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Nepheline from
Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA


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Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Aegirine33
Albite11
Lorenzenite8
Pectolite7
Serandite5
Cancrinite4
Unnamed (Th-bearing silicate UK#1)4
Villiaumite3
Neptunite3
Eudialyte3
Kupletskite2
Thermonatrite2
Lovdarite2
Searlesite2
Brenkite1
Rosenbuschite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Point of Rocks Quarry, Point of Rocks Mesa, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87598
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87598:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘTimber Buttes, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘRobinson Peak, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘHunter Mesa, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘJohnson Mesa, Carisbrook, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
79.0km (49.1 miles) ⓘCiruela, Mora County, New Mexico, USA
References
Rocks & Min.:60:229.
4th Annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium (1985) New Mexico Geology 7:18-19
 
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