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Opal from
Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile


Locality type:Mine
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 Alcaparrosa Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1243223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1243223:9
GUID (UUID V4):f42cff20-6bfd-401f-bf2c-4cc467639b9c
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘChuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘSanta Ana Mine (Chapacase Mine), María Elena, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta, Chile
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Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa, Antofagasta region, Chile. 3.392 (100), 3.532...13.36 50.83 17.6 100.73 (1) Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile; average of 5 electron microprobe... rhomboclase, yavapaiite, voltaite, opal; on botryogen and opal: tamarugite, alum-(K), pickeringite,...the Alcaparrosa mine, north side of Cerro Alcaparrosa, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile. Name:...H2O, a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile. Eur. J. Mineral., 28, 1005-1017
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
18H2O, a new mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Antofagasta region, Chile NIKITA V. CHUKANOV1,*, SERGEY...discovered in the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerro Alcaparrosa, El Loa province, Antofagasta region, Chile, in two associations...rhomboclase, yavapaiite, voltaite and opal, and the other one is botryogen, opal, tamarugite, alum-(K), pickeringite...structure; oxidation zone; Alcaparrosa mine; Chile. Antofagasta region, Chile. Additional material was...collected at the same locality in January 2016. The Alcaparrosa polymetallic sulïŹde deposit consists of a series
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Koashva open pit of the Vostochnyi apatite mine, Khibiny, with aegirine, microcline, lamprophyllite...sulfide from the El Guanaco gold deposit, Antofagasta Province, Chile. Neues Jahrbuch fĂŒr Mineralogie– Abhandlungen...related to covellite, was discovered at in the Chilena mine at the El Guanaco Au deposit (25°06â€Č22″S 69°32â€Č10″W)...Atacama desert ~100 km ENE of Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Chile. The El Guanaco is an epithermal deposit...Archaean Karonie gold deposit, Eastern Goldfields province, Western Australia. The gold deposits are predominantly
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALOGY OF THREE SULPHATE DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE* Moss' Menr C. BaNov, HaraardUniaersity,Combri'd'ge...Chuquicamata, euerena, and Alcaparrosa, three sulphate deposits near calama, in Northern chile. The sulphate and...of these minerals are known only from northern chile and twelve are known only from these three deposits...mineralogy of Chuquicamata, euetena and. Alcaparrosa in Northern chile forms the basis of this paper. The writer...the deposits in the field. rn 1935 he returned to chile in behalf of Harvard University and the United States
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‱~chweiz CHF 10,50 Rhodochrosit von der Wutong-Mine, China ‱ Seltene Phosphate und Vanadate von Emmerichswalde...Tucson-Show 2013 10 Rhodochrosit von der Wutong-Mine in China 18 Seltene Phosphate und Vanadate von...Rhodochrosit-Stufen der Welt, die aus der Wutong-Mine stammen. Und aus Tucson haben dieses Mal unsere...Bergkristall, Turmalin, Lapis-Lazuli, Amethyst, Opal,Aventurin ... dies sind nur einige Edelsteine, aus...Duftite aus der Ojuela Mine/ Mexiko,herrliche Jakobsite aus der N'Chwaning Mine in SĂŒdafrika, blaue Coelestine
Book (edition)
MINE andtheir LOCALITIES JAN H. BERNARD AND JAROSLAV HYRSL INERALS DESCRIBED SINCE 2004 MINERALS...dist., China Fluomatromicrolite, x 25111111, Naipa mine, Mozambique Daliranite, 5111111, Zarshouran Au-As...Czech Rep. Juangodoyite, 60111111, Santa Rosa mine, Chile Back cover photo: Ho/fertile on hematite, 5 111111...Veta Negra, Chile Page 2: Anorpiment on D!piment pseudomo,phs after realga,; 75 mm, Palomo mine, Pen, Page...CCM CM DANR EJM JMPS MM MP NJMA ZRMO Republic province prefecture county departement departamento
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silica polymorph minerals (cristobalite, tridymite, opal and quartz), elements (HFSEs) like Zr, Nb, Y and...system, is that the selected element from this Alcaparrosa areas of AGS have contained anomalous concentrations...the AGS are mainly located at Los Azufres and Alcaparrosa, the two major zones separated by about 1,750...(EAC-1) at Los Azufres and the bubbling spring at Alcaparrosa are predominantly altered, and according to our...area of the bubbling acid–sulphate springs at Alcaparrosa (see Figure 1). Out of the total 40 rocks collected
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polished, 70 mm, Anjanabonoina, Madagaskar, G Page 5: Opal - fire, polished, 50 mm, Mezezo, Ethiopia, G Page...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and oblast (Russia). The country names are...the revolution in 1997. Its mineral rich Katanga province was renamed Shaba by Mobutu, and is now the Katanga
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unstable and AgCl exsolves on standing.^^ Tarapacd, Chile, associated with Sylvite 7 Ref. 1. 015 Goldschmidt...various sulfates in the nitrate deposits of Tarapaca, Chile, and similarly in Peru. In the United States sylvite...large amounts at many places in Chile, as at Caracoles in Antofagasta, the Huantajaya district in Tarapaca...Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, Poorman mine, where masses weighing many pounds were especially...Finistere, France. Found abundantly at Chanarcillo, Chile (megabromite, iodembolite, pt.) associated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
264. Alunit v. Santorin, E i n s c h l ĂŒ s s e im Opal 279. A m a r a n t i t v . A n t o f a g a s t a...regulĂ€res, Darst. 257. Castanit, neues Sulfat v. Sierra Gorda, Anal. 160. Cerussit v. Mies, Vork., Krystallf...krystallographische 601. Copiapit v. Chile, Vork. 183. Copiapit v. Tierra Amarilla, Chile, Anal. 147. Coquimbit v...v. Tierra Amarilla, Chile, Anal. 147. Cordierit, Aend. d. Brech.-Exp. m . d . T e m per. 299. · Cordierit-Einschluss...in Basalt v . F u l d a 149. Cotunnit v. d. Sierra Gorda, Vork. 183. Cronstedtit, kryst.-opt. Kig. 432
Journal (issue)
Neufund in Missouri, USA: Calcite aus der Sweetwater Mine 16 Zwillingsbildungen , Epitaxien und Pseudomorphosen...Destinezit-Kristalle und andere seltene Sulfate von Mejillones, Chile 73 ACHAT-MAGAZIN Tucson 2012 - von Johann Zenz...Marokko - dieses Mal keine Achate 85 Die Fallen Tree Mine, Oregon, USA 89 Strandachate von der Pazifik-KĂŒste...seltenen Destinezit-Kristalle aus Mejillones in Chile, die 2011 gefunden wurden (siehe dazu auch den Artikel...2012 geplant. Foto Bode. Rhodochrosit,N'Chwaning-Mine, SĂŒdafrika - zu sehen in Lörrach. cUROMIN 2012
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O)2, a new hydrophobic Ti4+ sulfate from Alcaparrosa, Chile. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(4), 851–861....mineral from the Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile. Alcaparrosaite...Alcaparrosaite is named for the locality, the Alcaparrosa mine. Three cotype specimens are deposited in the...The first Cr-dominant amphibole from the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan...discovered in a chromitite deposit in the Akaishi Mine, Higashi-Akaishi Mountain, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
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org/details/geologyofchile0000unse The Geology of Chile ‱ The Geologica l Society of London Books Editorial...T. & GIBBO, s, W . (eds) 2007 . The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society, London. CHARRIER, R., PINTO...the Andean Orogeo in Chile. Jn: MORENO, T. & GrnsoNs, W. (eds) The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society...Society, London, 21-114. The Geology of Chile EDITED BY TERESA MORENO Earth Sciences Institute 'J aume...\ii . Grosjean 13. Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama De<,crt. W. Gibbons & -1. Moreno
Book (volume)
Lavrion, Greece (6) and Cu-poor adamite from Ojuela mine, Mexico (7) IR spectra of acid salts (silicates...Locality: Salar de Carcote deposit, El Loa province, Antofagasta, Chile. Description: Colourless crystal from...borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta province, Argentina (type locality). Description: Colourless...Bandylite 27 CuB(OH)4F Locality: Palestina, Atacama, Chile. Description: Blue crystals from the association...Arsenato-Borates Sussexite 29 Mn2+BO2(OH) Locality: Gonzen mine, Sargans, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Description:
Journal (issue)
...103 by M. Hansen The libethenite zone, Burra mine, South Australia .................................92-meter level,” though all other measurements in the mine will be converted. In short, English units will...worked in the Surveyor’s Department at the Geevor tin mine (Pendeen, Cornwall), and with Consolidated Goldfields...in Redfield, Iowa, to begin the long journey to Chile. The diary o f his three-month expedition in search...that might be compared to the pampa of northern Chile was the Cerros de Sal of Atacama. The ground must
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Vesuvius, Italy (12, column 2) and SEMSEYITE, Julcani mine, Huancavelica, Peru (#3, column 2). Color, page...opalescence Somewhat pearly luster such as shown by some opal. opaque Property of being impervious to visible...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuernrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely... Silver Plun1e district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise n1ine, Dolores...Juab County, and with austinite at the Gold Hill mine, Tooele County, Utal1; in Inyo, San Bernardino,
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ĂŒber die schichtgebundene Pb-Zn LagerstĂ€tte in der Sierra de Aguilar, Provinz Jujuy. Zeitschrift fĂŒr Geologie...47 Localidades: determinada opticamente en: 1- Sierra de FiambalĂĄ, Catamarca (1). Fue mencionada en un...cromita, magnetita, ilmenita, heazlewoodita. 2- Sierra de Cumichango, La Rioja (2). En cuerpos ultrabĂĄsicos...ultrabĂĄsica y la escama de alto metamorfismo de la Sierra de FiambalĂĄ, provincia de Catamarca. Revista de...Symposium of Andean and Antartic volcanogenic problems. Chile. (4)- Angelelli, V., Brodtkorb, M.K. de, Gordillo
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Broken Hill, New South Wales; Chanarcillo, Atacama, Chile; and in the states of Guanajuato and Chihuahua,...Keweenaw area of north Michigan; at the Copper Queen mine, Bisbee, Arizona and at Georgetown, New Mexico....crystals from Landsberg, W. Germany; and Coquimbo, Chile. Diamond C The transparent, crystalline form of...areas including Kimberley, Pretoria (the Premier mine is in this area), and Jagersfontein in the Orange...Orange Free State. Also found in Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Zaire, Botswana, South-West Africa, Angola
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extent of producing diffraction patterns (e.g., opal), (2) metamict materials that were crystalline at...few materials by X-ray diffraction order (e.g., opal). Lattice constants are generally derived es be...fibrous minerals Columbite, wolframite Quartz Opal, some yellow varieties of sphalerite Nepheline Tale...British Columbia NF Labrador (part of Newfoundland Province) MB Manitoba NB New Brunswick NF Newfoundland...Spotsylvania Co., and Partridge mine, Orange Co., VA, and at Dahlonega, GA; Homestake mine, Lawrence Co., SD; Silver
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the stratified structure of feldspars. Precious opal exhibits a brilliant play of colours called opalescence...thick plates of rock crystal - a, smoky quartz - b, opal - c, and jasper - d .. ffffJ.t.i1!!}~{{tt1tWiiP{:...displaying numerous microscopic inclusions, such as opal and cordierite. Pearly lustre - typical of transparent...may be distinguished: - conchoidal (eg quartz or opal); - uneven (eg arsenopyrite or pyrite); - hackly...atomic structure are rare and are called amorphous (opal). Apart from their chemistry, the crystal form is
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfenite, San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) ameihyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...rnodochrosite, N’Chwaning mine, South Africa; (lower left, center) wulfenite, Red Cloud mine, Arizona; (lower...Pe Wr * se vat © C6 tad GAa Snive Sr Certain Mine (ax agry wh Oe ee — SS 4 eae wid Bharce ©...opalescence Somewhat pearly luster such as shown by some opal. opaque Property of being impervious to visible...ye ty a ara id (ean Âź “1 le hI AAP : oo A Mine seh Ranier “i i : lever vei ekealps ; cet
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K(U02)As04*3H20, Tet. Vitreous yellow. Fuemrole mine, Temple Mt., Emery Co., Utah, USA. H= 2-3, Djjj=...brownish-yellow, green, white, etc. Chanarcillo, Chile. H= 3.5, Djj4= 4.434, Dq= 4.45, VHB 04. Friedel...grey, bluish-grey, yellow, light green. Langban mine, Filipstad (near), Varmland, Sweden. H= 5, Djjj=3...5As30ig, E Rhom. Translucent blue-green. Terres mine, St. Ausdell, Cornwall, England and/or Johanngeorgenstadt...804)3 ‱nH20, ¼ Hex. Transparent bluish. Lapis-lazuli mine, Sar-e-Sang, Badakshan, Afghanistan. H= 5.5-6, Djj4=
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illustrated Encyclopedi of the World’s Rocks and Mine re L A R E N MI OF THE WORLD Rudolf Duda and...the stratified structure of feidspars. Precious opal exhibits a brilliant play of colours called opalescence...thick plates of rock crystal — a, smoky quartz — b, opal — c, and jasper —d Transparent minerals — when...displaying numerous microscopic inclusions, such as opal and cordierite. Pearly lustre — typical of transparent...may be distinguished: — conchoidal (eg quartz or opal); — uneven (eg arsenopyrite or pyrite); — hackly
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Morocco; (center, left) wulfen ite San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico; (center) amethyst, Veracruz, Mexico;...Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning mine, Sou th A frica; {lower left, center) wulfenite...opalescence Somewhat pearly luster such as sho,vn by some opal. opaque Property of being impervious to visible...coating fractures in sandstone at the Fuemrol No. 2 mine, Temple Mountain, Emery County, Utah; also sparsely...district, and at the Little Emma mine, Clear Creek County; at the Enterprise mine, Dolores County; at the Double
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1000° Mots inc. Native Gold on Quartz, Paymaster mine, South Porcupine, Ontario / Photo by Brian Boyle...Marquis imprimeur inc. Barite on Quartz, Rock Candy mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer...Mayer Publisher Pyromorphite, Society Girl mine, Moyie, British Columbia / Photo by Ken Mayer Mineralogical... Ontario Canada Diopside on Grossular, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec / Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil...including amateur col- lectors, company executives, mine owners, and vari- in the appropriate position.
 
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