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Palygorskite from
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Palygorskite
Formula:◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Palygorskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:936609
Long-form Identifier:1:3:936609:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ MEXICO r - ·‹-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < ‱‱ ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO ‱ ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project
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anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. ‱ 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: ‱ 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Recrystallized trona collected at the world’s largest trona mine, FMC, in Green River, WY. Clay The term ‘clay’...or attapulgite, today more commonly known as palygorskite, (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O, and fuller’s earth...2003). Gebesh et al. (1999) found attapulgite/palygorskite to be very effective in treating diarrhoea while...phase transition were discovered in Mexico near Chihuahua. The Naica mine has a spectacular display of gigantic...through difficult terrain to attain ‘their’ clay, mine it, and then either ingest it or douse themselves
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. D. A. T. Lalonde, 5 Lead Mine Rd., Gouverneur, NY 13642. In the spring of 2016...POTENTIALLY NEW MINERAL OF THE PALYGORSKITE GROUP FROM WIND MOUNTAIN, NEW MEXICO. D. Leung and A. M. McDonald...located 12 kilometers north of the border between New Mexico and Texas, is an alkaline pluton associated with...(aegirine?), and an unidentified mineral related to palygorskite. The unidentified mineral occurs in divergent...an Fe3+-rich, alkali-deficient member of the palygorskite group. The crystal structure of the mineral
Book
stability PLANET | 114 San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 om are uncommon in our dynamic...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26x 16 cm 22...* 20 x 18 x 14. cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1x 1 om Acicular...hematite with iridescent limonite coating, Parcocha Mine, Bilbao, Spain * 19 x 19 x 16 cm Goethite, Tintic...more directions. Drusy linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9 x 7.5 x 2 cm Arborescent copper, Michigan
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PLANET 11 Vanadinite, San Carlos district, Chihuahua, Mexico * 8 x 4 x 2 cm Mineral Species Minerals encompass...mineral pigments. LEFT: Malachite, Bwana M’Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt, Zambia * 22 x 26 x 16 cm 22...Namibia * 20 x 18 x 14 cm Bladed stibnite, Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Shikoku, Japan * 10 x 1 x 1 om Acicular...more directions. br Drusy linarite, Bingham, New Mexico, USA * 9x 75 x 2.cm Arborescent copper, Michigan...Brazil * 5 x 3 x 0.6 cm Platy muscovite, JosĂ© Pinto Mine, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil * 12 x 19 x 6 cm
Journal (issue)
with dolomite and chalcopyrite, from the Sweetwater mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri. Collection...topography; Anonia 7.5-minute quadrangle (1972). Today the mine area is considerably more extensive than shown....as very colorful material from within the active mine. Much of the more massive iron oxide is found in...pyrites.” Prior to the development of the kyanite mine several shallow shafts and trenches traditionally...from beneath the zone of weathering in the active mine are occasionally so dark blue as to ap­ pear almost
Catalog/List
01')' vcins in and on matrix. somc with Fallowlicld mine, I x 1/, Il BaC■ CO'J Al 1oni1cmicros. ·--_ H~am...Grcylibrousmasson dolomiticmarblc International mine, IxI .E4 PliSb S Kaladar,Ontario,Canada BREWSTDlITE...Zn COl3S0'4 OH LikeHydrozincitcbut not nuorcsccnt Mine,Ncnthead,Cumbria I x œ.Cl.SOlxl D UOCHANTITE Fairlysparsc...SouthCroftyMine,Cornwall _ HardingMine,TaosCounty, New Mexico Ultcvis,LapplandSwcden G")' Oakeon milkyquanz...Okcharnton,Dcvon ycllowaust on matrix MonumentI Mine,Navajo œx œ!3 ____________ Coun .~~na, U.S.~ ____
Book
Hypogene Speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Speleogenesis: A Case Study from Nanisivik Zinc/Lead Mine Baffin Island, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Volcanically Controlled Hypogenic Karst, Tamaulipas, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . Marcus Gary 769 53 The Naica Caves, Chihuahua, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...783 54 Sulfur-Rich Caves of Southern Tabasco, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
crystals were originally imbedded in or cowred by palygorskite and a few pieces were preserved like that with...2007 ferro-axinite crystals imbedded in pale palygorskite, giving a good contrast. The most remarkable...than usual and available with more dealers. The Gem Mine in San Benito Co. (California) also produced a few...16 I 1.73 ! 13.14 : Guadalcazar, Mexico 5.00 First Soviet mine, Russia 0 4.04 I 7.21 Babbitt,...or $49.00 for two years; addresses in Canada and Mexico are US$48.00 per year, or US$90.00 for two years;
Book
Crystals up to 140mm (5'A in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbce, Arizona, USA. Very fine spincl-law...Republic. Dendritic aggregates from Batopilas, Chihuahua, .Mexico, reached up to 150 mm (6 in). Crystals and...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Gcnaro Mine in Huancavclica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine. Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from...110 mm (47.6 in) long were very rare in Ground Hog mine, Gilman, Colorado, USA. The largest known sheets
Journal (issue)
Trucco mining district, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico .................................... .401 by J...mineral localities: The Refugio mine, Municipio de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico ................................mineral localities: Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico .................................................Ferry ~alace of Jlline_s The Palace of Mines in Mexico City .................................... .497...Smithsonite, 4 cm wide, from the Refugio mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. William Dameron collection; Jesse Fisher
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Crystals up to 140mm (5œ in) long occurred in the Ray mine and in Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Very fine spinel-law...Republic. Dendritic aggregates from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, reached up to 150 mm (6 in). Crystals and...100 mm (4 in) long, come also from the San Genaro Mine in Huancavelica and Uchucchaqua, Peru. New finds...Dorado, California, US.A. Gold, 68 mm, Eagle's Nest Mine, California, US.A. Gold gold on it. Typical aggregates...many localities in California, USA (Colorado Quartz mine, Nigger Hill and others). Fine leaf gold comes from
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Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Groundhog mine, Vanadium, New Mexico. 4 x 5 cm. Thesecrystals formed in openspace...I ( o p p o s i t e ) Elbaite. Tourmaline Queen mine, Pala, California. i o-cm crystals. The dramatic...than in pegmatites. ■ ;_. ‱ Triphylite. Smith mine, Newport, New Hampshire. 2.5-crn crystal. Well-formed...the dunes at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, is composed of tiny gypsum crystals that probably...or in parts of the Chihuahuan Desert in northern Mexico. Their interesting shapes make these specimens
Book (edition)
a bolcite crystal. Boleo, Baja Califomia Sur, Mexico. Drawing by R. Peter Richards. Preface As I writc...TUFAN Uzbelcskii Geologicheskii Z/111mal VGZ de Mexico, fnslitulo de Geologia Boletin UNAMIGB Universidad...Abernathyitc, K[(UO 2 )(AsO,)](HP) 3, tet., Fumerole No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain. on the southeast flank of the...104(3). 326-328 □ Achavnlitc, FcSe, hex .. Cacheuta Mine. Ccrro de Cacheuta. Sierra de Cacheuta. Mcndoza...Artrocitc, Ivigtul cryolitc deposit. Ivittuut municipality. southwest Wi tgreenl Greenland. 73. 1492, ZK
Catalog/List
1966 2 Fl/R ADAMITE A basic arsenate of zinc Mexico Durango, Mapimi, Mina Ojuela ~lliant lime-yellow......... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen with minor...Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite ... ALABANDITE Mar.ganese sulfide Mexico Puebla...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite .........
Journal (issue)
Z. Kantor (leftmost) with miners at the Lukhumi Mine, Gornaya Racha, Georgia, 1975. Photo: Leo V. Bulgak...crystals on the pyrite crystals. 8.5 vtide. Casapalca Mine, Peru. 18 C rystallized minerals are wonderful...epitaxial on hedenbergite. Pervyi (First) Sovetsky Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia. 15. Quartz...CTystals are 5-7 mm long. Pervyi (First) Sovetsky Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia . Specimen:...hemimorphite crystal. 3.5 cm wide. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Mexico. Photo and specimens: Boris Z. Kantor,
Report (issue)
near Tuxtla Gutiérrez, State of Chiapas, southern Mexico. Photo by R. K. Goldhammer, Exxon E&P Research...Geophysics Institute of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) since 1992. He spent eight years working...structure and paleogeographic evolution of southern Mexico. As part of these projects, he has applied paleomagnetic...evolution of the southwestern continental margin of Mexico. Since 1983 he has been lecturing on geology at...field experience includes work in Mexico, New with Corp. of Mexico, North Africa, the Rocky Mountains
Journal (issue)
Islet Famous mineral localities: the Silver Islet mine, O n ta rio ............... 49 by W. E. Wilson ...Famous mineral localities: the Batopilas District, Chihuahua, M e x ic o ....................................SILVER crystals, 3.3 by 4.5 cm, from the Kongens mine, Kongsberg, Norway. (See the article in this issue...silver mines at all in Asia. He does mention a silver mine in Macedonia that used to yield a talent of the...January-February, 1986 Figure 2. Interior of a German silver mine, 1830s. Photo Deutsches Museum, Miinchen. hillside
Journal (issue)
Cairncross & C. R. Anhaeusser Minerals of the Linwood mine, Scott County, Iowa ............. 231 by P. L. Garvin...California Micro Mineralogists. He made many trips to Mexico, ran a mineral business from his home, and sold...in the still open underground workings of the Gem mine. He encountered an open pocket containing well formed...for Spanish and in 1949 he made his first trip to Mexico and the second with his son in 195 J. These were...Initially he went underground in the nlines in Mexico and collected as well as purchased material but
Book (edition)
natural or synthetic but also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful...unknown Rosiclare, Illinois Sphalerite: Chihuahua, Mexico Sillimanite: Williamstown, Australia Andalusite:...0.220 0.220 0.115 0.203 0.202 0.0231 b Chihuahua, Mexico Crestmore, California 3.53 a 3.531 4.915...Andradite: Ontario, Canada Smithsonite: Kelly, New Mexico Beryl: c axis Thermal Specific Conductivity...Clinozoisite: Baja California Idocrase: Chihuahua, Mexico Sphene: Ontario, Canada lolite: Madagascar
Book (edition)
natural or synthetic but also to indicate the very mine from which it came! Inclusions are the most powerful...Illinois 0.0227 0.0219 0.0227 Sphalerite: Chihuahua, Andalusite: Minas Gerais, Brazil Sillimanite:...Williamstown, Australia Pyrophyllite: Jadeite: Mexico North Carolina Japan San Benito County, California...Transvaal mean, Virginia Grossular: Connecticut Chihuahua, Mexico Crestmore, California Quartz: c axis Cc...Kelly, New Mexico Beryl: c axis a axis mean, Minas Gerais, Brazil Calcite: Chihuahua, Mexico Axinite:
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Oural et au Katanga. En France, hormis la cĂ©lĂšbre mine de Chessy (localitĂ©-type de la « chessylite », voir...Ă  la disposition des collectionneurs (comme Ă  la mine Clara en ForĂȘt-Noire), moyennant un droit d’accĂšs...d’échantillons ont Ă©tĂ© conservĂ©s. Inversement, le musĂ©e de la mine de Kongsberg (prĂšs d’Oslo) prĂ©sente une exceptionnelle...l’illite (d) celui des autres argiles : sĂ©piolite, palygorskite (= attapulgite), etc. Chlorites, talc et vermiculite...sphalĂ©rite (Trepča, Kosovo) ArsĂ©nopyrite maclĂ©e (Chihuahua, Mexique) Cristaux d’arsĂ©nopyrite (Panasqueria
 
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