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Albite from
Standard Mine, Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Comments:Occurs as well-defined crystals up to 4 inches (10 cm) diameter with quartz. These crystals are often hollow shells studded internally with fine quartz prisms.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Quartz
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Standard Mine, Bodie, Bodie Mining District, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:680160
Long-form Identifier:1:3:680160:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘZapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
72.2km (44.9 miles) ⓘSilver Dyke Mine, Silver Star Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
86.2km (53.6 miles) ⓘHill 5644, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘCasting Copper Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
86.7km (53.9 miles) ⓘNew York Canyon Mine, Santa Fe District, Gabbs Valley Range, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
87.5km (54.4 miles) ⓘAnn-Mason deposit (Ludwig; Douglas Hill; Cast; Blue Hills; McConnell; Minnesota; Shamrock), Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
88.5km (55.0 miles) ⓘAnaconda's Yerington open pit (Empire-Nevada Mine; Nevada-Empire Mine; Weed Heights), Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
88.6km (55.0 miles) ⓘYerington Mine, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
93.0km (57.8 miles) ⓘBuckskin Mine, Buckskin Mining District (Smith Valley Mining District), Buckskin Range, Douglas County, Nevada, USA
References
Brown, R.G. (1907), The vein system of the Standard mine, Bodie, California: A.I.M.E. Bulletin 16: 587-601
A.I.M.E. Transactions: 38: 343-357 (1908)
Turner, Henry Ward (1908), The vein system of the Standard Mine, Bodie, California: A.I.M.E. Bulletin 22: 623-624
[…A.I.M.E. Transactions: 39: 795-797 (1909)]: 795
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 182.
 
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