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Fresnoite from
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA


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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Fresnoite, etc.

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Fresnoite

Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
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Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Fresnoite
Formula:Ba2Ti(Si2O7)O
Comments:Occurs as grains from 0.1 mm or less to 3 mm in size with the average at about 0.3 mm. Occurs in quartzite or quartz-sanbornite rock, associated with celsian, titantaramellite, diopside and pyrrhotite.
Colour:Yellow
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed - Type Locality
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Celsian
Diopside
Pyrrhotite
Titantaramellite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrrhotite3
Quartz3
Walstromite2
Cerchiaraite-(Fe)2
Anandite1
Muirite1
Titantaramellite1
Sanbornite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fresnoite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47490
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47490:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fresnoite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 8 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘSnow Cap Mine, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘEsquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) ⓘCole Spring Outcrops, Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘBaumann prospect (Bauman Ranch), Dumtah, Tulare County, California, USA
References
Walstrom, Robert E. (n.d.) Personal communication.
Alfors, John T., Stinson, Melvin C., Matthews, Robert A., Pabst, Adolf (1965) Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California. American Mineralogist, 50 (3-4) 314-340
Newberry, Nancy G., Essene, Eric J., Peacor, and Donald R. (1981) Alforsite, a new member of the apatite group: the barium analogue of chlorapatite. American Mineralogist, 66 (9-10) 1050-1053
Basciano, L. C., Groat, L. A., Roberts, A. C., Grice, J. D., Dunning, G. E., Foord, E. E., Kjarsgaard, I. M., Walstrom, R. E. (2001) Kampfite, a new barium silicate carbonate mineral species from Fresno County, California. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (4) 1053-1058 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.4.1053
Mandarino, Joseph A. (2002) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (2) 161-172
 
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