| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Opal var: Opal-AN |
| Formula: | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Comments: | Botryoidal formations partly covered by white calcite and quartz. |
| Habit: | botryoidal |
| Colour: | colorless |
| Luminescent properties: | green |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visual (Fluorescence) |
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| Calcite | ⓘ4 photos of Opal-AN associated with Calcite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Opal-AN data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view King of Arizona Mine, Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 843789 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:843789:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 1ce7b5da-e8e3-4aab-8afd-b7f888e80a5f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Opal-AN |
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| 61.9km (38.5 miles) | ⓘRed Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |
| 84.6km (52.5 miles) | ⓘEvening Star Mine (Silver Queen Mine; Old Queen group), Tiger Wash, Tonopah, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA |
| 97.6km (60.7 miles) | ⓘMoon Anchor Mine, Hummingbird Springs, Osborn Mining District, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA |
| 99.7km (62.0 miles) | ⓘBCC Mines, Santa Maria Mining District (Planet Mining District; Swansea Mining District; Bill Williams Mining District), Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |
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 | | Book | | • • ': . ·• Ranson1 , Jay E . Gems an d minerals of Arnerica 549 . 075 RAiJSO rti SAUSALITO PU...uS L 10, f • =- ..-.Ai • GEMS and MINERALS of AMERICA OTHER BOOKS BY JAY ELLIS RANSOM A Complete...Guide Petrified Forest Trails Arizona Gem Trails and the Colorado Desert of California High Tension (A Biography)...Biography) Jay Ellis Ransom EMS of and MINERAL AMERI A A Guide to Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW...Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions of this book have appeared in different form in A Range |
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King of Arizona Mine, Kofa Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona, USA