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Opal from
Kentucky, USA


Locality type:State
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 Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113812:2
GUID (UUID V4):a45eb456-7f41-4e8a-bac6-140925622caa
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EMMA J. BAREISS 206 Phillips Court, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 Great is my joy and excitement when a large...few pieces of fire opal from world Goober Pedy and Andamoka, Bornite and Boulder Opal from Queensland,...other good USA specimens, as well as souvenirs, coins, magazines, etc. Before moving to Kentucky, we lived...enabling us to obtain many desirable pieces. Here in Kentucky we have been able to obtain beautiful fluorite
Journal (issue)
News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 • 3 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea...of these different forms follow, concludino with opal, petrified wood, and calcite and an unknown specie~...which forms on chalcedony (or in one case on common opal), is rather uncommon. Crystals of prismatic habit...color in the material I've collected to date. Common opal has been identified from a single specimen as a...Clement Museum and Kentucky Zinc Mines 13-1:,2,5; Minerals of the Thomas Vein, Central Kentucky Fluorspar District
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EMMA J. BAREISS 206 Phillips Court, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 Great is my joy and excitement when a large...few pieces of fire opal from world Goober Pedy and Andamoka, Bornite and Boulder Opal from Queensland,...other good USA specimens, as well as souvenirs, coins, magazines, etc. Before moving to Kentucky, we lived...enabling us to obtain many desirable pieces. Here in Kentucky we have been able to obtain beautiful fluorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Boyle County, Kentucky, 254-58 Andorite, 27 Andradite, Arkansas, 182...Gerais, Brazil, 310-13 Barite: Colorado, 106; Kentucky, 326-29, 258; South Dakota, 188-90; Wyoming, 167...106 Burkeite, 367 Calcite: Colorado, 302, 332; Kentucky, 258, 327; Minas Gerais, 313; Pennsylvania, 260-70;...Robinson, 120-21 Carnegie Award, 149 Celestine, Kentucky, 258 Cerussite, Colorado, 106 Chalcoalumite, Colorado...Chalcocite, Wyoming, 167 Chalcopyrite: Colorado, 106; Kentucky, 258, 327; Minas Gerais, 313 Chestermanite, 367
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluorite district of southern Illinois and western Kentucky, USA (e.g. Weller et al. 1952). Whereas recent isotopic...Center, 25046, Denver, CO 80225, USA deposition in the Illinois–Kentucky district around 277 Ma (Chesley...occasionally it contains small concentric inclusions of opal. In some vugs, coarse cubic blue fluorite has grown...overlaid with drusy quartz and occasionally with an opal layer (Fig. 2). This major fluorite mineralization...at the USGS Radioisotope Facility in Denver (CO, USA). Using this multisystematic procedure, total Sr
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1999 Hanson Aggregates Midwest Flemingsburg, Kentucky Quarry Alan Goldstein Falls of the Ohio State...having been purchased through a buyout of the Kentucky Stone Company. Although this company leans towards...Hanson Aggregates Midwest quarry, Flemingsburg, Kentucky, photo by Mark A. Schneider. Other News from...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...of clear brown to yellow material (gocthitc and opal ?). Less pro111incnlwere areas dusted with a secondary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Michigan 48910 October 14, 15, 1978-Lexington, Kentucky. 15th Annual Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show of...Lexington, Kentucky, Show Chairman: Frank Carpenter, RFD 4 Box 83, Winches­ ter, Kentucky 40391 October...DIFFERENTAUSTRALIAN OPALSSolid Opal, Triplet Opal, Matrix Opal, Boulder Opal, and Opal Chips Cabochons. A l l...ready for setting into jew­ elry: 3 Opal Triplets, 3 Boulder Opals, 2 Opal Solids and 2 Matrix Opals. $45...Australian Penny Pen­ dant, hard gold plated with gemmy opal triplet, chain and gift boxed. b) Map of Australia
Book (volume)
banks, tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes...slopes, stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal;  along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional...banks, breaks, gravels, etc. petrified wood, wood opal. 438 A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the...Cumberland Gap in northern Clairborne Co. on the Kentucky line, is the broad Valley and Ridge Province....containing pink Feldspar spots and Blue-agate spherules), opal-quartz;  S side of Babyhead Mt. (between Llano
Book (volume)
chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...Ochoco Nodule Beds, area⎯plume agate, chalcedony, opal, thundereggs (agate centers); bm NE ≈ 25 air mi...then 7 mi. W, Silvies Canyon in Myrtle Park⎯wood opal; f E 40 mi., the Warm Springs Reservoir: (a) area...locations (fee) ⎯agate, chalcedony, jasper, precious Opal, thundereggs. WILLOWDALE, general area surfaces...geodes, jasper, opal, thundereggs; d summit, cavities in Tertiary basalts⎯chalcedony, opal. QUARTZ MT. (E
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chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...Ochoco Nodule Beds, area⎯plume agate, chalcedony, opal, thundereggs (agate centers); bm NE ≈ 25 air mi...then 7 mi. W, Silvies Canyon in Myrtle Park⎯wood opal; f E 40 mi., the Warm Springs Reservoir: (a) area...locations (fee) ⎯agate, chalcedony, jasper, precious Opal, thundereggs. WILLOWDALE, general area surfaces...geodes, jasper, opal, thundereggs; d summit, cavities in Tertiary basalts⎯chalcedony, opal. QUARTZ MT. (E
Journal (issue)
Depending upon yield - 30 to 50% from our rough opal - and your market, profits should not be less than...cutting opal for profit, and WISH TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS ask for our leafl et on how to cu t opal more...2242, NORTH PARRANATTA 2151, AUSTRALIA SEND ROUGH OPAL TO THE VALUE OF ------------------------------ $...FLUORSPAR Mineral collecting in Illinois and Kentucky by Jon T. Pittman 16 THE RED AND BLACK OBSIDIANS...to form a national faceters' organization in the USA might find some help in the below quoted letter from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gastropod. A gastropod is a fossil snail. ^ KENTUCKY — "Thought that I would share with readers of...), Ky., on highway 139 — 29 miles from the Big Kentucky Lake. Visitors are welcome. This is a must for...are to be found in the lacustrine sediments in the opal deposits at Lightning Ridge, N . S. W., Australia... including Pleisiosauris ribs, all converted to opal of various grades. Some opalized bivalves are rather...rather pretty but mostly they are common or garden opal, only of value as fossils." — item from Kelvin Green
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Downloaded by [University of Kentucky Libraries] at 19:11 12 June 2016 Z e o l i t e s and Associated...County, Colorado Downloaded by [University of Kentucky Libraries] at 19:11 12 June 2016 DANIEL E. KILE...July/August 2004 219 Downloaded by [University of Kentucky Libraries] at 19:11 12 June 2016 Tv3 Tv2 Tvl...ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by [University of Kentucky Libraries] at 19:11 12 June 2016 ments and is...July/August 2004 221 Downloaded by [University of Kentucky Libraries] at 19:11 12 June 2016 Figure 6. South
Book (edition)
Japanese twin. Clear quartz crystal cluster, Arkansas, USA, 6" x 5". When clear quartz crystal is infiltrated...2-1/4" x 1". Occurrences: Arkansas, California, USA; Worldwide. Value: $7.00 per pound. LAPIDARY ...type of crystals may be found, including Arizona, USA; Afghanistan, Norway, China, and Ukraine. The crystals...Payson, Arizona, Za ele New York, area. NY, USA. Value: $12.00 for a Grade A, 1/2" single crystal...red and orange/gold needles, Za a@lel/2e Russia, USA. 34 LAPIDARY Tourmalinated Quartz Hardness: 7
Journal (issue)
70 lpectrMN Purpur,te R0t1 OuatU Petrolled Wood Opal LepldotI11 (YellOwl Chelll lffpn,1ta Amuon1te Psilometane...MALAYA GEM RHODOLITE PADPARADSCHA TSAVORITE AMETHYST OPAL MORE WITH MIRROR BRIGHT POLISH, READY TO MOUNT...& Bradsireet Ten 6x8 Ovals incl. One Australian Opal . . . . . . . . S 7 47 Ten 10x14 Ovals incl. One...Jasper .... $25 .25 MINIMUM ORDER S18 postpaid in USA Subscribe to our CATALOG of cabochons. beads. slabs...To be collected are: Left - Nodules with common opal centers (a closeup view) Right - colorful jasp-agate
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AUSTRALlA 1973-1975 6 c chrysoprase 7 c agate 8 C opal 9 c rhodonite 10 c star sapphire (1974) 11 c atomic...spectrophotometry (1975) 1974 9 c red surchage on 8 c opal AUSTRIA April 30, 1976 3 s Ammonite SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER...Florence G. Lyons 2380 Tucson Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40503 GEORGIA The newsletter of Georgia Lockheed...a talk on his book, Gen1s tones of the Bible. KENTUCKY ARMCO Rockhound Newsletter of Ashland reported...and described the geology of various caves in Kentucky, New Mexico and Missouri. The Matrix, Bergen County
Journal (issue)
AUSTRALlA 1973-1975 6 c chrysoprase 7 c agate 8 C opal 9 c rhodonite 10 c star sapphire (1974) 11 c atomic...spectrophotometry (1975) 1974 9 c red surchage on 8 c opal AUSTRIA April 30, 1976 3 s Ammonite SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER...Florence G. Lyons 2380 Tucson Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40503 GEORGIA The newsletter of Georgia Lockheed...a talk on his book, Gen1s tones of the Bible. KENTUCKY ARMCO Rockhound Newsletter of Ashland reported...and described the geology of various caves in Kentucky, New Mexico and Missouri. The Matrix, Bergen County
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E N C E G. LYONS 2380 Tucson Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40503 Downloaded by [University of Calgary] at...displayed many beautiful specimens, includ­ ing opal which he had collected out West. Rockhound Newsletter...displayed and described "Pyrite from Mexico." KENTUCKY ARMCO, newsletter of Ashland: Members were asked...2-day show: 52 cities in Kentucky, 17 states, India, the Orient, and the Kentucky School for the Deaf were...their home with an indoor field trip featuring their opal and sapphire collections. OHIO The Petrified Log
Journal (issue)
three laps. I have cut coru ndum. beryl. garnet, opal. CZ, tourmaline. feldspar , topaz. iolite, spinet...Depending upon yield - 30 to 50% from our rough opal - and your market, profits should not be less than...tting opal for profit. and WISH TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS ask for our leaflet on how to c ut opal more...2242, NORTH PARRAMATTA 2151, AUSTRALIA SEND ROUGH OPAL TO THE VALUE OF ------------------------------ $...Mexico. * Opal Show Over 30 displays of splendid opals in many forms will be featured at the Opal Show held
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Serpukhovian of the mid-continent region of the USA and from widely separated areas in the North American... it occurs in the Ste. Genevieve Limestone of Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee (Easton, 1957; Sando and...Bamber, 1985). It also occurs in the northwestern USA, in the Great Blue Limestone and the Scott Peak Formation...Mountains of eastcentral Idaho, USA; 5 – Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, USA. enlargement of the cardinal...correlative formations in several states of the USA (e.g., Miller, 1919; Weller, 1920; Butts, 1922; Weller
Book (volume)
quarry on W side of rd.agate, chalcedony, chert, opal;  area of state fish hatchery on Cloudland Rd.agate...crystals, Tourmaline, etc.;  Flat Rock QuarryHyalite opal;  Lithonia High School, N 60° W 1 mi. and 1 mi...Hyalite opal;  area granite outcrops, in jointsUranophane (thinly coated with Hyalite opal). DODGE...town along RR, areaagate, chert, jasper, common opal;  15 mi. W at Pine Mountain ValleyRose Quartz...tributarieschalcedony, chert, flint, jasper, common opal, opalized wood, etc. COLUMBUS:  E 10 mi., via Rte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bright brown especially good L.W. KENTUCKY—"I am sending you a Kentucky rock which if of enough interest...road near here with good quality opal. The opal hill from which the opal came from is located south of St...road which is the one 249 on which the crushed opal and a lot of petrified wood was used as gravel....Trading Post, Wibaux, Mont. Three specimens of the opal were sent in. They are milk white in color, two...MEXICO — "Recently, I received a package of rough opal consisting of the typical Mexican gem varieties
Journal (issue)
until 4/28/15 U S $5.99 0 74470 02033 PRINTED IN USA 2 04 THAILAND’S ‘GEMSTONE TRIANGLE’ 2 www.rockngem...net. Rock & Gem MARCH AND APRIL OPAL SPECIAL: ROUGH WELO OPAL FROM ETHIOPIA… 1 and 2 ounce parcels...parcels of bright AA and A grade Welo opal-1 gram to 3+ gram sizes. Regular price is $295 per ounce or 2 ounces...many specially selected Australian and Ethiopian opal parcels and single stones photographed on our website...Brace-Thompson Kentucky’s State Rockhound Symbols Kentucky proves that laws are written by politicians, not
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26 * * Big, Bold Florals on Trend New Black Bay Opal he Widest Selection of Jewelry Tools Online www...Company 515 Narragansett Park Drive Pawtucket RI 02861 USA Tel: 800-343-3364 / 401-305-3000 Fax: 800-651-1887...jewelry project by Jeff Fulkerson 26 32 Black Bay Opal materials by Jim Landon PEARLS 38 Smokin’ Stones:...your sketch. Sketch a setting for this Black Bay opal cabochon, page 32. DEADLINES: APRIL 30, 2016 l...on the subject line. Shevvy Baker Louisville, Kentucky Dianne Brooks Punta Gorda, Florida YOUR SETTINGS:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...authigenic silica into 3 types of amorphous opal (opal-A, opal-CT, and opal-C) and 5 types of quartz (granular...of Lake Georgetown and vicinity in central Texas, USA (modified from Collins 2005). Also shown is a cross-section...in Mississippian carbonate rocks from southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee and concluded that the...biogenic opal and dissolved silica in seawater. The fractionation factor between biologic opal and the
 
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