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Common Opal from
White Rock Mine, Chinese Station, Tuolumne County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal var: Common Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Resin Opalⓘ1 photo of Common Opal associated with Resin Opal at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Common Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view White Rock Mine, Chinese Station, Tuolumne County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:940940
Long-form Identifier:1:3:940940:8
GUID (UUID V4):f713b94b-2095-4b41-ad52-f8e91344a9a9
References
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M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
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] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
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............................................ California................................................about 1,250,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement was five times the combined production and...than 86,000,000 barrels. The production of natural rock cement and the imports of foreign cement are so...mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,... Little Rock Board of Trade Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
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colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...accurate detail and with many color and black-and-white illustrations, it describes the chemical composition...to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ay Derek... 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : i mine in. q)! Y eit iia -...commerce. Coarser gemstones, or those which are rock-like in character or abundance, are treated in still
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin
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sawable diamonds (average 2 ct) from Ellendale diamond mine (courtesy Kimberley Diamond Company) Contents............................................... 97 Rock crystal, citrine, and smoky quartz in Western Australia............................. 108 Chapter 13 Opal 109 Opal — gemstone properties .................................................................. 109 Opal terminology ........................................................................ 110 Precious opal in Western Australia ..........................
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...areas of drainage in 336 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the Untied States townships of Franklin
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 1996 Second...Second Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page.............................................39 California ...............................................................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Ohio .............
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2005 Third Edition...Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...63125 December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page.............................................39 California ...............................................................333 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ........
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Collected By: Robert C. Beste, PG 2014 Fourth...Fourth Edition A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union...printing December, 1996 ii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Table of Contents Page.............................................49 California ...............................................................389 iii A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States Page Ohio ........
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington MA 01803, USA First published 1962 Second edition 1970 Third edition...22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Spodumene Quartz Opal Turquoise Lapis Lazuli Jade – Geology and Mineralogy...Mineralogy The Natural Glasses Marble Less Common Species Synthetic Gemstones Composite Gemstones Gemstone...Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and the USA, making this a truly international collaboration...Gemstones’ becoming ‘Colour and Colour Enhancement’, and ‘Opal’ xiii Preface to the Fifth Edition being extracted
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expanded to include additional occurrences of emerald, opal, agate, chalcedony, organic gems, tiger eye jasper................................... 95 Gem-quality rock crystal, citrine, and smoky quartz in Western Australia............................. 107 Chapter 10 Opal 109 Opal properties.............................................................................. 109 Opal terminology......................................................................... 110 Precious opal in Western Australia...........................
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...dikes ranking with those in Maine and Southern California for their production of gems and minerals. The...instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...beds, excavations, etc.ï‚ŸSelenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...ï‚Ÿgray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States NEBRASKA This rectangular Great Plains state rises...overlooks both Colorado and Wyoming. The subsurface rock strata of the entire state are all undisturbed sedimentaries:...borderland from Sheridan Co. to the Wyoming line is good rock hunting country, especially along the southern slopes...breaks of the White River north of Crawford in Dawes Co. and the rather extensive rock beds east of the... The Sandhills Museum in town is well worth the rock hunter’s visit. Draws, cuts and breaks in the hills
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Development and Mining Activity in Southern « California during the year 1937 Geologic Branch Current...Gold and Petroleum in California Special Articles Gem Minerals of California Lapidary Art 7 7 7
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Sedimentary Rocks Part II. Fossils Part III. Minerals Common Minerals Metallic Minerals Part IV. Gems Acknowledgments...and leave scars that “heal.” A rock balanced precariously atop another rock will not remain for long; eventually...for heat and pressure that altered the preexisting rock. The boundaries may even be fuzzy or under dispute...there is a rockhounding title in the FalconGuide Rock-hounding series for all the important states or...was organized with beginners in mind. The most common rocks are listed first, with a table to help you
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THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
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describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...a precise explanation of how to recognize the rock formations in which gems occur. in The tabular...1 2 How fun to hunt for gems to identify 3 Rock formations How which gems occur 1 21 stone...that comes from opening a nodule or a pocket in rock and being the first to see a sparkling crystal fresh...dust. A stones are as hard as or harder than common mineral which softer stone is silica, everywhere
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN Famous mineral...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Easy-to-understand instructions for recognizing rock formations; glossary. How to identify gem minerals...is a precise explanation of h< to recognize the rock formation* which gems occur. The tabular Gem ...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett... contents fun to hunt for gems 1. It's 2. How 3. Rock formations 4. How 5. Characteristics of important
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producing a volume which will answer many of the more common, general, and perplexing questions about quartz...catalogue geographically a mineral as widespread and common as quartz would require a fairly complete gazetteer...Northwestern University; John Melhase, Berkeley, California; E. Mitchell Gunnell, University of Missouri;...of Natural History; WilHam Pitts, Sunny \^le, California; D. H. Newland, New York State Museum; Prof....subvarieties of amorphous quartz, including the part on opal; Mr. Dake's many years of experience as editor of
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are exceptions to these two categories— precious opal, turquoise and jade are regarded as true gem minerals...ornamental minerals. Many minerals occur in both common and gem varieties. The beryl family includes the...the gemstones aquamarine and emerald. But common green, yellow or brown opaque beryl, which is found in...minerals such as quartz, which itself is the most common of all minerals, and members of other groups of...conditions, are the source of precious opal, including the famous black opal of Lightning Ridge. Metamorphic
 
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