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Anorthite from
Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, USA


Locality type:National Park
Classification
Species:Anorthite
Formula:Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anorthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:994856
Long-form Identifier:1:3:994856:3
GUID (UUID V4):a846283d-bc01-4b0b-8fcb-d97989311374
References
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Book
U.S.G.S. Several photographs came from the National Park Service, while Dr K. E. Lohman made those for...for the frontispiece. Authorities of the U.S. National Museum allowed us to photograph rocks and minerals...cracks from Glacier National Park Sill and metamorphosed zones in Glacier National Park Folding and thrust...thrust faulting in Glacier National Park Deposits of slats and asbestos 245 24.7 in ‘ie A nonconformity...spearhead, Florida. Trinity Obsidian blade,: pay County,y California. MAN Quartzite blade or spearhead
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
study in the Belt-Purcell Supergroup, Canada and USA Ignacio GonzĂĄlez-Álvarez a,∗ , Robert Kerrich b a...granodiorites 30–45 45–55 Unaltered albite, anorthite and K-feldspar Illite and montmorillonite Kaolinite...Supergroup outcrops over 500 km, from Southwestern Montana to Southeastern British Columbia (Fig. 1a). It...parallel to the main axis of the basin. In Waterton-Glacier areas, the dolomitic Altyn and Waterton formations...progradation of alluvial aprons in a ïŹ‚ood-plain in Montana (Winston, 1990), whereas their lateral equivalent
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 23-25. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no....Biennial Report [1913-14]. Jefferson City, Mo. National Academy of Sciences: Memoirs, vol. 12, pt. 2,...vol. 13; Proceedings, vol. 1. Washington, D. C. National Geographic Magazine, vols. 27, 28. Washington...Monographs, vols. 53, 54. Washington, D. C. U. S. National Museum: Bulletin, nos. 71, 82, 88, 90, 91; Proceedings...Chicago, 111. West Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Logan and Mingo; Boone; Wyoming and McDowell
Report (issue)
Livingston, Mont., with those in other areas of Montana and Wyoming, by A. E. Roberts_________________...Pleistocene geology A large transitional rock glacier in the Johnson River area, Alaska Range, by H....ice thickness in part of the Teton Glacier, Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., by J. C. Reed, Jr--------...geysers of the Daisy geyser group, Yellowstone National Park, by J. J. Rowe, R. 0. Fournier, and G. W. Morey...stated that explosionseismology results in western Montana "indicate the surprising result that the crust
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Papers. Ottawa. Canada Natl. Mus. BulL-Canada National Museum Bulletin. Ottawa. Canadian Geographer-The...Chicago. _ . Los Angeles County Mus. Quart.; Sci. Ser., Paleontology-Los Angeles County Museum Quarterly; Science...Investigations. Rolla, Mo. Mont. Acad. Sci. Proc.-Montana Academy of Sciences Proceedings. Missoula, Mont...Mem.-Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Memoirs. Butte, Mont. Natl. Acad. Sci. Proc.-National Academy...Board Bull.; Highway Research Board Special Rept.-National Research Council, Committee Reports; Highway Research
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A. (Received 16 December 1975;...minerals Mineral Quartz Quartz Alkali Feldspar Anorthite Mzcovite btile Calcite Magnetite 500.700 350-800...rhodochrosite, cerrusite, quartz, alkali feldspars, anorthite, muscovite, anhydrite, rutile, and magnetite....BECKER(1971) and the quartz-water, albite-water, anorthite- water fractionations measured by MATSUHISA cf...800 *lQ *31 :48 %67 *96 t17 rZ7 244 262 k88 Anorthite -Water Alkali-Feldspar -Water i25 *37 is4 ?76
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...Mines, 2d ser., vols. 10, 11. Jefferson City, Mo. National Geographic Magazine, vol. 23. Washington, D. C...United States for 1911. Washington, D. C. U. S. National Museum: Proceedings, vol. 41, pp. 413-719, vol...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Pre-Wisconsin glacial drift in the region of Glacier National Park, Montana (with discussion by A. P. Colenian
Book (edition)
Emperor Falls, British Columbia. graph by Canadian National Railways.) ( Photo- GEOLOGY; PRINCIPLES AND...remnant known as Mormon Temple in Bryce Canyon National Park Degradational agents such as wind and water...outlet into San Juan River. (Photograph by National Park Service.) 4 GEOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES...angles of 90 degrees; hence the name.' Albite and anorthite have cleavages that make angles of about 86 degrees;...commonly silicate, is usually white; pink and anorthite, calcium aluminum silicate, is commonly gray-green
Book (edition)
,; ..!°/\ { FIG. 1.2. Zion Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. The canyon walls are made of horizontal...Rocks called the Mormon Temple, in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. This type of structure is known as an...Cleveite Pitchblende Uraninite Uraninite Gilpin County, Colorado Bohemia Oslo, Norway Connecticut New...6Si02, hardness 6.5; anorthite, CaO . Al203 . 2Si02, hardness 6.5. Albite and ·anorthite molecules form a...andesine, labradorite, bytownite, and anorthite. From albite to anorthite, the sodium decreases and calciurn
Report (volume)
Mayr, E., 2. Davis, M. J., 1. Boulder batholith, Montana: Knopf, Various species: Link, T. A., A., 9. 13...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr
Report (issue)
"homogeneous" pluton of the Boulder batholith, Montana, by R. I. Tilling________ Mafic lavas of Dome Mountain...by G. M. Richmond___________ Post-hypsithermal glacier advances at Mount Rainier, Washington, by D. R...and its use in ground-water studies in Niagara County, N.Y., by F. W. Trainer andJ. E. EddY---------...1 Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawaii, 2 Menlo Park, Calif. Abstmct._:._The August 1963 eruption of...between 18h15m and· 18h30m by an employee of the National Park Service; at that time an en echelon line of
Book
The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, and...rich in potassium and aluminum Labradorite Anorthite rich in calcium, sodium and aluminum Beryl Garnet...to the black sill (colored arrow) in Glacier National Park, Montana (left). When pressure changes rock... 1 AGATE MONTANA near Billings (along the Yellowstone River) NORTH DAKOTA Williams County and McKenzie...McKenzie County (in gravels of the Yellowstone River and Missouri River) OREGON coast and central area SOUTH
Book (edition)
comprehensive article on earthquakes in the January 1973 National Geographic The eruption on January 22, 1973,... will permit more ore or oil to be produced. National interests and global politics increasingly and...scarcer and more expensive. 5 thermore, at both national and local levels, we must ly, and indirectly...Crater Lake and Wizard Island, as se n from near the park lodge, are set in the crater of an ancient volcano...layers of soil and dust. Ice in motion, called a glacier, carries rock fragments, many of boulder size.
Book (edition)
these make angles of 90 degrees; Albite and anorthite have cleavages that make angles about 86 degrees;'...hence the name.^ of or flesh-colored. Albite, anorthite, calcium Quartz. sodium aluminum aluminum ...6Si02, hardness 6.5; anorthite, CaO.Al2O3.2Si02, hardness 6.5. Albite and anorthite molecules form a series...bytownite, anorthite. Starting with albite the sodium and calcium increases to anorthite. The physical...the crystals under the microscope. The albite-anorthite series are generally striated, and with a small
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Science Program, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana 59855 2 MS 70A-3363, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory...of the Precambrian Belt Supergroup, Glacier National Park, Montana. Geol Soc Am Bull 84:2549-2560. Hamlin...isotope fractionation in the system quartz-albite-anorthite-water. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 43: 1131-1140. Odin...high-temperature diagenesis, Arkoma Foreland Basin. USA. J Sed Res A64: 553-566. Stancliffe RJ, Adams ER...fluvial channel styles at Liberty Field, Amite County, Mississippi. Trans Gulf Coast Assoc Geol Soc 36:305-313
Book (edition)
Arizona, 59 Portage Map, Montana, 62 Kaaterskill Map, New York, 63 Ennis Map, Montana, 65 Antelope Peak Map...74 Cordova Map, Alaska, 81 Chief Mountain Map, Montana, 83 Palmyra Map, New York, 85 Passadumkeag Map...scales marked in feet, miles, and kilometers. NATIONAL TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS Series 74-minute _ _ a 720...Street, Rolla, Mo.; 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, Calif.; 7638 Federal Building, 300 North Los Angeles...imprayed Unimproved MAP _—— National State a surface County, parish, municipo. road Civil township
Book
the two plagioclase feldspars are albite and anorthite. In albite, aluminum replaces silicon in every...perature at the time of crystallization. Since In anorthite, aluminum replaces silicon in every second tetrahedron...electrical unbalance. The specific gravity of anorthite is 2.76. Both pla- proportions, they grade continuously...turn subdivided into two minerals: albite and anorthite. Each one is classified in terms of the “end...is the one with potassium; albite has sodium; anorthite has calcium. The feldspars are listed in Table
Report (volume)
History-Natural History. New York. Natl. Aead. Sci. Proc.-National Academy of Sciences Proceedings. Washington, D...D. C. Natl. Advisory Comm. Research Geol. Sci.-National Advisory Committee on Research in the Geological...Assoc. Comm. Soil and Snow Mechanics Tech. Memo.-National Research Council of Canada, Associate Committee...Research Council, Highway Research Board Bull.-National Research Council, Highway Research Board Bulletin... Natl. Speleol. Soc. Bull.; Occasional Papers-National Speleological Society Bulletin; Occasional Papers
Report (volume)
Ottawa, Ontario. Canada, Department of Mines/National Museum: Bulletins 74, 76-80. Ottawa, Ontario....Circulars, nos. 4-8. Atlanta, Ga. Gliick Auf, Montana School of Mines, vols. 1, 2 (nos. 1, 2). Butte...10-12). [Last number issued.] Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. Grand Canyon Natural History Association:...Bulletin, vol. 12 (nos. 1, 2). Columbia, Mo. , ' Montana State Bureau of Mines and Geology: Memoirs 11,...8, 9, in part. Flag.' . staff, Ariz. .. ' , ' National Academy of Sciences: Biographical Memoirs, vols
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA E-mail: eking@geology.wisc.edu Fax: +1-309-4385310...State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790, USA 1 Editorial responsibility: K.V. Hodges alteration...northern Rocky Mountains of central Idaho and western Montana. The main phases of the batholith are mesozonal...after caldera collapse at Yellowstone, Wyoming, USA. Geology 28:719±722 Chacko T, Hu X, Mayeda TM, Clayton...Oxygen isotope fractionation in quartz, albite, anorthite and calcite. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 53:725±733
Report (volume)
Paper. Ottawa. Canada Natl. Mus. Bull.-Canada National Museum Bulletin. Ottawa. Canadian Alpine Jour...Paleobotany Rept.; Comm. Measurement Geol. Time Rept.-National Research Council,- Committee on Paleobotany Report;... Natl. Speleol. Soc. Bull.; Occasional Papers-National Speleological Society Bulletin; Occasional Papers...Natl. Speleol. Soc., Salt Lake Grotto Tech. No.te-National Speleological Society, Salt Lake Grotto Technical...Mineral Industries Tech:ri.ical Report. Univer. sity Park, Pa. _ · Pa. · State Univ., Mineral Industries Expt
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-----Missouri --------------------------------Montana -------------------------·-------Nebraska ----...and mapping -----------------Objectives of the national topographic program _ Federal mapping coordination...--------------------Mapping in Antarctica ----------------------National Atlas ------------------------------International...l cooperators --------------------------State, county, and local cooperators -----------Other cooperators...micromho NASA _____ National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAWDEX _____ National Water Data Exchange
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Taipei, Taiwan, China. Science reports of the National Acta Geophys. Polonica- Acta Geophysica Polonica...Canada. Canada Natl. Mus. Anthropology Papers- National Museum of Canada Anthropology Papers. Ottawa,...Canada. Canadian Alpine Jour. Alberta, Canada. National Museum of Canada Bulletin. Canadian Alpine Journal...Geotechnical Journal. Revue Canadienne de Geotechnique. National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...Canadian Jour. Botany- Canadian Journal of Botany. National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Quaternaire. Publie avec le concours du Centre National de Ia Recherche Scientifique. Paris, France. Assoc...Canada. Canada Natl. Mus. Nat. History Paper- National Museum of Canada Natural History Papers. Ottawa...Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics, National Research Council, and the Geotechnical Engineering...Canadian Jour. Botany- Canadian Journal of Botany. National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...Jour. Chemistry - Canadian Journal of Chemistry. National Research Council of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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listed on pages A253A258. Numerous Federal, State, county, and municipal agencies listed on pages A205-A210...-32 Interstate studies --------------------32 Montana ----------------------------33 North Dakota --...-----Idaho -----------------------------------Montana --------------------------------Wyoming ------...Photogrammetry -------------------------- 201 National Atlas -------------------------------- 203 Cooperating...agencies ------------------------------ 205 State, county, and municipal agencies __________ _ 205 U.S. Geological
 
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