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Petrick pegmatite, Kingsland Granite Company Quarry (Petrick Quarry), Llano County, Texas, USAi
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Petrick pegmatitePegmatite
Kingsland Granite Company Quarry (Petrick Quarry)Quarry
Llano CountyCounty
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Mindat Locality ID:
107388
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:107388:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Located 1 mile W of the southern tip of Lake Buchanan.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


28 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
'Bastnäsite'
Formula: (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
Behoite
Formula: Be(OH)2
Habit: Amorphous, chalky
Colour: White, Pinkish-White
Fluorescence: None
Description: Occurs as alteration coatings on gadolinite. Initial SEM-EDS analysis indicated a substantial beryllium carbonate content, probably due to reaction with atmospheric carbon dioxide.
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Britholite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Fluorescence: Pale Green (SW)
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
'Fergusonite'
Fergusonite-(Y)
Formula: YNbO4
Habit: metamict
Colour: olive-drab green with metallic sheen on fracture surfaces
Fluorescence: none
Description: Commonly found at the outer margins of the pegmatite as columnar metamict crystals having a square cross-section. Moderately radioactive.
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Habit: Hexagonal
Colour: Green, Tan
Fluorescence: Burnt Orange, Green
Description: Weathered crystals fluoresce burnt-orange. Vug micro crystals are green and gemmy with a brilliant green SW fluorescence.
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Habit: massive
Colour: pale green, lavender, yellow, pink, purple
Fluorescence: blue-green (SW)
Description: Highly phosphorescent, thermoluminescent, triboluminescent
'Gadolinite'
Habit: Amorphous, metamict
Colour: Greenish-Black
Fluorescence: None
Description: This material is actually transparent very dark green. It also displays an unusually high paramagnetism and can be picked up by a Nd-Fe-B "supermagnet".
Graphite
Formula: C
Description: Displays pyrolitic properties
'Gummite'
Habit: amorphous
Colour: yellow, orange
Fluorescence: weak green
Description: Occurs as alteration coatings on uranium-enriched pods of gadolinite and fergusonite
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Jarosite
Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Fluorescence: Vermillion-red (SW)
Description: Crystals in pegmatite occur up to 40 cm, sometimes intergrown with orthoclase. These intergrowths display a bright blue schiller that when cabbed displays a blue "cat's eye" effect.
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
Habit: Foliated books and 5-15 mm thick veins in decomposed granite
Colour: Lustrous metallic bluish gray
Fluorescence: None
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Native Gold ?
Formula: Au
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Opal var. Opal-AN
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Habit: Thin coatings on quartz and microcline, glassy blebs in vugs amorphous)
Colour: transparent very pale green
Fluorescence: Strikingly brilliant green, even visible in overcast daylight.
Description: Dazzling green fluorescence (SW) especially beautiful when coating microcline with its vermillion red fluorescence.
Powellite
Formula: Ca(MoO4)
Colour: Cream White
Fluorescence: Lemon Yellow (SW)
Description: Found as crystalline masses interspersed with molybdenite in blocky microcline
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Milky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Samarskite-(Y)
Formula: YFe3+Nb2O8
Sanidine
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Tengerite-(Y) ?
Formula: Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O
Description: No data.
Thorite var. Thorogummite
Formula: (Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Habit: amorphous
Colour: brick-red
Fluorescence: none
Description: Occurs with beohite as a brick-red alteration coating on gadolinite.
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)
Zircon var. Cyrtolite
Formula: Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Habit: Tetragonal-Bipyramidal with curved faces
Colour: Reddish-Brown
Fluorescence: None
Description: Commonly found between biotite laminae, radioactive

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold ?1.AA.05Au
Graphite1.CB.05aC
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Milky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Opal
var. Opal-AN
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Samarskite-(Y)4.DB.25YFe3+Nb2O8
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Behoite4.FA.05aBe(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Tengerite-(Y) ?5.CC.10Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Jarosite7.BC.10KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Fergusonite-(Y)7.GA.05YNbO4
Powellite7.GA.05Ca(MoO4)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Group 9 - Silicates
Thorite
var. Thorogummite
9.AD.30(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
var. Cyrtolite9.AD.30Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Britholite-(Y)9.AH.25(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Sanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
'Bastnäsite'-(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Chlorite Group'-
'Gummite'-
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'-
'Gadolinite'-
'Fergusonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
H BehoiteBe(OH)2
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H Britholite-(Y)(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
H Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
H JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H Tengerite-(Y)Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O
H Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
H Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
BeBeryllium
Be BehoiteBe(OH)2
CCarbon
C Bastnäsite(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
C CalciteCaCO3
C GraphiteC
C Tengerite-(Y)Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
O Bastnäsite(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
O BehoiteBe(OH)2
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O Britholite-(Y)(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
O CalciteCaCO3
O Fergusonite-(Y)YNbO4
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O HematiteFe2O3
O Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
O JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O PowelliteCa(MoO4)
O QuartzSiO2
O RutileTiO2
O Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
O SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O Tengerite-(Y)Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O
O Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
O UraniniteUO2
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
O Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
O Almandine-Spessartine Series
FFluorine
F Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
F Bastnäsite(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Al Almandine-Spessartine Series
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si Britholite-(Y)(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
Si Opal var. Opal-ANSiO2 · nH2O
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Quartz var. Milky QuartzSiO2
Si Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Si Almandine-Spessartine Series
PPhosphorus
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Ca Britholite-(Y)(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca PowelliteCa(MoO4)
TiTitanium
Ti Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Ti RutileTiO2
MnManganese
Mn Almandine-Spessartine Series
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Fe Almandine-Spessartine Series
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
YYttrium
Y Bastnäsite(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
Y Britholite-(Y)(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3OH
Y Fergusonite-(Y)YNbO4
Y Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
Y Tengerite-(Y)Y2(CO3)3 · 2-3H2O
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
Zr Zircon var. CyrtoliteZr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
NbNiobium
Nb Fergusonite-(Y)YNbO4
Nb Samarskite-(Y)YFe3+Nb2O8
MoMolybdenum
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2
Mo PowelliteCa(MoO4)
CeCerium
Ce Bastnäsite(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
NdNeodymium
Nd Bastnäsite(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu
ThThorium
Th Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
UUranium
U Thorite var. Thorogummite(Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
U UraniniteUO2

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