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Okenite from
Syhadree Mountains, Mumbai Suburban District, Salsette Island, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Okenite
Formula:Ca10Si18O46 · 18H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Okenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Syhadree Mountains, Mumbai Suburban District, Salsette Island, Konkan Division, Maharashtra, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8176:4
GUID (UUID V4):dc31092f-fb3e-4566-8681-e0c0612fabb6
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been an abundance of mineral specimens from India appearing at mineral shows. Unfortunately, the locality...location was usually given as “Poona (also Poonah), India,” which is far from precise. Poona (now Pune) is...mineral localities belong to this area: Aurangabad, Mumbai, Jalgaon, and Nasik, to name a few.   96*2:...largest crystal about 3 mm, from Wagholi quarry, Maharashtra. Georges Claeys specimen, photo courtesy Eddy...(left). Map showing the Deccan Trap area of Maharashtra, India, prepared by Rik Dillen. Figure 4 (below)
Report (issue)
Okenite Ca5 Si9 O23 ² 9H2 O ° c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 Crystal Data: Triclinic...02(4) ® = 92:7(2)± X-ray Powder Pattern: Bombay, India. 21 (vvs), 8.8 (vs), 3.56 (vs), 2.93 (vs), 3.07... 100.00 Chemistry: 28.51 16.49 (1) Bombay, India. (2) Ca 5 Si 9 O23 ² 9H2 O: Occurrence: Commonly...Ritenbenk district; on Quqertarsuaq [Disko] Island, at Skarvefjeld and Bl½sedal, Godhavn district; and elsewhere...Grampian Highlands, Scotland. In India, in Maharashtra, from the Syhadree Mountains; the Bombay quarry, Bombay;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secondary minerals in the Deccan Traps of Western India R. N. SUKHESWALA, R. K. AVASIA, AND (Miss) MAYA...silica, and calcite) in the Deccan Traps of Western India have been examined in some detail on the basis of...Christie 0925) described gyrolite and okenite from Bombay Island, while Hey (I933, I936) made X-ray and...secondary minerals in the Deccan Traps of Western India. Different species of zeolites and chlorites with...(Kasara Ghat in the Nasik region) in the Syhadree (Sahyadry) Mountains. These minerals, especially the zeolites
Journal (issue)
series, as they are needed MINERALS Granophyre, Okenite, Plancheite, Scholzite NEW ZEALAND GROUNDWORK...Grain: Medium Volume: 2.6 МI N Е R А L ѕ 0К OKENITE IS A WIDELY DISTRIBUTED SILICATE MINERAL. IT OFTENAPPEARS...IN AGGREGATES, WHICH RESEMBLE SMALLFURRY BALLS Okenite is maŭmly white, but some specimens may be tinged...of German naturalist Lorenz Ocken (1779-1851). Okenite is a hydrated silicate of calcium. It is an impure...CAUSES OF CONFUSION The close similarity between okenite and wollastonite has led to some confusion, not
Book
forms part of an important and extensive mining district. Details of the names of species are taken largely...Found at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado...black an appearance. Most gem almandine comes from India or Sri Lanka. Fine crystals are found at Wrangell...Wrangell (Alaska) and in the Emerald Creek district, Benewah County, Idaho (USA). Amblygonite (LijNa) A1(P04)...Valley, Tirol (Austria), St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains (West Germany), Antronapiana, Ossola, Novara (Italy)
Book
........ ... Plan of the Gallery Minerals. Division . . L — The . . . . . . Native Elements...figured and described in his Natural History of that island; the plants collected in Japan by Kaempfer; in...A large collection of Minerals from the Hartz Mountains. 1825. Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. Specimens of Minerals...and other remains from the Sewalik ; ; Hills, India. 1844-81. William Garrow Lettsom, Esq. Numerous...Dr. Thomas Thomson. A set of their " Plants of India." 1858. Robert Brown, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. His
Book (edition)
the character of mineral species that entitles division in the natural classification of Inorganic species...divisioii will be the rl m-n and the two of the second division the rr m-n the angles of the prism i-i) and the...holohedral forms, all of which belong to the Hexagonal division, are here fii-st described ; and then the hemihedral...hexagonal division, the whole of the RhumbohedraX division. A. Holohedral Forms : Hexagonal Division. The...quartz. Both these forms trical — 2. hedral division. of three out of the six three-sided prism. The
Book (edition)
species that entitles them to constitute a separate division in the natural classification of Inorganic species...end made the upper), the two kinds of the first division will be the rl m-n ; and the Ir m-n (in f. 136...of the prism i-i) ; and the two of the second division the rr m-n and the U m-n (in f. 138, on the angles...holohedral forms, all of which belong to the Hexagonal division, are here first described; and then the hemihedral...hexagonal division, the whole of the Rhombohedral division. A. Holohedral Forms : HEXAGONAL DIVISION. The
Book (edition)
Colorado at the Pelican Dives rnine , Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...sodalitesyenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean...Hittero, Norway; in the Vishnevye and Ilmenskie Mountains, Urals, USSR; and at Bayun-Obo, China. BEST REF...galena, and white quartz in the Beresovsk district, Ural Mountains, USSR. Reported from several widely scattered...Switzerland (pericline), Austria, Germany, USSR, India, Japan , and elsewhere. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Deer
Book (edition)
vivianite, Bolivia; (center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower /eft) rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning...Colorado at the Pelican Dives mine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere. SELECTED REFERENCE: Deer, Howie...sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean
Book (edition)
vivianite, Bolivia; ( center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning...Colorado at the Pelican Dives m.ine, Silver Plume district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County;...lode, Summit County, and in the Cripple Creek district. It is also found in Canada; Mexico; Bolivia;...Greenland, Scotland, Norway, USSR, Nigeria, Kenya, India, and elsewhere. SELECTED REFERENCE: Deer, H owie...sodalite-syenite in the Julianehaab district, Greenland; in the liparite lavas of the island Pantelleria, Mediterranean
 
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