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Pyrochlore Group from
Holiday Inn Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Pyrochlore Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrochlore Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holiday Inn Quarry, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:802008
Long-form Identifier:1:3:802008:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrochlore Group
65.9km (41.0 miles) ⓘJones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
73.3km (45.5 miles) ⓘUnion Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland County, Arkansas, USA
73.4km (45.6 miles) ⓘNorth Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland County, Arkansas, USA
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘWilson Springs (Potash Sulfur Springs), Garland County, Arkansas, USA
References
Ron Layton Collection
 
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