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Dioptase from
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dioptase
Formula:CuSiO3 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocollaā“˜33 photos of Dioptase associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Quartzā“˜8 photos of Dioptase associated with Quartz at this locality.
Malachiteā“˜7 photos of Dioptase associated with Malachite at this locality.
Wulfenite1 photo of Dioptase associated with Wulfenite at this locality.
Goethiteā“˜1 photo of Dioptase associated with Goethite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dioptase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (35 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:213813
Long-form Identifier:1:3:213813:8
GUID (UUID V4):da31b51c-7031-4836-bc9d-92b006c6973f
Nearest other occurrences of Dioptase
3.6km (2.2 miles) ā“˜Stevens Mines Group (Stevens group of claims), Garfield Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ā“˜Monte Cristo Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ā“˜Santa Lucia Mine (Jupiter claim), Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ā“˜Cuprite group, Santa Rosa Gulch, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables 1, 2, and 3. Bideaux...listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic minerals listed...advanced degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and collected personally at many of the classic...his previous article (Rocks & Minerals 1981) on Arizona minerals. 18 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by
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RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was...May-June 2013 Contents Mineral Collecting in Arizona .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .........
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ā– Volume 51 Number 1 ā– $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877ā€“1940 .................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA ā€¢ Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright Ā© 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mineralsā€”Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~ā€¢.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Report (issue)
Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Report (issue)
itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu Ā© 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\Ā·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase, plancheite, and the rare minerals apacheite,...the American West. Arizona hosts the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren...district, Cochise County, after which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed...the richest of the Bisbee mines. The Shattuck-Arizona Mining Company paid more than $8 million in dividends...occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in large quantities
Journal (issue)
Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping; Hardcover:...mineral localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many... Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy and...Foote also made several collecting visits to the mine in 1890-1891, and brought back many good specimens...chemist and physicist). In 1895 Niven purchased the mine from its owner, on behalf of Thomas Edison. In the
Journal (issue)
Januaryā€“February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
Catalog/List
0Ā° AĀ®ATE, North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA. Polished pebble showing concentric patterns rarely... Small Ml. Ā£4 Ā£4-Ā°0 HOWLITE, Lang, California, USA. Looks like stone brains, chalklike porcelaneous...ORE, mostly GALENA, Hidden Treasures Mine, Nevadaville, Colorado, USA. Mass of pure ore body mainly galena...sulphide. RF SPC. C. Ā£4 Ā£5.00 JASPER/AGATE, Texas, USA. Polished slab of rich green and orange mixture....Ā£5.00 PETRIFIED WOOD, Quincy, Washington State, USA. Polished slab showing original wood grain structure
Book (volume)
Acanthite La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, 18 Adamite (Manganoadamite) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,...Malachite) Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 60 (on Malachite) Milipilas Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 56 (with...(with Malachite) Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, 31 Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 46 Beryl (see also...Linopolis Dist., Minas Gerais, Brazil, 37 Calcite 884 Mine, Huangpolong, near Leiping, Guangxi Prov., Prov...Prov., China, 8 (on Barite with Fluorite) Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee, 29, (on Barite) 55 (Manganocalcite)
Catalog/List
November 1999________ 1 ULEXITE, Boron, California, USA. Matrix free pure mass of tight silky unidirectional...in limonite. RF. Ml. Ā£4.00 3 AZURITE, Morenci, Arizona, USA. Pretty pocket of sparkling tiny blue xtls...GRF. Ml. Ā£4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges or cross...Ā£4.00 9 WAVELLITE, County Pit, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA. Pastel apple green radiate...xtls. GRF. Ml. Ā£5.00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIOPTASEIN ARIZONA F. W. Ger.sRArrrr AND Tnuuax H. Kunx, Unirersit't of Ari,zona, Tucson, Arizona. INrnooucrroN...INrnooucrroN Dioptase (H2CuSiO1),a mineral of comparativell'rare occurrencein the United States and previously...quantity at the Mammoth Mine of the Mammoth-St. Anthonv Lead Co., in Pinal County. DBscnrprroN or rrrp Dropresn...Dropresn The dioptase was found in a small block of ore during the mining of a stope on the 500-foot...e and dark brown descloizite. The crystals of dioptase range in size from 2 to lO mm. in length, and
Catalog/List
AURICHALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: Exceptional baby blue to deep blue...00 each AURICHALCITE - 79 MINE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona: Delicate radiating acicular... AZURITE - MORENCI MINE Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Greenlee County, Arizona: Excellent specimens...supply. CALCITE - BISBEE: Southwest Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona: AWESOME! Exquisite masses of fine...2X2 inch specimens: $5.00 each CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species
Catalog/List
S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ā–  key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (rā– -,u. .SVā€¢t- tor cr11ā€¢tā€¢J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless to...785 ADAMITE (CUPRIAN),MohawkMine, San Bernardino County, California. Nicely spaced transparent jade green
Catalog/List
azurite and malachite in Jerome, Arizona, gold in Wickenburg, Arizona, and wulfenite, mimetite and copper...copper minerals in southern Arizona. In 1996, at the urging of his father and a mineral dealer at a local...QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly difficult it is...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ...ollection County, Colorado; measures 8 nn ae from the \ slight Ā¢ Ā« nax 1g Mine : The Kevin
Catalog/List
$10.00 per specimen. BOTRYOIOAL BORN/TE: Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconļæ½in: 1.5 to 3 inch spe_cimens...internet sites earlier this week at $25.00 each!! Mine are only $7.00 each while they last! WHITEPINEM...Seaman Mineraļæ½ Museum in Houghtoļæ½, ļæ½ichigan. ļæ½he mine is now closed! These aro very nice crystalline copper...patina from the last operating commercial copper mine in Michigan! Priced at $3.00, $6.00, $10.00, and...size. COPPER/SILVER "HALFBREEOS'ļæ½ Calumet and Hecia Mine, Lal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universitesi] at 20:25 14 March 2016 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico T here once was a time when...originating at what was then known only as the Blanchard mine, Bingham, New Mexico. Oh, for those simpler times...fine brochantite from the abovementioned Blanchard mine has been selected for this issue. Brochantite, a...sparingly at the old Loudville mines, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and as coatings of tiny crystals...crystals at the Chimney Rock quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey. Dark emerald-green, acicular brochantite
Report (issue)
THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BY w-ALDEMAR LINDGREN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ā€¢ ā€¢ Arizona-Copper Company _......... _. _. _. _... ___ .................................... ~-........ 65 Morenci shales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Dioptase .................................. --~- ..ā€¢. ...metamorphism............................... 126 The Morenci contact zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Catalog/List
SCEPTER QUARTZ Denny Mountain, King Co., Washington, USA A raspberry Quartz Scepter from Denny Mountain with...Quarry, St Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York, USA A lustrous Quartz scepter with two doubly- terminated...HERKIMER QUARTZ ā€˜DIAMONDā€™ Herkimer Co., New York, USA Unusual flat, tabular variety of ā€˜Herkimer Diamondā€™...WATER-CLEAR QUARTZ ā€˜DIAMONDā€™ Herkimer Co., New York, USA Large, single, water clear ā€˜Herkimer Diamondā€™ with...$200-$250 53009ā€ƒā€‚ SMOKEY QUARTZ Herkimer Co., New York, USA Very large smokey ā€˜Herkimer Diamondā€™ Quartz that
 
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