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Ajo Mountains Zeolite occurrence, Ajo Mountains, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
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Ajo Mountains Zeolite occurrenceOccurrence
Ajo MountainsMountain Range
Organ Pipe Cactus National MonumentNational Monument
Pima CountyCounty
ArizonaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 1' 30'' North , 112° 40' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
32.02500,-112.66667
GRN:
N22W68
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Adolfo López Mateos201 (2014)21.1km
Colinas de Sonoidag289 (2014)23.8km
Sonoita12,849 (2018)25.2km
Ali Chuk161 (2011)25.5km
Why167 (2017)27.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
189526
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:189526:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Ref.: Eyde, Ted H. (1978), Arizona Zeolites, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Mineral Report No. 1: 25-26.

Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.

MRDS database Dep. ID file #10062337, MRDS ID #TC35703; and, Dep. ID #10283548, MAS ID #0040190895.

A surface zeolite occurrence located in the SW¼ T16S, R4W (estimated location), near stop No. 9 of the Loop Road, West side of the Ajo Mountains, in the National Monument.

Mineralization is a flow enclosed zeolitized tuff bed containing fragments which have been altered to clinoptilolite.

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ⓘ 'Clinoptilolite Subgroup'
Formula: (Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O

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ⓘ'Clinoptilolite Subgroup'-(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
KPotassium
Kⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O

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