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Topaz from
Opportunity Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Opportunity Mine, Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:148954
Long-form Identifier:1:3:148954:5
GUID (UUID V4):52671c50-906e-48a0-8bea-e428117b791e
References
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Book (edition)
COLO RAD O GEM T RAILS t.lilky quartz crystals, Ow-ay. Katherine H . Jensen. AND MINERAL GUID E RICHARD...MILEAGE L OGS. REVISED EDITION Revised Edition, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE HICllAHD :--1. PEARL...an extensive ¥em and mineral collecting tour 01 Colorado, revealing the interesting places where Nature...Swallow, Publisher) 2679 South York Street Denver, Colorado 80210 - , =· - ·, BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL...PEARL Exploring Rocks, Minerals, Fossils in Colorado America's Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes Peak
Journal (issue)
Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New York COLORADO ISSUE #2 Articles Colorado locality index.............................. 323 by B. L. Muntyan What’s new in Colorado minerals? ...................................... Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine ..................................................339 by M. I. Jacobson The San Juan Mountains of Colorado ..................................349 by J. A...AMAZONITE with smoky quartz, 10 cm tall, from the Yucca Hill claim, Park County, Colorado. Richard A. Kosnar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vol. 20 SOCIETY OF' AMERICA MAY, 1935 No.5 COLORADO PEGMATITES KBNNBTU K. Lauons, Unioersity of Kansas...in every county 'of Colorado along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains from Larimer County on the Wyoming...Wyoming line to Custer County in the south-centralpart of the state, and in scatteredpre-Cambrianareas...schists and granites of Larimer County are cut by numerous pegmatite dikesl which have been exploited...exhibiting an ore mineral phaseoccur in Boulder County.3JeffersonCounty contains both tourmaline and muscovite
Book (edition)
— _ ; COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ! ■ : ' BOOKS BY RICHARD M. PEARL Colorado Gem Trails...Trails and Mineral Guide Colorado Rocks, Minerals, Fossils America’s Mountain: Pikes Peak and the Pikes...Nature As Sculptor: A Geologic Interpretation of Colorado Scenery Guide to Geologic Literature Popular Gemology...Gemology Mineral Collectors Handbook Colorado Gem Trails The Art of Gem Cutting (With Dr. H. C. Dake)...Dake) * RICHARD M. PEARL ★ COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE ★ SKETCH MAPS BY MIGNON WARDELL PEARL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and quartz, 9.9 cm across, Tree Root Pocket, Two Point claim, Pikes Peak batholith, Teller County. The...Mail Stop 150, Box 25046 Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 pmodreski@usgs.gov C olorado is, of course...prohibitions on collecting or to private land or mining claims for which permission has been obtained....been written as guides to mineral collecting in Colorado. A classic, which went through three major editions...1951 version with a slightly different title), is Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide, by Pearl (1951,
Journal (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 July 2015 PICK&PACK Vol 55 ...... Number 6 Inside...Jacobson Topic: Pegmatitic Rare-earth Minerals of Colorado: Species and Identification Refreshments provided...Friends of Mineralogy, Colorado Chapter. Mark has collected rare earth minerals in Colorado, Texas, Wyoming...Minerals of Colorado: Species and Identification Most of the pegmatitic rare-earth minerals in Colorado are found...South Platte district, Jefferson County; St. Peters Dome district, El Paso County, Trout Creek Pass district
Book (volume)
...........................................59 Colorado ...............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................Co. Mining Districts ............................................................22 Arizona County Map.........................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Pre-proof Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted...Soufi, Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: Contrasted...Pre-proof Origin and physical-chemical control of topaz crystallization in felsic igneous rocks: contrasted...In highly evolved F-rich felsic igneous rocks, topaz Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 forms in different genetic re stages:...deciphering the origin of OH–F variations in topaz. We conclude that topaz compositions in magmatic and post-magmatic
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ..............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Book (volume)
...........................................47 Colorado ..............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham
Journal (issue)
GoodspringsMining District,ClarkCounty,Nevada JackKepper P.O. Box314 Cave Creek, Arizona 85327 E-mail:...netcom.com The Milford Mine is located in the Goodsprings (Yellow Pine) Mining District, about 30 miles south...south of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada. Production in the district ( 1856 to 1962) was dominated...zones of oxidation. The detailed mineralogy of the district has been published in the U.S. Geological Survey...reported the presence of wulfenite in 13 mines in the district. The better material comes from the Mobile, Shenandoah
Journal (issue)
199~ Weird The Mineral and Wonderful from Quartz Alberta's Collector's Newsletter in Septarian...(though a little skeptical) to learn of a nearby quartz collecting locality. It is a three-hour drive northeast...locomotive cxursions. My first collecting specialty was quartz, for which I've retained a soft spot, and I was...produced a wide variety of interesting and unusual quartz crystals. These are found in abundant ironstone...nodules that weather out of Fig. 1 Partial, hollow quartz crystal 11/4 inches (3 cm) across, with multiple
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- - - - - - - - - - - Mineral Collections 1n Colorado A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record November-December...at www.MineralogicalRecord.com Frontcover Smoky quartz with amazonite, 11.8 cm, from the "Smithsonian..."Smithsonian packet," Smoky Hawk claim, Florissant, Colorado. Collected in 2008; Dorris Family collection; Jeff Scovi...certificates for mines in the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, in 1898 and 1901. Sponsorship: This special...Collecting in Colorado The Collections: Mel & Pam Bersch Ryan Bowling Ralph Clark Colorado School of Mines
Book
Catalog Card Number: 74-1276 The pictures of gold-in-quartz, smithsonite, stilbite, and wulfenite on the front...often are arrested there. At the Eldorado sapphire mine in Mon¬ tana the action of a million years is readily...minerals as quartz, feldspar, mica, garnet, tourmaline, magnetite, zircon, gold, platinum, topaz, beryl,...Schists often contain feldspar, garnet, mica and quartz. With sapphires are often found associated an abundance...oxide. Chalcedony, one of the common varieties of quartz, was formed in the same way. Pegmatites and Hematites
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William Besse. 1714 S. Clarkson Street Denver, Colorado 80210 markivanjacobson@gmail.com B lue minerals...symbol to promote outstanding aspects of their county or state. Approval is usually not difficult because...ALABAMA: Star Blue Quartz Alabama State Senator Don Hale proposed that star blue quartz be named the state...29 March 1990 through Act No. 90-203. Star blue quartz is found only in a 32 × 80-kilometer rectangular...least 1966. Fist-sized nuggets of anhedral blue quartz with an opalescent or waxy luster have been found
Book
Natural, Cultured and Imitation Alexander E. Fam Quartz Michael O'Donoghue Also availablefrom Butterworth-Heinemann... A. Jobbins Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Topaz m(JTTERWORTH EINEMANN Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd...Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hoover, D. B. Topaz. - (Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Series) I. Title...Profile xii 1 Topaz - Historical perspectives 1 Introduction 1 Etymology of topaz 1 Topaz in ancient times...times 3 Topaz in Roman times 8 The Dark Ages 12 The Middle Age~ - topaz changes colour The beginning of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERAL COLLECTING BY CAMPER IN COLORADO By LAWRENCE AND HARRIETTE SCHOPPEE 9 Greenbrier St., Springfield...investigating such a claim? We took our Camper to Colorado and now that state rivals Canada in our list of...campgrounds are available, and many new sites in Colorado are being opened every year. Our sleeping bags...described in Professor Richard M. Pearl's book, "Colorado Gem Trails and Mineral Guide." As in any other...before starting to collect in Colorado. Traveling from Massachusetts to Colorado is a trip in itself but don't
Journal (issue)
Newsletter $3.00 The Rock Dam Gold Prospect A New Quartz Locality, Dickinson Co., Mich~g_an Shawn M. Carlson...Dam gold prospect is located in central Dickinson County, Michigan, approximately ten kilometers north of...the dominant exposed bedrock in this part of the county. Excavated near the tum of the 20th century, the...themselves are thoroughly unglamorous, yielding neither quartz crystals nor any noteworthy accessory minerals...prospects, Bayley (1904) states that, "some of these quartz veins contain small quantities of free gold, as
Journal (issue)
CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES (ALSO BOARD MEMBERS) COLORADO CHAPTER: Jeff Self; selfawareminerals@gmail.com...now available on the Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine The early-day history (1896-1913)...(1896-1913) of gem tourmaline mining at the Himalaya mine, San Diego County, is rife with conflicts by men...private collector. “The Early Mining History of the Himalaya Pegmatite Mine,” as described above was serialized...sold, with mailing postage prepaid to continental USA addresses at $15 per copy. Requests for purchase
Journal (issue)
collection, page 105; Brown Topaz- Barry and Beth Kitt collection, page 150; Blue Topaz-Lyda Hili collection...Calcite-Kevin & Mark Brown collection, page 52; Smoky quartz gwindel-Brent Lockhart collection, page 175; Aquamarine-Wally...ticket to the booming silver-rush town ofLeadville, Colorado. Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico 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
Report (issue)
14: Topaz Perfect Cleavage ISBN 978-0-9790998-9-2 Publisher Lithographie, LLC Denver, Colorado, USA...Lithographie, LLC P.O. Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone 1.303.495.5521 • Fax 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...States of America Photo Credits Cover: Topaz, 3.5 cm tall Capao Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Max...Sigerman collection Robert Weldon photo Above: Topaz, 5.5 cm tall El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina Scott...brooch/pendant is set with topaz from three different localities. Two Brazilian "Imperial" topaz gems make up the
Journal (issue)
Industry Background image: Miners at the Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Country, California, circa 1903. On the...They are Found zite (201 cts) is from the Oceanview Mine in Southern California; the 0.72-ct benitoite (left...Dallas Gem Mine area, San America’s Royal Gems – Montana and Yogo Sapphires Benito County, California;... State of Maine phires is from the Gem Mountain Mine, GranTantalizing Turquoise ite Country, Montana...Rare and Beautiful American Gemstone and original mine image by Mark Mauthner. Red Beryl – A Very Rare
Journal (issue)
Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 Lazard Cahn Honorary President May 2017 PICK&PACK...Other Events Pg 2 Purpurite (Phosphate) From Colorado and Pg 3 South Dakota Pebble Pups Rudist Fossil...smoky quartz, amazonite, and minerals containing phosphorus, niobium and lithium. In Colorado, he is...presentation. COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 May...Senior Center is located at 1514 North Hancock in Colorado Springs. For more information on any of the sub-groups
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Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Founded in 1936 Lazard Cahn Honorary President Sept 2020 “Pick...Article - Dick’s Rock Shop 4 Barite Field Trip 11 Topaz Field Trip 13 Article - Pieplant 14 Pebble Pups...Details Inside COLORADO SPRINGS MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 2 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80901-0002 Sep...Pete Modreski) SUSPENDED Van Tuyl Lecture Series, Colorado School of Mines, Iron Ores in North America –...on. POSTPONED Symposium on Water and Energy in Colorado, to be held in Ricketson Auditorium, Denver Museum
Journal (issue)
on Amazonite 7.5 cm, from the Smoky Hawk claim, Colorado. Collected by the Dorris family; Tom Spann photo...Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini
 
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