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Andalusite from
Cleator area, Cleator, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Area
Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Comments:Occurs in considerable quantities.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cleator area, Cleator, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:219261
Long-form Identifier:1:3:219261:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘMiddleton Andalusite deposit, Middleton, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Andalusite deposit, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘMule Canyon, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘBradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘHuron Mine (Old Huron Mine; Montezuma and Huron patents MS 1673; Huron-Montezuma Mine; Swindler Mine; Huron-Victor-Swindler-Montezuma prospects), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘGranite Mountains deposit (Granite Mountain), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
82.0km (51.0 miles) ⓘPiestewa Peak area, Phoenix Mountains, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘCamp Wood (Camp Wood deposit; Sillimanite group), Eureka Mining District, Santa Maria Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 98.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.110
 
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