| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Prehnite |
| Formula: | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Comments: | Excellent well-terminated white prehnite crystals to 5 mm occur in veinlets. |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Prehnite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Towle "Gold" mine, Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 530917 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:530917:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 65a1d536-ca5e-48c5-b2b6-bb164a9b8637 |
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 | | Report (issue) | | been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town...Indian minerals 25 The discovery Borax 28 of gold in California 30 Crestmore 36 Pegmatite gem...The bibliography has been updated and expanded. County lists published by Collins (1) pp. 40-64, in Murdoch...rhyolite locality in Alameda County and the lawsonite type locality Marin County, which have been completely...natural bounties of this region. Mineral riches gold and silver, mainly were among the chief attractions |  | | Report (issue) | | Aboriginal and Indian minerals 13 Tlie discovery of gold in California 16 Borax 18 Crestmore Pegmatite...tribes in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County in pre-historic times. The old workings here were...stone hammers, and called his claim the Stone Hammer mine. This find aroused so much interest that the San...circumstance the location was named the Stone Hammer mine. "The State Slining Bureau reported at about the...east of Lindsay, Tulare County near mouth of Carrizo Gorge, San Diego County west side of Williams Valley |
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Towle "Gold" mine, Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, USA