| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Almandine |
| Formula: | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | Almandine on chlorite schist, crystal 4.0 cm across. Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, specimen #TM 370C:1:3; C.E. Raines, photo. |
| Habit: | Dodecahedrons 10cm |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Biotite | 4 |
| Chlorite Group | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Almandine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sedalia Mine (Sedalia Copper Mine), Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (36 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 28352 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:28352:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Almandine |
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| 22.6km (14.0 miles) | ⓘTaylor Gulch, Garfield, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘClora May Mine, Newett, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
| 38.1km (23.7 miles) | ⓘCotopaxi Mine (Cotopaxi lode; Gumaer Mine; Fannie lode; Fannie Mill), Mine Gulch, Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| 40.1km (24.9 miles) | ⓘBon Ton Mine, Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
| 41.3km (25.7 miles) | ⓘDevil's Hole Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| 43.5km (27.0 miles) | ⓘBetty Mine (Lone Chimney Mine; Betty Lowe), Guffey Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA |
| 48.9km (30.4 miles) | ⓘLucille Mine, Gold Brick Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA |
| 52.1km (32.4 miles) | ⓘBucky pegmatite (New Anniversary; Willow Creek), Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA |
| 63.0km (39.1 miles) | ⓘMeyers - McMullin pegmatite occurrence, Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| 64.8km (40.3 miles) | ⓘMica Lode Mine (Mica Hill Mine), Eight Mile Park Pegmatite Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA |
| References |
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Berke, Edward H., Spry, Paul G., Heimann, Adriana, Teale, Graham S., Johnson, Benjamin, von der Handt, Anette, Alers, Brian, Shallow, John M. (2023) The genesis of metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic massive sulphide occurrences in central Colorado: geological, mineralogical and sulphur isotope constraints. Geological Magazine, 160 (7) 1345-1375 doi:10.1017/s0016756823000407 |
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Sedalia Mine, Sedalia Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA