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Rutile from
Kimberlite 73, Hermansville, Menominee County, Michigan, USA


Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kimberlite 73, Hermansville, Menominee County, Michigan, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:417425
Long-form Identifier:1:3:417425:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
62.6km (38.9 miles) ⓘHorserace Rapids, Paint River, Mastodon Township, Iron County, Michigan, USA
67.0km (41.7 miles) ⓘMansfield Mine, Mansfield Township, Iron County, Michigan, USA
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘLake Ellen Kimberlite prospect, Lake Ellen, Mansfield Township, Iron County, Michigan, USA
79.8km (49.6 miles) ⓘEmpire Mine, Palmer, Richmond Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
80.0km (49.7 miles) ⓘMitchell Mine, Tilden Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
80.6km (50.1 miles) ⓘNational Mine, National Mine, Tilden Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
86.1km (53.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed granite, Marquette, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘHumboldt train station, Humboldt Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
88.8km (55.2 miles) ⓘRopes Gold Mine, Ishpeming Greenstone belt (Marquette Greenstone belt), Ishpeming Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
92.0km (57.2 miles) ⓘChampion Mine, Champion, Champion Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
References
Li, Q.
Abat, L.T.
Heinrich, E. W., Robinson, George Willard (2004) Mineralogy of Michigan (2nd ed.) A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum and Michigan Technological University. 252pp.
Xu, J., Melgarejo, J. C., i Abat, L. T., & Castillo-Oliver, M. (2017) Magma mingling at the Menominee pipe, USA? Contributions from texture and mineral chemistry. 11th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract No. 11IKC-4625, 2017
Castillo-Oliver, M. (2020) Magma Mingling in Kimberlites: Evidence from the Groundmass Cocrystallization of Two Spinel-Group Minerals. Minerals 10, 829.
 
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