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Pectolite from
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA


Locality type:Census-designated Place
Classification
Species:Pectolite
Formula:NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirine2
Kassite1
Albite1
Hornblende Root Name Group1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pectolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:788198
Long-form Identifier:1:3:788198:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pectolite in this Region
Cove Creek Bridge and The Branch area, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Eudialyte pegmatite, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Jones Mill Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
Kimzey Calcite Quarry (Calcite Hill), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIAMOND JO QUARRY MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS Even though Magnet Cove with its unique mineralogy...now owned by Henry deLinde of Mabelvale, Arkansas. The Hot Springs Railroad M A G N E T C O V E , S...12 M I L E S E A S T of the city of Hot Springs in Hot Spring County, is a ring-dike complex of alkalic...during Cretaceous time; 1 or 2 miles east of Magnet Cove these rocks are overlain by the Cretaceous and...rocks of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Even though Magnet Cove with its unique mineralogy—it is especially rich
Other Paper
MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS, STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS...Jr. and J. Michael Howard MAGNET COVE, HOT SPRING COUNTY, ARKANSAS: COLLECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL OBSERVATIONS...Michael Howard 16001 Vimy Woods Road Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 E-mail: jmichaelhoward@sbcglobal.net ©...Additional Magnet Cove Mineral Occurrences……………………………… 49 Part 2 – Minerals of Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County...County, Arkansas and Vicinity……………………..... 49 Part 3 – Briefs of the Important Mineral Locations of Magnet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lourenswalsite, two new titanosilicates from the Magnet Cove region, Arkansas DANIEL E. APPLEMAN Department of Mineral...Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA AND HOWARD T. EVANS, JR., GORDON L. NORD, EDWARD...U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 22092, USA Abstract Delindeite and lourenswalsite are two...nepheline syenite in the Diamond Jo quarry, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Delindeite is found as aggregates of...+ state. Introduction THE Magnet Cove region near Hot Springs, Arkansas has long been famous for its
Journal (issue)
Prehnite, Calcite and Chabazite Epintorphs after Pectolite Bradley D. Plotkin bdpchab@optonline.net In one...Publications for Collectors By William Shelton Gold is a hot topic partly due to its being the 2004 Tucson show...testing gold. Major areas covered include Southeast USA, California, Australia, Canada to Alaska, Britain... January 2004 3---- Mineral News Epimorphs after Pectolite (Continued from page I) Recently while cleaning...reliable as any diagnostic test that this mineral is pectolite. This material solved the puzzle as to the original
Report (edition)
STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 MINERAL SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised...Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Revised 2007 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL...Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F...three-day trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
Report (edition)
STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN 23 S P E C I E S O F A R K A N S A s·' , A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard...Rock / ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman F. Williams State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS BULLETIN...23 SPECIES OF ARKANSAS A DIGEST By J. Michael Howard 1987 Little Rock ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION...State Geologist STATE OF ARKANSAS Bill Clinton, Governor ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL COMMISSION Norman...field trip to the Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Magnet Cove areas of Arkansas. The trip was conducted by
Report (issue)
AGES Brochure Series 004 Magnet Cove A synopsis of its geology, lithology and mineralogy. Brookite...Angela Chandler 2007 Arkansas Geological Survey, Bekki White, State Geologist Magnet Cove is an area of unusual...located in northern Hot Spring County, Arkansas, about 12 miles east of the city of Hot Springs. U.S. Highway...Highway 270B (Arkansas Highway 51) passes east-west across the center of the Cove. The Cove lies at the...Ouachita Mountains (Fig. 1). Adjacent to the Magnet Cove intrusion, ridges and valleys are the topographic
Book
Collecting Arkansas JVlinerals A Reference and Guide By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. ,'T Collecting Arkansas...Box 2043 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83816-2043 iii Arkansas Counties 1 \ I •( 11 o •« c »««ou cxi ju4«iO«J...r r 1 0WH4T «MII( ' I I ►UCAJ4I s;r_ I HOT tAAIHC SCVICA I CA A *T I JCffCASO* ' *«< AHS...573-308-3500 703-648-6045 or phone 800-USA-MAPS Map 3. Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains 7.5 Minute Quadrangal...Quadrangal Map index. V Contents and Locality Index Arkansas Quartz Crystal Deposits Special Quartz Types.
Report (issue)
c = 10.187(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA; 1M. 3.34 (100), 10.04 (74), 5.01 (44)...Lovozero massif, Russia. (3) Coyote Peak, California, USA; by electron microprobe, H2 O calculated to give...polylithionite, manganoan pectolite (Lovozero massif, Russia); natrolite, pectolite, aegirine, barytolamprophyllite...barytolamprophyllite, rasvumite (Coyote Peak, California, USA). Distribution: From Narss^a rssuk, Greenland. In...Baikal, Siberia, Russia. In the USA, at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, and Coyote Peak, near Orick
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...http://www.iea.com/-lream Web address change for Arkansas site A few months ago, the Mineral News ran a...informed me that there is a new address for the Arkansas Rockhound: http://RockhoundingAR.com Tax time...blast!G> Collecting Arkansas Minerals By Arthur E. Smith, Jr. The only book on Arkansas Minerals: 149 pages... area where most Arkansas minerals occur, with most quartz, localities, Magnet Cove., etc., only $14
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Carolina State University] at 12:21 10 March 2015 Magnet Cove is a ring-dike complex of alkalic igneous rocks...outer rim of the Cove consists of erosion-resistant syenite. The low interior of the Cove consists of ijolites...portion of Magnet Cove’s interior. Collecting Microminerals Cove Creek, Magnet Cove, Arkansas Unless otherwise...microminerals I could find in Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, where I had been collecting whenever...whenever possible since 1958. Magnet Cove was definitely not known for its microminerals at that time
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Arkansas Phosphate Minerals A R E V I E W AND UPDATE The abundance and quality of Arkansas phosphate...N R Y L . BARWOOD Arkansas Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Arkansas Tech University Russellville...Russellville, Arkansas 72801 H E N R Y DELINDE 6 Homestead Court Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 H A R D L Y...emerald-green crusts of variscite crystals from Arkansas. The abundance and quality of these specimens...minerals from Arkansas was made in 1877 when specimens (apparently from Montgomery County, Arkansas) were recognized
Report (issue)
383(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Diamond Jo quarry, Arkansas, USA. 10.80 (100), 2.888 (31), 3.083 (28), 3.54 (24)...32] Total [100.00] (1) Diamond Jo quarry, Arkansas, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as Fe2 O3...product of titaniferous nepheline Association: Pectolite, barite, labuntsovite, lourenswalsite, pyroxene...Distribution: USA. Found in the Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, Name: In honor...amateur mineralogist Henry deLinde of Mabelvale, Arkansas, USA, owner of the Diamond Jo quarry. Type Material:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crystals, Arkansas also boasts an array of other minerals, as evidenced by this county-by-county description...minerals of Magnet Cove, continued with mining in north­ ern and western Arkansas and Magnet Cove during the...throughout the state and extensive collecting in Magnet Cove. In the 1900s, mining and minerals continue to...in full swing and the demand for and price of Arkansas quartz crystals has skyrocketed. In October 1987...exploited. Continued interest in and study of Arkansas minerals, par­ ticularly the microminerals, will
Report (issue)
Z=1 X-ray Powder Pattern: Diamond Jo quarry, Arkansas, USA. 2.608 (100), 1.515 (80), 1.3111 (25), 10.22...[100.00] Chemistry: (1) Diamond Jo quarry, Arkansas, USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as Fe2 O3...Association: feldspar. Labuntsovite, delindeite, pectolite, barite, pyroxene, titanite, sphalerite, potassic...Distribution: In the Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA. Name: In honor of Dr. Lourens...lourenswalsite, two new titanosilicates from the Magnet Cove region, Arkansas. Mineral. Mag., 51, 417{425. (2) (1988)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
biographies presented here in this special issue on Arkansas were begun by the late Dr. R. S. Mitchell, who...debt of gratitude to Henry deLinde of Mablevale, Arkansas, for his help in locating much useful biographical...was found in the Diamond Jo quarry, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, as aggregates of flakelike crys­ tallites...for minera­ logical knowledge. He was living in Hot Springs, Arkan­ sas, in the 1960s when he decided...while on camping trips to Lake Ouachita in Garland County, and the more they collected, the more they wanted
Report (issue)
Pectolite NaCa2 Si3 O8(OH) c 2001 Mineral Data Publishing, ver sion 1.2 ° Crystal Data: Triclinic.... X-ray Powder Pattern: Bergen Hill, New Jersey, USA. 2.921 (10), 3.10 (8), 3.90 (6), 3.33 (6b), 3.28...the USA, from Paterson, Passaic Co., and Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey; at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring...Granite Mountain, near Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas. In Canada, in ¯ne crystals from the Je®rey mine...Prewitt, C.T. (1967) Re¯nement of the structure of pectolite, Ca2 NaHSi 3 O9 : Zeits. Krist., 125, 298{316
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
photo. March/April: Quartz, Middleville, Herkimer County, New York. John C. Medici specimen and photo. May/June:...May/June: Turgite, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia. Ronald E. Bentley specimen and photo. July/August:...deLinde No. 4 mine, High Peak, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Private collection; Ronald E. Bentley photo...photo. September/October: Barite, Otero County, Colorado. Dan and Dianne Kile specimen; John Muntyan photo...Wilson. W. E. Wilson photo. Acmite, Arkansas, 304, 321 Aenigmatite, Arkansas, 306 Alabama, volkovskite, 472
Journal (issue)
TwinnedFornacite from the Singer Mine, Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada Paul M. Adams 126 S. Helberta Ave. #2 Redondo...7 miles (11 km) southwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Goodsprings is located 7 miles west of...production shafts, at the Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, MO. 2 l\1inernl News Mny 1998 If you've bought...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com...1112 feet across in the Fletcher Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri. octahedral galena, late-stage, lustrous
Report (issue)
Petrology of the Alkalic Igneous Complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared in cooperation...Petrology of the Alkalic Igneous Complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas By R. L. ERICKSON and L. V. BLADE GEOLOGICAL...petrology of the alkalic igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, by R. L. Erickson and L. V. Blade. Washington...igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1963. (Card 2) 1. Geochemistry Arkansas Magnet Cove. 2. Petrology...Petrology Arkansas Magnet Cove. 3. Rocks, Igneous. 4. Rocks Analysis. I. Blade, Lawrence Vernon, 1917joint author
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1931 Vor,. 16 A PARAGENETIC MAGNET No.8 CLASSIFICATION OF THE COVE MINERALS KrNrqprn K. LaNnBs....aegirite, eudyalite and other minerals from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, have found their way into collections all...detail. Contributions to the petrogenesisof the Magnet Cove area were made by H. S. Washington in the first...the origin of the minerals. Magnet Cove lies in southwest central Arkansas in the Ouachita Mountains physiographic...good highway connects the area with the city of Hot Springs, which lies about 12 miles to the west. The
Journal (issue)
Mineralsfrom the MidstateQuarry Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston...Quarry located just off the southeast flank of Magnet Cove. This quarry is in the altered Stanley Shale...Shale a short distance south of the Magnet Cove igneous rocks (mostly syenites). The Stanley Shale is a dark...aboufo:s mm long, Midstate Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, photo by the author. Middle&...pennaCantinued on page 5 2 l\1i.ncrnl News to the Magnet Cove igneous rocks can make what appear to be common
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tourmaline in quartzite, lound in an old roadbed in Lee County, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Auburn, on Highway..., was one specimen received from Mrs. Barber. ARKANSAS-The following item, dated March 24, 1957, was...sent in by Byron C. Marshall, 204 Central Ave!, Hot Springs National Park, Ark. "Within the last few...feet down, at the barite mines at Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. "A sample was sent to the Smithsonian...this to be not only a new record for Magnet Cove, but also for Arkansas." "Pickeringite is a hydrous magnesium
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PECTOLITE-SCHIZOLITE-SERANDITE SERIES* Wer,rnuln T. Scn,lr,r,nn, U. S. Geol,ogical Suraey, Woshington25...A study of the pertinent recorded analyses of pectolite, schizolite, and serandite, indicates that they...they are members of an isostructural series from pectolite (4CaO NarO.6SiO: 'H2O or Ca:NaSiaOs(OH)) to serandite...calcian serandite. Schizolite is a manganoan pectolite and should not be rated as a species. The specific...y:'111t:',??,, 2; 1:i":';":"?lt]" IlrrnooucrtoN The pectolite-schizolite-seranditeseries is an example of an
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...Aragonite, Bolivia, 410 Arem, J. E., see Media Reviews Arkansas, anatase, brookite, 200; eudialyte, 196; fluorapophyllite
 
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