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Opal from
North slope, Saddle Mountain, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA


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 North slope, Saddle Mountain, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:245523
Long-form Identifier:1:3:245523:5
GUID (UUID V4):901b68c1-60fe-4759-b565-cfe62df1e2b7
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
23.4km (14.5 miles) Moon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Springs, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
33.7km (21.0 miles) Evening Star Mine (Silver Queen Mine; Old Queen group), Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) Vulture, Vulture Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
57.7km (35.9 miles) Queen of Sheba Mine (La Aguila patented claim; La Firmos Mine), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) Morristown, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
87.8km (54.5 miles) King of Arizona Mine, Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
87.9km (54.6 miles) Castle Hot Springs, Castle Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
95.5km (59.3 miles) Great Cross Cut prospect (Pearl adit; Johnston group; Glory Hole; Thompson Mine), Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
97.5km (60.6 miles) Lake Pleasant Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
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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 © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·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
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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
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MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 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
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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 © 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. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
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Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...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
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0.C D.?~•.!~'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
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Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
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........................................ 10 Arizona........................................................... North Carolina. .......................................................... North Dakota......Minerals of Arizona, their occurrence and association: A report to the Governor of Arizona, Tucson, 1909...mineralogy of Arizona, Easton, The Chemical Publishing Co., 1910. Willis, C. F., and others, Arizona State Bur...1888. Branner, J. C., The zinc and lead region of north Arkansas: Arkansas Geol. Survey Ann. Kept, for 1892
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NORTInHIwo AME A Volumes John Sinkankas _ GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA In Two Volumes ® Volume I Gemstones, of...of all the mineral treasures to be found in North America, are perhaps the most fascinating—and the...worthy of the name. Some, like the emeralds of North Carolina, the colorful and fabulous tourmalines...above all, easily read and understood, GEMSTONES OF NORTH AMERICA, Volumes I and II, will be welcomed as a...abroad are becoming so scarce and expensive that North America has developed into a major exporter rather
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help define these meanings. A knob, top, bald, mountain, lead, and butte, for example, may look like the...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of
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Desert Calif. 92261. Subscription rates: $15.00 USA, $18.00 foreign, per year. See subscription form...first collected it about 1831. You may know it as Arizona Lupine or Loose-flowered Lupine. Botanically it...and mesas, up to 4500 feet, in southern Nevada, Arizona, southern California and Lower California and should...preferring deep sand. Quite common in western Arizona, southeastern California from Death Valley to the...Mojave desert, the Colorado desert and western Arizona. Another interesting species is the Wide-petaled
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Amethyst to come from the famed Four Peaks Mine in Arizona A sharp and complicated Crystallized Silver with...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA The dimensionality and complexity of this stunning...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This simplistic and elliptical-shaped Gold nugget...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA This Gold nugget is really aesthetic and complex...Mining District Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Alaska, USA Somewhat flat, but by no means without dimensionality
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State Museum, Albany. North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G....See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
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per lb. NEW! Plume Opal Is another new discovery in Mexico! This beautiful plume opal is hand-selected...sensitive and must be cut w ith special care as any opal. Our price is only . . . $1 .00 per oz. NEW! Turquol...The green with matrix somewhat resembles Battle Mountain turquoise. Only nice size p ieces are included... . .... . ... . . . .... . . . . Sl .25 per lb. Opal. Mttlco. blaclc plu11es In sal11on color epal ....$1.50 per lb. Medium dark - moat popular color In USA$ .04 per carat ... $4.00 per tot Pata de Gallo Agate
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labradorite; obsidian; onyx (chalcedony and marble); opal, quartz (agate, jasper, and chalcedony) ; rhyolite...Gs-Spessartite J-Jet L-Labradorite M-Malachite Ob-Obsidian Op-Opal Q-Cryptocrystalline quartz (one or more var ieties...Snowville (variscite), Box Elder County 2. Lucin (variscite) , Box Elder County 3. Promontory (variscite, obsidian)...obsidian), Box Elder County 4. Cedar Mountains , south of Low (onyx), Tooele County 5. Grantsville (onyx)...(onyx) , Tooele County 6. Amatrice mine (variscite) , Tooele County 7. Bingham (azurite , malachite), Salt
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Mineralogica! Record Inc., 7413 N. Mowry Place Tucson, Arizona 85741 Subscriptions $27 per year, $52 for two years...Los Angeles County George Robinson National Museums of Canada Arthur Roe Univ. of Arizona, Tucson Abraham...The Mineralogical Record P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 602-297-6709 Editing, advertising Wendell...602-299-5274 Special second class postage Paid at Tucson, Arizona, and additional offices. POSTMASTER: send address...mineral localities: the mineralogy of Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, G eorgia............................
 
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