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Prehnite from
Big Sucker Creek, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Prehnite
Formula:Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Native Copper206
Calcite28
Cuprite25
- var Chalcotrichite2
Malachite18
Chalcocite12
Native Silver9
Basalt8
Tenorite1
Volborthite1
Laumontite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Prehnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Sucker Creek, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1641828
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1641828:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Prehnite
4.3km (2.7 miles) French River, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Unnamed Copper Mine, Knife River, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Knife River, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Knife River, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Talmadge River, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) Burlington Bay, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
21.7km (13.5 miles) Stewart River, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
36.8km (22.9 miles) Buckley Quarry, Amnicon Falls, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
38.0km (23.6 miles) Chippewa Mine, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
38.2km (23.8 miles) Johnson Materials Co. Quarry, Douglas County, Wisconsin, USA
References
Frank KarastiIdentified by Frank Karasti: Visual Identification
 
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