Rock forming mineral; microscopic constitutent of the quartz monzonite; sagenite type formed during chloritization of biotite; primary material as stumpy crystals. It occurs as equant grains over 20 microns at roughly 0.1% in-K feldspar. It is high in Nb.

Habit:

Stumpy, euhedral, somewhat rounded prisms (primary material).

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Rutile data

Locality Data:

Click here to view New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

46661

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:46661:3

GUID (UUID V4):

1b855e1c-a7ee-416f-b996-fd9c5e1ad5ef

Nearest other occurrences of Rutile

73.8km (45.9 miles)

ⓘ Linda Lee claims, Quijotoa (Covered Wells), Quijotoa Mining District, Quijotoa Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

92.3km (57.3 miles)

ⓘ Lakeshore Mine, North Komelik area, Casa Grande Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

References

Gilluly, J. (1946), The Ajo mining district, Arizona, USGS PP 209: 91.

Thomas, William J., Gibbs, Ronald B. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: The New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (5) 283-298

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