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Phillipsite Subgroup from
China Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Phillipsite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Ca0.5,K,Na,Ba0.5)4-7[Al4-7Si12-9O32] . 12H2O
Comments:Occurs in tuffaceous layers.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phillipsite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view China Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:654307
Long-form Identifier:1:3:654307:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phillipsite Subgroup
49.2km (30.6 miles) ⓘRed Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pumice quarry [3], West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
73.2km (45.5 miles) ⓘOwens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
75.3km (46.8 miles) ⓘRio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) ⓘKramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
93.9km (58.4 miles) ⓘMud Hills (Strontium Hills), Barstow Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
References
Hay, Richard Le Roy & Richard J. Moiola (1963), Authigenic silicate minerals in three desert lakes of eastern California (abstract): Program New York Meeting, Geological Society of America: 76A
Hay, Richard L. (1964) Phillipsite of saline lakes and soils. American Mineralogist, 49 (9-10) 1366-1387 p.1367
Moiola, Richard J. & Richard L. Hay (1964), Zeolite zones in Pleistocene and recent sediments of China Lake, California (abstract): Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Berkeley, California: 47, April 1963
[…Geological Society of America Special Paper 76: 215 (1964)]: 47
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 287
 
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