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Gyrolite from
Black Rock, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


Locality type:Beach
Classification
Species:Gyrolite
Formula:NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8 · 14H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gyrolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Rock, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:839439
Long-form Identifier:1:3:839439:2
GUID (UUID V4):5ed4af83-c1fc-4abe-9f40-626b8ab1e7ed
Nearest other occurrences of Gyrolite
2.6km (1.6 miles) Canada Creek, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
8.5km (5.3 miles) Chipman Brook, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
26.1km (16.2 miles) Margaretsville, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Survey of Canada Popular Geoscience 97 Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; South Shore, Nova Scotia...career in mineralogy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in 1952, working in the new field of mineral...for the Collector”, which covers 14 regions of Canada, from Newfoundland and Labrador to the Yukon-Alaska...(Na4TiZr2O4(CO3)4), which was named in her honour. She was also co-founder of the Canadian Gemmological Association...treasurer for the Mineralogical Association of Canada. After her retirement in the late 1990s, Ann continued
Report (Issue volume)
Volume III NEW BRUNSWICK NOVA SCOTIA PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWFOUNDLAND Ann P. Sabina MISCELLANEOUS...MISCELLANEOUS REPORT 8 Issued by THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa...mail from information Canada, Ottawa, and at the following information Canada bookshops: HALIFAX i 735...Care of specimens 6 • Collecting in Canada 6 • Mineral and rock sets 7 • Abbreviations used in references...references 11 • NEW BRUNSWICK 31 • NOV A SCOTIA and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 67 • NEWFOUNDLAND 89 e APPENDICES
Book
include: apophyllite (K,Na)Ca4[SiSOZO](F,OH) °SHZO gyrolite NaCa16[AlSiZ3060](OH)olSHZO maricopaite PI>JCaZ[(Si...hydrothermal water in hot springs on the continents and black "smoker vents" under the oceans, and in broad regions...the rock, changes composition, precipitates zeolites and other minerals, and flows out of the rock unit...-potassium-rich phillipsite and erionite are the most co,mmon zeolites in saline, alkaline la,ke deposits;...surface of the earth's crust or by molten volcanic rock on the surface. Most zeolites crystallize rapidly
Book
include: apophyllite (K,Na)Ca4[SiSOZO](F,OH) °SHZO gyrolite NaCa16[AlSiZ3060](OH)olSHZO maricopaite PI>JCaZ[(Si...hydrothermal water in hot springs on the continents and black "smoker vents" under the oceans, and in broad regions...the rock, changes composition, precipitates zeolites and other minerals, and flows out of the rock unit...-potassium-rich phillipsite and erionite are the most co,mmon zeolites in saline, alkaline la,ke deposits;...surface of the earth's crust or by molten volcanic rock on the surface. Most zeolites crystallize rapidly
Catalog/List
including our regular jobs, home remodelling, the summer rock show schedule and other things, that It has been...Pebble Peddler workshop, and It is stuffed full of rock, mineral and fossil specimens. To make life easier...each silvery M.§ENOPYRITE: Wine Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada: from a for�er gold �ine, th�se are very_...QUARTZ: Moose Point, Nova Scotia, Canada; Attractive groupings of shiny bright black crystalline hematite...only $3.00 each. HETEROSITE: Black Hills, South Dakota: A find from a Black HIiis Miner: deep lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemically and structurally related to minerals of the gyrolite–reyerite group. The mineral is found in a hydrothermally...species, martinite, calcium silicate hydrate, gyrolite group, Aris alkaline complex, Namibia. § E-mail...structuraux avec les minéraux du groupe de la gyrolite et de la reyerite. L’ellingsenite provient de...hydraté, groupe de la gyrolite, complexe alcalin d’Aris, Namibie. Introduction Gyrolite, Ca 16 Si 24 O 60...has led to detailed investigations of gyrolite itself and gyrolite-like minerals and synthetic compounds
Journal (issue)
Record, in fact, that the quarrying of crushed basalt rock in India for construction purposes has been widely...track, or from local quarries producing crushed rock for the construction of the track bed is unknown...that same year and journal W. Christie described gyrolite and okenite from Bombay Island. In 1933 and 1936...traps of western India,” in Mineralogical Magazine. Rock Currier’s 1976 article, “The production of zeolite...held to a minimum. The transportation of quarried rock generally utilizes already existing public roads
Catalog/List
Nanisivik ,Mine, Baffin island , North West Territories Canada £25 (see left) 5. TENNANTfTE about 7mm size dull...dolomite . Cobalt Ontario Canada £7.50 27. ERYTHRlTE pinkish crust on 8111111 rock, in glass tube with Natural...flat surface about 3x 1.5 , no location £ 15 29. GYROLITE mass of 3 to 4mm spheres, pale greyish-green over...small I x2 matrix, la Rose Mine Cobalt Ontario Canada icENCE long wave. RE FLUO 42. SPODUMENE fawn cleavages...colour Afghanistan £16 b) l x2 £7.50 49. HAUSMANNITE black octahedral crystals, with octahedral stepped facaes
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Catalog/List
00 CHABAZITE: Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada: Orange to dull red well crystallized specimens...and $25.00 CHRYSOCHOLLA: Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz CO., AZ: Drusy/ acicular coatings on matrix, 1-2"; $3...3X4+inch specimens: $10.00 each PINK DOLOMITE: Black Rock, Arkansas: Another very popular mineral specimen...VE-IN-ROCK: Great material from the now closed Mahoning and Annabelle Lee Mines near Cave-In-Rock, Illinois...size, quality and # of garnets. GEODES - CAVE-IN-ROCK AREA: From the Annabelle Lee Mine, Hardin County
Report (issue)
Queen's Printer, Ottawa, from Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price 75 cents Catalogue No. ~44.64110 Price...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 CONTENTS Page ...........................Introduction Section 1: St . 1 4 . Stephen .Nova Scotia B o r d e r ............................... ...d e p o s i t 'Black granite' q u a r r y Grand M a n a n I s l a n d Atlantic Black Granite Company
Journal (issue)
this earlier this year but unfortunately only one rock containing chalcomenite was found and a subsequent...sponsor 2 colour pages. We arc also attempting to co-ordinate our support for the Journal with FLAGS....agreed to take on a major role in the Project and to co-operate with Harry. John felt that we should be proud...the remaining committee members were automatically co-opted again, with Alan Edwards replacing Muriel Swindell...largely of mudstone but includes thick beds of halite (rock salt). A low-grade polymetallic mineralisation,
Catalog/List
Magnet Co1Je 1 Arkansas: Nice quality lustrous black brooklte crystals as eingfe dipyramidal crystals...Limited#. DJOPTASE on CHRYSOCOLLA: Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona: 1.6 to 2 Inch specimen of colorful emerald...just can't get this material any more. Metallic black with eKcellant rentform botryoidal bubble formation... Ontario, Canada: Top quality cabinet sized specimens (2x2 to 3x3 Inch) of lustrous black crystals covering...covering tha top of black massive manganite. Quite showy and just $10.00 each MARCASITE "SPIKEBALLS":
Book
EARTH = 20:00 9.75 25.00 .. Sub -species of - Rock soap. Silica Protoxide of Iron : Protoxide of... 15:40 48.60 : { : : : Silica Lime Water GYROLITE : :: 99 Water : Silica : : : : : : ...59:32 27.45 Earthy matter 13:23 : RETINITE Rock crystal. Rose quartz. Tripoli. :: REDRUTHITE...Kämmererite. ROCK CRYSTAL. See Quartz. Chlorine { : ROCK SALT Sodium 60.68 39.32 : ROCK SOAP. See...Marls. Rock -salt. Nantwich . Northwich . Winsford . New Red Marls. Rock - salt. New Red Marls. Rock -salt
Book (edition)
photograph their specimens for this book. Front co,·er photos: Turquoise, polished. 55 mm, ZhiJandy...Rhodocbrosite, polished, 50 mm, Capillitas, Argentina, H Back cO\·erphoto: Wolframite. 45 mm. Yaogangxian, China,...crystal optics for reflected light, valid for opaque Co/or, transparenCJ', luster,streak minerals, the general...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada, generally well known to readers. However, the
Book (edition)
Investigation of Rocka 434 436 447 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Rock 4. Microscopic Characteristics of 5. Descriptions...graduated In using it, press up between the edges ao and co arc attached. the edge of the crystal whose angle... np, by which the figure, it reads 45. parts ao, co, may be shortened so as to make them more convenient...often attached by one extremity to the supporting rock and have perfect terminating planes only at the...Rose) in a rock of the Urals; but it is essentially like ordinary In the figure the black spots represent
Journal (issue)
“pickup sticks” and were covered with a greasy black film of manganese stain. Every once in a while we...11/2-inch grouping of crystals with a “stem” of black, weathered matrix several inches high. Though by...carefully pried away the jagged, iron-stained quartz rock from the ever-widening seam. It finally opened into...that I made a discovery while removing some broken rock. A small, irregular pocket three inches across was...opened, and completely filling it was a thick, black mud . . . When opened the cavity went back a full
Report (volume)
provinces of Canada are given in Part I.] Anon anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos...Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M Br Canada, Mines Branch Can Pari Canada, Parliament Conn... Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station U P R Co Union Pacific Railroad Company • US Dp lnt United...(F P), 94; Phalen. 08c: Pratt, Olh; US G S, 83; Canada: McLeish, 10, 14 Absaroka folio, Wyo. (no. 52):·Hague...56a American geological science, indebtedness to Canada: Dawson (J W), 87 Antiquity of man: Penck, 09a
Book (edition)
mm :a) SCO CO 1^«3» |r#« ACAD I AN GEOLOOy THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE, OliGANIC KEMAINS, NOYA...NOYA SCOTIA, NEW AND MINERAL RESOURCES BRUNSWICK, AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. JOHN WILLIAM DAWSON,...M I L L A N AND ITonbon: M EDINBURGH HALIFAX : CO. OLIVER AND BOYD. MONTREAL DAWSON BROTHERS. NEW...Geology of the Maritime Provinces of the Dominion of Canada and thus the book has been, requirements of the...peculiarities Nova in Devonian periods, many examples. the nature and age of the Auriferous Scotia. The
Report (volume)
their thickness is presented. Coal is treated as a "rock," and some account given of its distribution and...Gesner, H ............ Industrial Resources of Nova Scotia, p. 244. TapVarvn O T1 Lyell, C ............ACADIAN AREA I SEDIMENTARY NEWARK SYSTE!V1< TRAP ROCK CHAPTEE II. AREA OCCUPIED BY THE NEWARK SYSTEM...outcrops of Newark rocks in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (PI. n). In New Brunswick these rocks occur in...occupies probably less than 1 square mile. In'Nova Scotia it forms the east shore of the bay of Fundy from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
topaz, and other minerals. Unfortunately, the host rock, a pink granite, lies within a Wilderness Area in...photo. Figure 3 (below). Apophyllite, 1 em, and gyrolite, Highway 95 road cut near Pinehurst, Adams County;...of ANALCIME, APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE, cowlesite, GYROLITE, HEULANDITE, levyne, mesolite, and STILBITE. Red...Seven Devils district: chalcanthite and sulfur. Rock Flat, east of New Meadows along Brundage Mountain...Papoose Creek, southwest of Riggins in red volcanic rock: PAULINGlTE and phillipsite. White Mountain mine
Report (issue)
Evidence of this interest is the organization of many rock and mineral societies. This current publication...are duplicate names. A few hydrocarbons and a few rock terms such as obsidian have been included, but coal...many minerals have been omitted, and only a few rock-forming mineral occurrences are included. The main...Erickson District (W. Sheeprock Mountains). Erickson (Black Crook) District (Simpson Mountains). Free Coinage... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salt Lake, Tooele Black Crook (See Erickson) Blue Bell . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXll. The dolerite-chal]c contact of Scawt Hill, Co. Antrim. The production of basic alkali-roclcs by...N the following pages an account is given of the rock assemblages produced at the contact of a dolcrite...calcium carbonate by the dolerite magma, u n u s u a l rock types are produced. The products of the endogenous...can be incorporated in liquid magma to produce new rock types is a much debated question in petrology. In...in support of a genetic relation between the two rock types there has been little decisive evidence that
Catalog/List
the pur,.·· ·c •:.hich issue from the Precambrian rock, attracted the sick for wonde;·;;. • th...60xl5x8mm. L20.00. Jl. DARITE. ~oble,Cleveland Co,Oklaho~a,USA. Attractlve,red-brovn af crystalllne...brigh~ g:ccn r,. crystalline areas and green!sh-black areas af Mottram1tc. z,x2,x20rn~ •. • 17.50. BA...55. CALCITE/DOLOHITE.Den Hogan Ouarry,Black Rock,Lavrence Co,Arkansas, USA. A bed of pale plnk,bladed...Pendarves Hlne,Camborne, Cornwall. Brllliant,adamantlne-black,bladed to blocky xtls rlchly investing( together
Book (edition)
LNd.lOEO. II — the Gold too Siiv(T and its CO (Vjmpounds. Plathmin, Iridium, Rutheuluiii 121...one extremity to the support1. right angles ing rock and have perfect terminating planes only at the...Pennsylvania. Arborescent delineations over surfaces of rock are usually called — — — CKYSTALLmE AGGEEGATBS...between the layers of 11 They are often the rock. black, and consist of oxide of manganese ; others,...are made of limonite; others, of a reddish black or black color, of Moss-like forms hematite. also occur
 
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