . 0 0 . 6 Golden A p a t i t e...0 0 . 6 T o u r maline Crystals, $ 1 . 0 0 . 6 Selenite Crystals, $ 1 . 0 0 . Ellenville Crystal Clusters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado). Bill Frier, 816 Carroll St., Keokuk, Iowa (Crystal geode halves and Miss. sand). Charles Hrrtrr...104 - 29th St., N. W., Paris, Texas (Will trade selenite rosettes and cakite filled géodes). Sowle's, 304...polished eggs [chicken size] ). Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa (Keokuk géodes exchange for minerals or fossils)...locality should be a tiny settlement or area, give ks county. Give as much information as you can so we may...send stamp for list THE PHILMAR CO. Box 13421 No. County Branch St. Louis, Mo. 63137 44102 21T
Book
eOQ000wolf 560.172 W855£ WOLF FV FOSSILS OF IOWA : FIELD TO PALEOZOIC DEPOSITS GUIDE 12.45 BK 560...560.172 PeUIDE TO PALEOZOIC DEPOSITS FOSSILS OF IOWA: FELD WOLF, ROBE 3000 ‘St. Louis Community College...collector specializing in Paleozoic fossils from Iowa and parts of Minnesota and Nebraska, including invertebrates...Society of Iowa. © 1983 Robert Charles Wolf. All rights reserved Composed and printed by The Iowa State University...University Press, Ames, Iowa 50010 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form—by photostat
Catalog/List
light green films on silicaeous rock. (Pinal County, h.rizona USA) lem El. 50 .E2.50 235 DUFREtiOYSITE Pb/2...with ceruslte on aatrlx. (Silver Bill Mlne,Plaa County, Arizona) I I I l2 341PD...on matrix t Mimetite.(11oon AnchorHin Haricopa County, Arizona U.S.A) lxlins ES lx2 ElO 2x2 E18 275 MIUTUH...brownmasseswith Cerussite. (Terrible Mine, Isle Colorado, USA)2x2cmEl5 lCII(10 less rich lem E6 5118f3.50 424 VAf"...crystals well coating rock, (Grey Horse Hine, Arizona USA) ½ x ½ El.SO lxl E3 139 FORHACITE (Pb,Cu)(CrAs)OOH
Catalog/List
specimens,from Sweden. In single crystals, the Selenite (No 272) has different faces than normal developed...mass. (Tushar Mts. near Marysville Pilute County, Utah USA) lxl El.60 OH ALURGI1'E.variety of M:iscovite...BASALUHINITE very rich white masses intergrownwith Selenite. (Dorset England)lxl 60p lx2 fl.20 2x2 f2.40 2x4...rich yellow masses with minorquartz. (Pershing County,NevadaU.S.A) lxl 90p 057 BISHUTHINITE grey flakes...France) lx2 40p 2x2 80p 037 BOBIERRITE clear selenite like small cleavages of this rare mineral in½
Catalog/List
00. CRYSTALLINE CUPRITE: Ray Central Mine, Pinal County, Arizona: Excellent small crystalline specimens...each. BOTRYOIOAL HEMATITE· lshpeming, Marquetta County, Michigan: 2 to 4 inch specimens from this famous...HEM/MORPH/TEANO CHRYSOCHOLLA: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gita County, Arizona: Another oldie, clear to white hemimorphite... 2 •• , MOHA WK/TE: Mohawk Mina; Keweenaw County, Michigan: From an old collection, this rare copper-nic...per pound! OCHOS OR OCHARINOS: A new import from Peru, not a mineral, but the best selling Item I carry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colorado). Bill Frier, 816 Carrol! St., Keokuk, Iowa (Crystal geode halves and Miss. sand). Charles Harter...104 - 29th St., N. W., Paris, Texas (Will trade selenite rosettes and calcite filled géodes). Sowle's,...relics. Correspondence invited). Amel Priest, Peru, Iowa (Keokuk géodes exchange for minerals or fossils)...locality should be a tiny settlement or area, give its county. Give as much information as you can so we may
Catalog/List
coated with tenorite Gold Sulphur Gold Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan... Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The Knipe, S. Scotland Masson Hill, Derbyshire...Nenthead A3 A3 A3 £3 £1.50 £2 Haxis, Arizona, USA A3 £1 A3 A3 £1 £3 A3 A3 A3 A3 £1 £1 £1 £1.50...Arsenoovrite Colorado USA Enaraite Minas Gerais Brazil Pyrrhotite Pitcher, Oklahoma, USA Chalcopyrite on Dolomite...Belstone Qy, Devon Arsenopyrite & Garnet Colarado, USA Covellite & Chalcopyrite Whitesmiths Mine, Strontian
 
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