Locality type: | Deposit |
Classification |
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Species: | Chloritoid |
Formula: | (Fe2+,Mg,Mn2+)Al2(SiO4)O(OH)2 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chloritoid data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Big Rock deposit, Mesa de la Jarita, Las Tablas, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 638686 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:638686:3 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 5703c862-a4e2-4ee9-ae91-42e3ec1a99d4 |
Nearest other occurrences of Chloritoid |
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46.5km (28.9 miles) | ⓘHarding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Bands in Kyanite Quartzite at Big Rock, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico W. ScI~I~EYm~ a n d G. A. C I ~... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. Country Rock Enclosing the Staurolite Quartzite . . . . . . ...muscovite, chlorite (pseudomorphous after biotite), chloritoid, apatite, and monazite. Quartz is found in three...crystallization after preexisting chloritoid rosettes. The chloritoid has been largely consumed, either...former kyanite to produce staurolite+ quartz with rock composition unchanged, or, possibly, by metasomatie | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Bands in Kyanite Quartzite at Big Rock, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico--A Discussion Randall L. Gresens...composition associated with the Big Rock kyanite deposit in northern New Mexico. They discussed two possible...hypothesis. Quartz-muscovite schist and quartz-kyanite rock are believed to be metarhyolite that was altered...rocks. The process would deplete a basaltic parent rock in alkali and alkaline earth elements and produce...prove that staurolite formed at the expense of chloritoid. Based on the chemical compositions of staurolite |
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