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Cristobalite from
Unspecified occurrences near Jamestown, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Cristobalite
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Occurs as distinct crystals in augite-andesite.
Habit:Octahedral
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Augite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cristobalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Unspecified occurrences near Jamestown, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:675036
Long-form Identifier:1:3:675036:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Rogers, Austin Flint (1918) The occurrence of cristobalite in California. American Journal Of Science, S. 4 Vol. 45. 222-226
Rogers, Austin Flint (1928), Natural history of the silica minerals: American Mineralogist: 13: 85
Rogers, Austin Flint (1932), Anauxite as a secondary mineral in some volcanic rocks of California and Arizona (abstract): Pan-American Geologist: 58: 72-73
[…Geological Society of America Bulletin: 44: 159-160 (1933)]: 160
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 163
 
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