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Opal-AN from
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Opal var: Opal-AN
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal-AN data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:369622
Long-form Identifier:1:3:369622:4
GUID (UUID V4):72865d3f-2131-423a-a781-ea61c70449ae
Nearest other occurrences of Opal-AN
23.2km (14.4 miles) Old Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
52.7km (32.7 miles) White Oak, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
71.1km (44.2 miles) Cedar Mountain Stone Corp. Quarry (A. H. Smith quarry), Mitchell, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
82.7km (51.4 miles) Patapsco Glen Construction Site, Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
References
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concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships
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concerned, Ohio is unique in but a single gemstone, an exceptionally high quality, colorful flint that is...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...the western counties, especially the Clay Center Quarry 12 miles southeast of Toledo but in Ottawa Co....ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships
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Plains, wells drilled deep into this unit provide an inexhaustible supply of cold artesian, Rocky Mountain...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream...stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal;  along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks
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• • • • ': . ·• Ranson1 , Jay E . Gems an d minerals of Arnerica 549 . 075 RAiJSO rti SAUSALITO...Gemstones and Minerals; Volcanic Flows; Values in an Outcrop 4. Preparation for Field Collecting 52...Petrified Wood 131 Characteristics of Agates; Opal, Queen of the Gems; Petrified Wood; Commonly Occurring...Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...Family Gemstones The Various Names and Forms of Agate Opal and Its Varieties Recommendations for Use of Polishing
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review of deposits, a helpful geographical index, and an exceptionally complete listing of books and arucles...America has developed into a major exporter rather than an importer. A VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD BOOK . Digitized...AMERICA In Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto...neat erie ra 8 ‘y - ml 3 ee pon * : c= : an vi 5 = fii? i a j — » ya y _— ’* : ...referring to any locality in the book. JS: Arlington, Virginia. June, 1959 Acknowledgments Tue successful
 
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