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Boggsite from
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA


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Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite, etc.

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
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Boggsite, etc.

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
05967310017271921552256.jpg
Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
09654590017272015878017.jpg
Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
06848670017271921574251.jpg
Boggsite

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
03234410017576729579808.jpg
Boggsite, etc.

Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
Locality type:Road
Classification
Species:Boggsite
Formula:Ca8Na3(Si,Al)96O192 · 70H2O
Comments:Occurs on the top of a small projection of basalt located above a vertical cliff along Goble Creek, on the south of the Neer Road, approximately 50m west of the junction with Highway 30, 200m north of Goble.
Habit:Tetragonal blades forming radial groups
Colour:Colorless, white
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tschernichite34
Quartz3
- var Chalcedony3
Smectite Group2
Heulandite Subgroup1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Boggsite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (35 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:112810
Long-form Identifier:1:3:112810:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Micro Probe: 6(5): Fall 1987.
Howard, Donald G., Tschernich, Rudy W., Smith, Joseph V., Klein, Gerald L. (1990) Boggsite, a new high-silica zeolite from Goble, Columbia County, Oregon. American Mineralogist, 75 (9-10) 1200-1204
American Mineralogist (1990) 75: 501-507.
Tschernich, Rudy W. (1992) Zeolites of the World. Geoscience Press, Inc. 567pp.
 
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