Hi, folks–
The following is from the Internet mail-list rocks-and-fossils. Anyone have
an answer for this fellow? –Doug
Subject: Colorado Anatase Date: 16-Dec-93 at 12:19 From:
INTERNET:prichard@heidelberg.edu
Does anyone out there know of the anatase locality in Gunnison County,
Colorado? It is mentioned in Dana and more recent texts and collecting guides
as a locality for large, well-formed anatase crystals. I have been there and
found not single large complete crystal, though large incomplete crystals
bounded by cleavage surfaces are common. I am interested in writing a small
article on this locality, and would like to measure and draw the supposed
well-formed crystals. I found a few in the 2 mm size range. Do you know of
larger ones? Museums in Denver, at Harvard, and the Smithsonian all report that
they only have incomplet crystals.
R. Peter Richards prichard@heidelberg.edu