A new source of gem-quality cordierite and corundum in the Laramie Range of southeastern Wyoming.

From: Rocks & Minerals | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: Hausel, W. Dan | Copyright information

In 1995 field reconnaissance in the central Laramie Range of southeastern Wyoming led to the discovery of a new source of gem- and near-gem-quality cordierite and corundum (fig. 1). The cordierite is hosted by quartzofeldspathic gneiss; the corundum is found in nearby chlorite-biotite schist and micakyanite gneiss.

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These gneisses and schists occur near the margin of the Elmers Rock greenstone belt, an Archean (> 2.5 Ga) synformal belt of am...

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