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Epidot
Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry), Granite-Mountain-Komplex, Sweet Home, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Copyright: Stephan Wolfsried; Contribution: Hg
Location: USA/Arkansas/Pulaski County/Sweet Home/Granite-Mountain-Komplex/Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry)
Mineral: Epidote
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Epidot

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry), Granite-Mountain-Komplex, Sweet Home, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA

Stephan Wolfsried

Contribution: Hg 2009-09-08

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Bergkristall
Größe: 80x70x60 mm; Fundort: Collier Creek Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Arkansas/Montgomery County/Norman/Mount Ida/Collier Creek Mine
Mineral: Quartz
Image: 1324068233
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Bergkristall

Größe: 80x70x60 mm; Fundort: Collier Creek Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA

Rob Lavinsky

Contribution: Philip Blümner 2011-12-16

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Aegirin
Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA
Copyright: Alan Goldstein; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: USA/Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Diamond Jo Quarry
Mineral: Aegirine
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Aegirin

Bildbreite: 2 mm; Fundort: Diamond Jo Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA

Alan Goldstein

Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-09-15

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Anatas
Anatas BB 6 mm USA/Arkansas/Garland Co./Hot Springs State Quarry
Copyright: Hannes Osterhammer; Contribution: anatase2
Collection: anatase2, Collection number: 109
Location: USA/Arkansas/Garland County/Hot Springs
Mineral: Anatase
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Anatas (SNr: 109)

Anatas BB 6 mm USA/Arkansas/Garland Co./Hot Springs State Quarry

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anatase2

Hannes Osterhammer

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Anatas pseudomorph nach Perowskit

Anatas pseudomorph nach Perowskit vom Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Größe der Stufe etwa 34 mm. Ex.coll. Donald Slater.
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: SyS-Anat-2-1-6
Location: USA/Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill
Mineral: Anatase, Perovskite
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Anatas pseudomorph nach Perowskit (SNr: SyS-Anat-2-1-6)

Anatas pseudomorph nach Perowskit vom Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Größe der Stufe etwa 34 mm. Ex.coll. Donald Slater.

Collection:

Klaus Schäfer

Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2017-05-26

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Minerals (Count: 265)

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Actinolite

Adularia (Var.: Orthoclase)

Agate (Var.: Chalcedony)

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

'Amber'

Amethyst (Var.: Quartz)

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

'Amphibole supergroup'

Analcime

Anatase

Sammlung Donald Slater
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill)

Ancylite-(Ce)

Andradite

Sytle M. Antao, Shaheera Mohib, Mashrur Zaman, Robert A. Marr: Ti-rich andradites: chemistry, structure, multi-phases, optical anisotropy, and oscillatory zoning. The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 53, No. 1 (2015) S. 133-158.
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove)

Anhydrite

Ankerite

Quelle Mindat
(Arkansas/Garland County/Jessieville/Ron Coleman Mine)

Annite

Anorthite

'Apatite group'

Sammlung Donald Slater
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill)

'Apophyllit-Gruppe'

Aragonite

Arfvedsonite

Arkansite (Var.: Brookite)

Artsmithite (TL)

Sammlung Donald Slater
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill)

Barwoodite (TL)

Kampf, A.R., Celestian, A.J. and Nash, B.P. (2017) Barwoodite, IMA 2017-046. CNMNC Newsletter No. 39, October 2017, page 1281; Mineralogical Magazine, 81, 1279-1286
(Arkansas/Pulaski County/Sweet Home/Granite-Mountain-Komplex/Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry))

Baryte

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

Benstonite (TL)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Isom Avants Gruben)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Calcite

Quelle Mindat
(Arkansas/Garland County/Jessieville/Ron Coleman Mine)

Chalcedony (Var.: Quartz, Mogánite)

Lithothek der Münchner Micromounter
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Heath Farm)

Corvusite

Crandallite

http://www.mindat.org/loc-10540.html
(Arkansas/Garland County/Avant/de Linde Mine)

Delindeite (TL)

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

Dickite

Diopside

'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'

Dolomite

Donowensite (TL)

Kampf, A. R., Hughes, J. M., Nash, B. P., and Smith, J. B.: Donowensite, IMA 2020-067, in: CNMNC Newsletter 59, Eur. J. Mineral., 33, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-139-2021, 2021.

Anthony R. Kampf; John M. Hughes ; Barbara P. Nash; Jason B. Smith: Donowensite, Ca(H2O)3Fe3+2(V2O7)2, and Mikehowardite, Fe3+4(VO4)4(H2O)2·H2O, Two New Vanadium Minerals from the Wilson Springs Vanadium Mine, Wilson Springs, Arkansas, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist Vol.60, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 543-554. doi: 10.3749/canmin.210015
(Arkansas/Garland County/Wilson Springs/Union Carbide Vanadium Mine/North Wilson pit)

Dufrénite

Duttonite

Dysanalyte (Var.: Perovskite)

Sammlung Donald Slater
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill)

Eggletonite (TL)

Fadenquartz (Var.: Quartz)

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

'Garnet supergroup'

Goethite

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Haggertyite (TL)

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

Hemimorphite

Hercynite

'Heulandite series'

Hewettite

'Hornblende'

Hydrozincite

Illite (Var.: Muscovite)

Ilmenite

Ilmenorutile (Var.: Rutile)

Ilvaite

Jamesonite

Jarosite

Jasper (Var.: Chalcedony)

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

Kidwellite (TL)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Kimzeyite (TL)

Sammlung Donald Slater
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill)

'Labuntsovite group'

Labuntsovite-Fe

Labuntsovite-Mn

'Laubmannite'

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Isom Avants Gruben)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Isom Avants Gruben)

Lipscombite

Livingstonite

Lorenzenite

Lourenswalsite (TL)

Magnesio-arfvedsonite

Magnetite

Malachite

Malhmoodite (TL)

Marcasite

Melanite (Var.: Andradite)

Mikehowardite (TL)

Kampf, A. R., Hughes, J. M., Nash, B. P., and Smith, J. B.: Mikehowardite, IMA 2020-068, in: CNMNC Newsletter 59, Eur. J. Mineral., 33, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-139-2021, 2021.

Anthony R. Kampf; John M. Hughes ; Barbara P. Nash; Jason B. Smith: Donowensite, Ca(H2O)3Fe3+2(V2O7)2, and Mikehowardite, Fe3+4(VO4)4(H2O)2·H2O, Two New Vanadium Minerals from the Wilson Springs Vanadium Mine, Wilson Springs, Arkansas, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist Vol.60, Nr. 3 (2022) S. 543-554. doi: 10.3749/canmin.210015
(Arkansas/Garland County/Wilson Springs/Union Carbide Vanadium Mine/North Wilson pit)

Milky Quartz (Var.: Quartz)

Miserite (TL)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Opal-AN (Var.: Opal)

Sammlung Donald Slater
(Arkansas/Hot Spring County/Magnet Cove/Perowskite Hill)

Phlogopite

Phosphosiderite

Planerite

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Carl A. Francis: Quartz: An Unnamed Habit with Two Prominent Rhombohedral Faces. Rocks & Minerals Vol. 98, Nr. 3 (2023) S. 261-263.
(Arkansas/Garland County/Jessieville/Ron Coleman Mine)

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

Rectorite (TL)

Rock Crystal (Var.: Quartz)

Rockbridgeite

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Isom Avants Gruben)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Schorlomite (TL)

'Serpentine subgroup'

Smoky Quartz (Var.: Quartz)

Sodalite

Sphalerite

Spinel

Stibiconite (Var.: Roméite group)

Stibnite

Sammlung Philip Blümner
(Arkansas/Sevier County/Gillham/American Star Mine (May Mines; May prospect))

'Stilbite series'

Straczekite (TL)

Strengite

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Isom Avants Gruben)

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Sam Avants Prospekt)

Strontianite

Strontiopyrochlore (Var.: Pyrochlore group)

Strüverite (Var.: Rutile)

'Wad'

mindat
(Arkansas/Polk County/Shady/Isom Avants Gruben)

Wavellite

Aussage auf Mindat: Lt. Shane Manley (zitiiert von James Zigras), ein langjähriger Schürfer von Quarz und Wavellit in Arkansas meint, dass es sehr unwahrscheinlich ist, dass Wavellit aus dieser Quarz-Mine stammt.
(Arkansas/Montgomery County/Norman/Mount Ida/Mount Ida Mountain Mine)

http://www.mindat.org/loc-10540.html
(Arkansas/Garland County/Avant/de Linde Mine)

'Wollastonite'

Wurtzite

Yofortierite

Zeiringite (Var.: Aragonite)

Zircon

Zircophyllite

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Rocks (Count: 29)

carbonate sediments and sedimentary rock

iron rich sedimentary rocks

lamproite

http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
(Arkansas/Pike County/Murfreesboro/Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine))

marble

metamorphic rocks and metasediments

sedimentary rocks and sediments

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Coleites reticulosus (Plummer, 1927)
1-3: Lower Paleocene (Danian), Midway, Beirne Crossroad, S. of Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas. Opposite sides and top view, x 52 (from Loeblich and Tappan, 1964).
Copyright: Loeblich & Tappan, 1987; Contribution: oliverOliver
Location: USA/Arkansas/Clark County/Gurdon/Beirne Crossroad
Fossil: Coleites reticulosus
Image: 1738535580
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Coleites reticulosus (Plummer, 1927)

1-3: Lower Paleocene (Danian), Midway, Beirne Crossroad, S. of Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas. Opposite sides and top view, x 52 (from Loeblich and Tappan, 1964).

Loeblich & Tappan, 1987

Contribution: oliverOliver 2025-02-02

FoF

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Endothyra discoidea Girty, 1915
1-5: Lower Carboniferous (Visean), Mississippian, Batesville Sandstone, Arkansas, USA. 1, 5, Equatorial sections, x 100; 2, equatorial section of lectotype, x 100; 3, 4, axial sections, x 100 (from Girty, 1915).
Copyright: Girty / Löblich & Tappan / Le Coze; Contribution: oliverOliver
Location: USA/Arkansas
Fossil: Endostaffella discoidea
Image: 1739719432
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Endothyra discoidea Girty, 1915

1-5: Lower Carboniferous (Visean), Mississippian, Batesville Sandstone, Arkansas, USA. 1, 5, Equatorial sections, x 100; 2, equatorial section of lectotype, x 100; 3, 4, axial sections, x 100 (from...

Girty / Löblich & Tappan / Le Coze

Contribution: oliverOliver 2025-02-16

FoF

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Pulsiphonina prima (Plummer, 1927)
1-3: Lower Paleocene (Danian), Midway Group, Southwest Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Opposite sides and edge view, x 185 (from Loeblich and Tappan, 1964).
Copyright: Loeblich & Tappan, 1987; Contribution: oliverOliver
Location: USA/Arkansas/Pulaski County/Little Rock/Fossilfundstelle südwestlich von Little Rock
Fossil: Pulsiphonina prima
Image: 1739126823
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Pulsiphonina prima (Plummer, 1927)

1-3: Lower Paleocene (Danian), Midway Group, Southwest Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Opposite sides and edge view, x 185 (from Loeblich and Tappan, 1964).

Loeblich & Tappan, 1987

Contribution: oliverOliver 2025-02-09

FoF

Rectoglandulina appressa Loeblich & Tappan, 1955

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Rectoglandulina appressa Loeblich & Tappan, 1955
1-4: Ozan sand, Arkansas, USA (holotype fig. 3).
Copyright: Loeblich & Tappan, 1955 / Le Coze; Contribution: oliverOliver
Location: USA/Arkansas
Fossil: Rectoglandulina appressa
Image: 1741017637
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Rectoglandulina appressa Loeblich & Tappan, 1955

1-4: Ozan sand, Arkansas, USA (holotype fig. 3).

Loeblich & Tappan, 1955 / Le Coze

Contribution: oliverOliver 2025-03-03

FoF

Fossils (Count: 21)

Loeblich and Tappan, 1964
(Arkansas/Clark County/Gurdon/Beirne Crossroad)

Endostaffella discoidea

Girty 1915
(Arkansas)

Loeblich and Tappan, 1964
(Arkansas/Pulaski County/Little Rock/Fossilfundstelle südwestlich von Little Rock)

Trilobita

Turritella

Vertebrata

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Subsidiary Pages

USA

Arkansas

Clark County

Garland County

Hot Springs Water Works

Jessieville

Ron Coleman Mine

Marble Township

Blue Mountain District

Wilson Springs

Union Carbide Vanadium Mine

East Wilson pit

North Wilson pit

Hot Spring County

Magnet Cove

Baroid Mine

National Lead Company

Diamond Jo Quarry

Heath Farm

Jones Mill Quarry

Kimzey Calcite Quarry

Kimzey Magnetite Mine

Perowskite Hill

Union Carbide Christy Vanadium Mine

Lawrence County

Marion County

Monte Cristo Mine (Monte Christo Mine)

Philadelphia Mine

Silver Hollow Valley

Silver Hollow Mine

Montgomery County

Mauldin Mountain

Mauldin Mountain Quarries

Montgomery County Quarry

Mount Ida Mountain Mine

Ocus Stanley's Mine

Pike County

Funderburk prospect

Lake Greeson, Yantis Mine

Crater of Diamonds State Park (Mauney Mine, Ozark Mine)

Polk County

Big Fork

Bigfork Wavellite prospect (Aleshire prospect)

Three Oaks Gap workings (Arena 1 prospect)

Pulaski County

Fourche Creek

Little Rock

Fossilfundstelle südwestlich von Little Rock

Sweet Home

Granite-Mountain-Komplex

Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry)

Saline County

Bland

Stand-on-Your-Head No.1 Mine

Searcy County

Sevier County

American Star Mine (May Mines; May prospect)

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Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur

Rath, G. vom (1877). Min. Mitteilungen 3. Rutil in Formen des Eisenglanzes aus dem Binnenthal und über Achtlinge des Rutils aus Arkansas. Z. Krystallogr. u. Min., 1, S.13-17.
Smith, Jr., A.E. (1988). Arkansas Min. Locality Index. Rocks & Min., Vol.63, H.2, S.104-25.
Howard, J.M. (1989). The Geology of Arkansas - The Natural State. Rocks & Min., Vol.64, H.4, S.270-76.
Barwood, H.L. & DeLinde, H. (1989). Arkansas Phosphate Minerals. Rocks & Min., Vol.64, H.4, S.294-99.
Kidwell, A.L. (1989). A Guide for the Collector - Fee-Collecting Areas in Arkansas. Rocks & Min., Vol.64, H.4, S.308-10. (gebührenpflichtige Fundstellen: Crater of Diamonds State Park, Custom Expeditions, Coleman Crystal Yard, Crystal Council Inc., Hartley Mining Co, Robins Mining Co, Ocus Stanley & Son, Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines)
Smith, Arthur E., Jr. (1996): Collecting Arkansas Minerals. L. Ream Publ., Idaho, 149 S.

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IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form)	ttLsTdGxWEafx80K81_SwA
GUID (Global unique identifier)	4DECD2B6-B1D1-4658-9FC7-CD0AF35FD2C0
Database ID	1355