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Dioptase from
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Dioptase
Formula:CuSiO3 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla10 photos of Dioptase associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Quartz7 photos of Dioptase associated with Quartz at this locality.
Malachite6 photos of Dioptase associated with Malachite at this locality.
Libethenite2 photos of Dioptase associated with Libethenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dioptase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (17 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4563
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4563:6
GUID (UUID V4):421bc61c-dbca-4528-8474-1892cbfe3089
Nearest other occurrences of Dioptase
3.9km (2.4 miles) Ray, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
18.7km (11.6 miles) 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) Magma Mine (Magma Superior Mine; Magma Copper Mine), Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
24.9km (15.5 miles) Christmas open pit, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
30.5km (18.9 miles) Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) Collins Mine, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
56.6km (35.2 miles) Ford Mine (Ford property; Old Glory 1-5 claims; Mammoth Tiger Extension Mining Corp. property), Tucson Wash, Mammoth, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
56.9km (35.3 miles) Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
59.6km (37.0 miles) Table Mountain Mine, Table Mountain area, Table Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
misidentification occurred. A well-documented case in point is dioptase, a mineral that is today familiar to virtually...at which dioptase was the featured mineral (Jones 1985). The most striking feature of dioptase is its emerald-green...that triggers an instant sight identification as dioptase. It has a vitreous luster and is typically translucent;...density of 3.28-3.35. It is uniaxially positive. Dioptase crystallizes in the hexagonal system (3) and is...otherwise finely crystalline massive aggregates. Dioptase is a copper silicate hydroxide with a formula
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables 1, 2, and 3. Bideaux...listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic minerals listed...advanced degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and collected personally at many of the classic...his previous article (Rocks & Minerals 1981) on Arizona minerals. 18 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by
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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 ................................Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous...and R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ................................................G. M. Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ...................................
Journal (issue)
May-June 1980 ARIZONA! Articles The Hamburg mine and vicinity, Yuma County, Arizona by D. M. Shannon...Famous mineral localities: the Red Cloud mine, Yuma County, Arizona........................................G. M. Edson Famous mineral localities: Tiger, Arizona ................... by R. A. Bideaux 135 141...The Mineralogical Record P. 0. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 Departments Notes from the Editor .. What’s...16-bus 1 B-2120 Schoten ARIZONA-1 COVER: WULFENITE from the Red Cloud mine (see p. 141). This crystal
Journal (issue)
RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Mimetite on Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was...May-June 2013 Contents Mineral Collecting in Arizona .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PHILIP D. RICHARDSon 3340 east Mountain Vista Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85048 richardsonutaz@gmail.com ...Rusack. All mineral photos taken by Jeff Scovil of Arizona specimens in the Flagg Mineral Foundation collection...date: Not only does it mark the centennial of Arizona statehood, but it is also the golden (fiftieth)...after Arthur Leonard Flagg and located in Phoenix. Arizona and Arthur L. Flagg are intimately interwoven....Foundation vice-chairman. A field collector of Utah and Arizona minerals, he has previously written for Rocks &
Book (edition)
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
Catalog/List
last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Journal (issue)
January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Vanadinite 3.4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
Book (edition)
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)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIOPTASEIN ARIZONA F. W. Ger.sRArrrr AND Tnuuax H. Kunx, Unirersit't of Ari,zona, Tucson, Arizona. INrnooucrroN...INrnooucrroN Dioptase (H2CuSiO1),a mineral of comparativell'rare occurrencein the United States and previously...quantity at the Mammoth Mine of the Mammoth-St. Anthonv Lead Co., in Pinal County. DBscnrprroN or rrrp Dropresn...Dropresn The dioptase was found in a small block of ore during the mining of a stope on the 500-foot...e and dark brown descloizite. The crystals of dioptase range in size from 2 to lO mm. in length, and
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 .................... 15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona ........................................ 29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (issue)
WASHINGTON May 4, 2013 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...will show pictures of the minerals from Tiger, Arizona, and also of his travels to the Second International...has written a paper on the Minerals of Tiger, Arizona for this newsletter which includes information...Lead Minerals from Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington Randy Becker --- huntbecker @aol .com...Linarite from the Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, Micro Probe Vol. XI Number 6, p 24
Report (issue)
CuSiO3•H2O Dioptase Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 3 . Commonly in prismatic to rhombohedral...Space Group: R3 . a = 14.566 c = 7.778 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tsumeb, Namibia. (ICDD 33-487). 2...In the USA, in Arizona, at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, at Ray, and in the Table Mountain mine...mine, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal Co., and from the Harquehala mine, Harquehala Mountains, La Paz Co. (formerly...Congo Republic. At Tantara and the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral from Arizona and Sonora SIDNEY A. W I L L I A M S Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas, Arizona AND R I...Associates, Tucson, Arizona SUMMARY. Creaseyite was first noted in specimens from Tiger, Arizona, and was then...then found at Wickenburg, Arizona, and Caborca, Sonora, prior to description. It is an oxidezone mineral...was first examined by X-ray diffraction in I967 on specimens from Tiger, Arizona, during a study of minerals...minerals from that mine by Richard A. Bideaux. N o identification was made but the X-ray powder data were
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...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
Report (issue)
7.667–7.730 b = 6.034–6.067 c = 9.278–9.332 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mottram St. Andrew, England; close...55.30 2.23 Total 100.02 100.00 (1) Bisbee, Arizona, USA; average of three analyses. (2) Pb(Cu, Zn)(VO4...duftite, mimetite, wulfenite, cerussite, azurite, dioptase. Distribution: Many localities. From Mottram...Cheshire, England. In the USA, at the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., from Bisbee, Cochise...the Total Wreck mine, Pinal Co., in the Apache mine, near Globe, and from the 79 mine, near Hayden, Gila
Book (edition)
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...McDonald 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
Book (edition)
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
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson........................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona ....................................
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com...Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan: The Type Locality for Dioptase.................................................Wilson The Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio.................263 by J. K. Brizendine &...293 by W. E. Wilson Featured Collection Pages Scott Rudolph Collection..................................................................199 COVER: DIOPTASE, 5.5 cm, from Altyn-Tyube, Kazakhstan. Jim and
Report (issue)
F m3m. a = 9.210–9.224 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Tiger, Arizona, USA. 5.30 (10), 2.659 (10), 1.629 (10)...Tiger, Arizona, USA; corresponds to Pb0.9 Cu6.1 O8 . (2) Hansonburg district, New Mexico, USA; by electron...microprobe, average of two analyses. (3) Tchah Khuni mine, Iran; by electron microprobe, average of two analyses...willemite, descloizite, dioptase, chrysocolla, creaseyite, quartz (Tiger, Arizona, USA); plattnerite, malachite...“limonite” (Mapimı́, Mexico); embolite, chrysocolla, dioptase, plattnerite, hemimorphite, iranite, boleite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
copper silicates are such aesthetic minerals as dioptase, plancheite, and the rare minerals apacheite,...the American West. Arizona hosts the type locality, the Shattuck or Shattuck-Denn mine at Bisbee, Warren...district, Cochise County, after which the mineral in named (Schaller 1915). The mine itself was developed...the richest of the Bisbee mines. The Shattuck-Arizona Mining Company paid more than $8 million in dividends...occurs at the New Cornelia open-pit mine in the Ajo district, Pima County, occasionally in large quantities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DIABOLEITE FROM MAMMOTH TIGER, ARIZONA MINE, Cnanr.ns Patacue, H araard U niaersity, C ambrid,ge,M...Ore Deposits of the Mammoth Mining Area, Pinal County, Arizona," N. B. Peterson included a description...development of the mine. These minerals are under investigation at the University of Arizona and at Harvard...Pseudoboleite? A mineral related to Hydrocerussite Dioptase has been describedin a paper by Galbraith and...and Kuhn (1940) of the University of Arizona. Leadhillite is mentioned in Dana's System of Mineral,ogyon
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
 
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