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Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USAi
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Almandine

Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
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Almandine

Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
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Almandine

Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
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Almandine

Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
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Almandine

Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
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Almandine

Moses Butte, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 0' 53'' North , 115° 49' 10'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
47.01491,-115.81960
GeoHash:
G#: c2mekqy9x
GRN:
N32W57
Type:
Table/Butte
Köppen climate type:
Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Elk River119 (2017)37.5km
Mullan675 (2017)50.6km
Wallace761 (2017)51.7km
Osburn1,510 (2017)56.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
45698
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:45698:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Moses Butte is in southern Shoshone County, 20.5 miles (33.0 kilometers) east of Clarkia. The Butte is gneiss; the south side has a zone with large coarse ugly, rounded almandine up to about 8 inches across (bowling balls weathered out scattered amongst the grass); the north ridge has a lot of kyanite in the gneiss and some large pods of white anorthosite which has these streaks of reddish pink almandine, crystals mostly less than 3/8 inch, but up to more than an inch.
The poor quality almandine of the typical color for the region (dark purplish red to nearly black) does also occur along the road, and below the zone with the pink crystals in anorthosite in steep exposures of gneiss. It also occurs in large boulders in the trees just above the road to the south of that. In those boulders, the almandines have inclusions of kyanite. Unfortunately, all those almandines in the gneiss along Moses Butte are rounded granular beasts.

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4 valid minerals.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAlmandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
ⓘKyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
ⓘSchorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
BBoron
Bⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
NaSodium
Naⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Alⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Feⓘ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feⓘ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

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References

www.topozone.com (n.d.) https://www.topozone.com/idaho/shoshone-id/summit/moses-butte/
Ream, Lanny R. (1995) Idaho: Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 70 (4) 242-263 doi:10.1080/00357529.1995.9926628
Ream, Lanny R. (2004) Idaho Minerals - The Complete Reference and Guide to the Minerals of Idaho. (2nd ed.) Museum of Northern Idaho. 373pp.
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