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Mordenite from
Cold Creek Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Mordenite
Formula:(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96 · 28H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mordenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cold Creek Canyon, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:640794
Long-form Identifier:1:3:640794:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Mordenite
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘCanwood Mall excavation dump, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘCanwood St construction site 2014, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘCanwood Street site, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘReyes Adobe Road and Route 101 intersection area, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
16.3km (10.2 miles) ⓘNeuerberg locality 9, Cahuenga Boulevard roadcut, Cahuenga Pass, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘNewbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
26.6km (16.6 miles) ⓘCircle X Boy Scout Camp zeolite locality, Sandstone Peak, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Ventura County, California, USA
44.4km (27.6 miles) ⓘTick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
DeVito, F 1988 Self-guided field trip, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Bull. Min. Soc. So. Calif., Volume 58, Number 5, pafes6-7.
ume 58, Number 5, pages 6-7.
DeVito, F. (1988) Self-guided field trip, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Bull. Min. Soc. So. Calif., Vo
 
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