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Clinoptilolite Subgroup from
Dome Clinoptilolite occurrence, Dome Mining District (Gila City Mining District), Yuma County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:'Clinoptilolite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na/Ca/K)3-6[Al6-7Si29-30O72] · 20H2O
Comments:Occurs with bentonite & tuff in a late Tertiary lacustrine formation.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Clinoptilolite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dome Clinoptilolite occurrence, Dome Mining District (Gila City Mining District), Yuma County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:224418
Long-form Identifier:1:3:224418:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Clinoptilolite Subgroup
17.1km (10.7 miles) ⓘMuggins Mountains Zeolite occurrence, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds, Muggins Mining District, Muggins Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
90.7km (56.3 miles) ⓘOpal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
References
Bramlette, M. N., Posnjak, E. (1933) Zeolitic alteration of pyroclastics. American Mineralogist, 18 (4) 167-171
Sheppard, R.A. (1971), Clinoptilolite, of possible economic value in sedimentary deposits of the conterminous United States, USGS Bull. 1332-B: B1-B15.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.178
 
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