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Opal from
Sulphur Springs, Soufriere, Saint Lucia


Locality type:Hot Springs
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sulphur Springs, Soufriere, Saint Lucia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1221499
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1221499:8
GUID (UUID V4):f4d639b1-3cc2-43fe-93eb-ac6e035d1b28
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
65.7km (40.8 miles) Savane des Pétrifications, Sainte-Anne, Arrondissement of Le Marin, Martinique, France
78.1km (48.5 miles) Anse à l'Âne, Les Trois-Îlets, Arrondissement of Le Marin, Martinique, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in an acid-sulphate geothermal field: Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia Timothy J. Barrett, Erouscilla P. Joseph...in an acid-sulphate geothermal field: Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia. Chemge (2018), doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo...in an acid-sulphate geothermal field: Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia 1 2 IP T Timothy J. Barrett and...P. Joseph) ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Abstract Sulphur Springs is a vigorous geothermal field associated with...with the Soufrière Volcanic Centre in southern Saint Lucia. Intensely altered rocks occur over an area of
Book
development. A second phase involved the evaluation of the opal deposits of the State. In several areas, reported...of common opal and to be of little economic significance. However, in one area, precious opal deposits...n1onitoring volcanic activity and for identifying hot springs. Airborne side­ looking radar can be used to produce...subterranean heat, as shown by the presence of hot springs and vulcanism, '"'hen isothern1al surfaces bulge...Geothermal power in St Lucia Investigations into geothermal power in St Lucia have been jointly carried
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Serandite and analcime, Demix quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Cana­ da. Canadian Museum of Nature...Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy Acanthite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, 101 Alabama Mineral Locality Index...Index, L . S. Dean, 320-33 Alabandite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, 101 Albite, Colorado, 49 Allanite,...Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, 101 Annite, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, 101 Anorthoclase, Mont Saint-Hilaire...Quebec, 101 72 ROCKS & MINERALS Antimony, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, 101 Aapatite—A Remarkable Fluorescent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
- Minerals of the Wilson Springs Vanadium Mines POTASH SULPHUR SPRINGS, ARKANSAS J. MICHAEL HOWARD...Owens collection 154 ROCKS & MINERALS Sulphur Springs was taken by William H. Lewis in 1844. By 1855...1878, Fairchild built a two-story hotel near the springs. About 1880, one of Fairchild's three daughters... Woodcock, who then assumed management of the springs. By 1890, under Woodcock's direction, the grounds...About this time, the name Sulphur Springs was changed to Potash Sulphur Springs, and the spring water was
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR LISTS AND ANALYSES OF THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF THE UNITED STATES / [A PRELIMINARY STUDY]......................... .............. Mineral springs ................... .................................................................. Mineral springs........ ............._................................................... ....... 18 Mineral springs... . . ......... . ........................ Analyses........... . . . ...................... Mineral springs...............................................
Report (issue)
“limonite” (near Robertstown, Australia); “opal”, sanidine (Wilson Springs mine, Arkansas, USA). Distribution:...Australia. In the USA, from the Wilson Springs (Potash Sulphur Springs) mine, Garland Co., Arkansas; in the...(1995) Minerals of the Wilson Springs vanadium mines, Potash Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Rocks & Minerals
Report (issue)
Area of surface expression. Areal extent of hot springs, hot spring deposits, or surface alteration are...measurements. Areas are not reported for single springs or wells or where the data is insufficient to indicate...geotherraal system: hot springs, geysers, fumaroles, and acid sulfate springs. Associated deposits. Lists...Number of springs. , Spring temperature. , and Discharge (L/MIN). The number of thermal springs issuing...discharge (liters per minute) of all the thermal springs and wells in the system. Number of wells. , Well
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Except for a few mineral claims in the Potash Sulphur Springs, sec. 17, T . 3 S., R . 18 W., is the location...Carbide Company, about 5 miles southeast of Hot Springs. Here a series of igneous rocks has intruded the...oxidized zone of the deposits. A t Potash Sulphur Springs the strengite occurs in pink to tan, micro-botryoidal... but a yellow variety has been found near Hot Springs. Foster and Schaller ( 1 9 6 6 ) and Holt ( 1 9...Coon Creek locality. wavellite at Potash Sulphur Springs occurs as light green drusy coatings on fractures
Report (issue)
Thermal Springs of the United States and Other Countries of the WorldA Surnrnary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ... PROFESSIONAL PAPER 492 THERMAL SPRINGS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD OLD...photographer of the Hayden Survey, 1870- 79 Thermal Springs of the United States and Other Countries of the...133 134 136 137 137 138 Description of thermal springs-Continued Africa_________________________________________...Minor islands-Kerguelen, Reunion, Rodriguez, and Saint PauL ______________ -- __ -_-----Asia__________
Report (issue)
in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia range, sxuth of ]\Ionterey. San Bernardino County...mined 3. here, but Orthorhombic. Sulphur yellow — Yellow sulphur color. is iu small Resinous common...common is now produced. SULPHUR. Native .sulphur, Common none crystal luster. II S. coatings...incrustations. G = 2. in the vicinity of geysers, hot springs and volcanoes as sublimations from the emitted...and copper mines are utilized. On the banks of Sulphur Creek solfataric action has produced fine crystallized
Book (edition)
Mineral Springs.—What are Mineral Springs—General Lo¬ cation—Gas Springs—Iron SpringsSulphur Springs—Alum...Springs—Alum Springs—Epsom Springs—Salt Springs—Warm Springs— Artesian Wells and Oil Wells, and Where to Bore for...the odor of rotten eggs ; by roasting gives off sulphur-fumes ; infusible alone, but on charcoal at a high...cut or broken; when heated gives off fumes of sulphur and antimony, affording a button of silver; dissolved...on red-hot iron, evaporates, giving off odor of sulphur; rubbed on copper, “ silvers ” it; gravity 9
Report (issue)
in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia Range south of Monterey. Riverside County: Flakes...been mined here. NATIVE ELEMENTS 19 SULPHUR Native sulphur, S. Pyramidal an* thick tabular crystals... incrusting, and greenish-yellow. in Yellow sulphur and volcanoes. — is common It is also — ...geysers, hot springs found in gypsum beds, and in association with borax. Alpine County: Sulphur occurs... the banks of Sulphur Creek solfataric action masses and granular coatings of sulphur, sometimes in
Report (issue)
SULPHUR AND PYR1TE. A SULPHUR DEPOSIT IN THE SAN RAFAEL CANYON, UTAH. By FRANK L. HESS. The sulphur deposit...a number of springs carrying large volumes of hydrogen sulphide gas from which the sulphur has probably...upper Carboniferous age. At the point where the sulphur deposit under consideration occurs the canyon widens...approached in coming up the canyon the existence of the springs is indicated a mile or more away by the odor of...GEOLOGY, 1911, PART I. so far by the breeze. At the springs the river flows near the south side of the canyon
Report (issue)
15 cents. 32. Lists and Analyses of the Mineral Springs of the United States; a Preliminary Study, bv Albert...geology of the Clear VII. Descriptive geology of Sulphur 226 233 region 251 VIII. Descriptive geology...291 XI. Descriptive geology of the Steamboat Springs district XII. Descriptive geology of the Oathill...the Map Lake district. Bank district. of the Sulphur map of the region of Clear Lake. map of the Kuoxville...Geological New Almaden map mine. of the Steamboat Springs district. XI 7 TJFIVE1 PREFACE. The field
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Barrande, J., Bohemian Cephalopoda, 322. Bath, Hot Springs of, 174. —— Natural History and Antiquarian Clubs...Colliery Explosions, 106. DAW Collingwood, C, Sulphur Springs of Formosa, 420. Concretions, Banded and Brecciated...of Norfolk and Kent, 29. Crickitt, R. E., Hot Springs of Bath, 174. Crinoidea, 16. Crookesite, 528. Crustacea...Struggle for existence amongst Plants, 415. Hot Springs of Bath, 174. Hughes, T. M'K., On the Break between...Oligocene Deposit in Hungary, 211. AIN and Rivers, 412. Opal, Treatise on, 214. Reliquiae Aquitanicse, 321. Oppel
Book
Sevier County........................... Potash Sulphur Springs, Garland County........... Bauxite, Saline...there are many shops in the Mount Ida and Hot Springs areas. ix Although you can collect in Arkansas...sold to visitors who came to the resorts at Hot Springs. As “water cures” became less popular in the early...crystal at fair prices. Most dealers in the Hot Springs and Mount Ida areas sell by what they call wholesale...tals includes ankerite, calcite, dickite, cookeite, opal, wavellite, planerite, variscite, turquoise, goethite
Report (issue)
and the rest of the name: Adams, Mount Ann, Lake Saint Louis, Bay Woods, Lake of the. Definite-form names...MAPS OF FLORIDA (ALL WATER)2 ALACHUA ALEXANDER SPRINGS ALFORD ALFORD SE ALLANTON ALLENTOWN ALLIGATOR BAY...BASINGER NW BASINGER SW BAY KEYS BAY LAKE BAY SPRINGS BAYARD BAYHEAD BAYPORT BAYWOOD BEACHTON BEACON...BOCA CHICA KEY BOCA RATON BOKEELIA BONIFAY BONITA SPRINGS BOSTWICK BOULOGNE BOWLING GREEN BOYD BRADENTON...CAMPBELLTON CANTONMENT CAPE CANAVERAL CAPE ROMANO CAPE SAINT GEORGE CAPE SAN BLAS CAPTIVA CARD SOUND CARRABELLE
Book (volume)
............................51 Arkansas – Hot Springs Co. Magnet Cove Site Map ..............................................104 Colorado – Colorado Springs Area Site Map .............................................................230 Maryland – Rock Springs Area Map .........................................................374 North Carolina – Rainbow Springs Area Map ..........................................566 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................572 Appendix
Book (edition)
Flagging stone. the valley from Bucksville to Saint Clair Springs, and at Pratt's ferry, on Cahaba river. Sandstone...schistose rocks. Not mined, except locally. Near Sulphur Springs station, De Kalb county. Mined ex tensively...Jackson counties. Murphree's valley, from Village Springs north eastward on both sides of the valley, beds...Clement's mill, in Tuscaloosa county, to Village Springs, Blount county, and Springville, St. Clair county...Centreville, Bibb county, northeast through Shelby and Saint Clair counties to Gads den, in Etowah county. Furnace
Report (issue)
yon-mctals. Metals. Gold. Diamond. Graphite. Sulphur. Platinum. Gold amalgam. Iridium. Bismuth ...in the limestones and metamorphics of the Santa Lucia range, south of Monterey. Riverside County Flakes... Native sulphur, — Common color. Refractive indices: oc in is now produced. SULPHUR. 3. Orthorhombic...Orthorhombic. Sulphur yellow none here, but small S. crystal coatings H= —2.5 Resinous luster...blue flame. Yellow sulphur is common in the vicinity of geysers, hot springs and volcanoes as sublimations
Book (volume)
..467 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................473 Appendix...⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped hill, a... pegmatite gems and minerals. OPELIKA, SE, in springs area fields, road cuts, banks, etc., especially...LIMESTONE COUNTY ATHENS: NW 18½ mi. on Hwy. 99 to Good Springs, then S on Hwy. 26, go a mile to Dobbins Branch...area⎯Amethyst with agate and Quartz. HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT, S of Hot Springs Dome, in basalt dike⎯Cobalt bloom
Book (volume)
..469 Appendix D - The Various names & Forms of Opal .......................................475 Appendix...⎯agate (Alabama Blue moss), silicified wood. WALKER SPRINGS, SE 3 mi., near summit of a flat-topped hill, a... pegmatite gems and minerals. OPELIKA, SE, in springs area fields, road cuts, banks, etc., especially...LIMESTONE COUNTY ATHENS: NW 18½ mi. on Hwy. 99 to Good Springs, then S on Hwy. 26, go a mile to Dobbins Branch...area⎯Amethyst with agate and Quartz. HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT, S of Hot Springs Dome, in basalt dike⎯Cobalt bloom
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minerals classed as "ores," the ant pony, te Hoimn, sulphur, prominent in Colorado. Compounds of >* with metalloids...Norte; on the Kio Grande, above Fir Creek at Idaho Springs. Aracjoxitk.— Occurring in ; * Rep. U. S...veins, is very compact and brittle. Occurs in springs near the summit of the Book Cliffs j Canyon City...La Plata, near Bonlder, at Golden, at Colorado Springs, Front Range at Oafion, near Pueblo and Trinidad...900 1. 341 Four analyses of coal from Colorado Springs presented the following average result Water Mixed
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. Lolo Hot Springs Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....s to n e 212 63 Range Absaroka White Sulphur Springs 10 Great Falls Bozeman 287 28 Helena.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 47.Warm Springs Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...icecapped peaks of Glacier to the spurting hot springs of Yellowstone, Montana encompasses vast areas...form of chalcedony that is very closely related to opal. In eastern Montana, agate is relatively common
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(crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite VILLAGE SPRINGS, Blount Co. Hematite WOODS COPPER MINE, Cloaburne...MOUNTAINS, E. Slopo, Mohave Co. N.W. of Kingman Opal CALUMET, Cochise Co., 3 ml. N. of Dragoon. ClIRYSOFRASB... PHOENIX, East of Barite PICKET POST, Pinal Co. Opal PEUBLO VIEJO Alabaster RED ROCK MINE, Pima Co. ♦Fluorspar...Olivine SANTA CRUZ, (2 Miles S.W.of), Santa Cruz Co. Opal SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS, Santa Cruz Co. Agate SHANNON...Garnet SILVER KING MINE, Pinal Co. Baritf. SULPHUR SPRINGS Alabaster SWANSEA Copper THREE R MINE, Santa
 
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