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Goethite from
Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Goethite
Formula:α-Fe3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Goethite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Naica Mine, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:100382
Long-form Identifier:1:3:100382:6
GUID (UUID V4):810d4121-e40b-4495-adfd-d91d3e018aca
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite
89.2km (55.4 miles) San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
90.7km (56.4 miles) Inglaterra Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
90.7km (56.4 miles) Buena Tierra Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
91.5km (56.9 miles) Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
99.8km (62.0 miles) Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Hidalgo del Parral Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book
"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :¾ MEXICO r - ·•-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < •• ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO • ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project
Book
anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...a. ie = Maes Lie Auadado = ae MINERALS OF MEXICO Vv | Oona tA. IMPORTANT MINING DISTRICTS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico Iván Jalil Antón Carreño-Márquez...Evolution of the Astonishing Naica Giant Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico. Minerals 2021, 11, 292. https://doi...Engineering, Universidad La Salle Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31625, Mexico; 10307@ulsachihuahua.edu.mx Department...Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua 31136, Mexico; isai.castillo@cimav.edu.mx (I.C.-S.);...Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31125, Mexico; bernardoperez.cazares@gmail.com
Book
K FIELD GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine................ San Antonio Mine....... Cusihuiriachic District..... Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon) Batopilas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
“la Cueva de las Espadas” (Cave of Swords), Naica, Mexico Isaí Castillo-Sandoval 1 & Luis E. Fuentes-Cobas...The Cave of Swords was discovered in 1910 at Naica, Chihuahua, México. During the last century, human presence...diffraction identifies galena, sphalerite, hematite, goethite and cuprite on the crystals’ surface. Diffraction...correspond to minerals that were abundantly present in Naica ore deposit before any anthropogenic activity. The...Swords were not produced by human presence. Keywords Naica . Impurities on gypsum . Synchrotron radiation techniques
Catalog/List
City”, Malachite Stalactites, Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DRC 36 cm tall x 27 cm... 20 21 SELENITE Selenite from Mexico is a benchmark locality. Mexico represents the finest quality for... transparency. Selenite, Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico 36 cm tall x 15 cm wide 24... and finally terminating in yellow colored by goethite or rutile inclusions. This crystal was discovered...close to the famous emerald mines of Colombia. The mine owners valued them very highly and would not sell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Washington, DC 20513 pohwatp@si.edu FLUORITE Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee R egular readers...Fluorite with sphalerite, 8.8 cm high, from the Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee. Note the gemmy corners...marcasite, talc, hemimorphite, smithsonite, and goethite have all been noted to pseudomorph fluorite (Palache...to describe is difficult. The Burnt Hill tungsten mine, York County, New Brunswick, is located in a metamorphic...the greisen and in kaolinite at the Mount Pleasant mine, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, as transparent
Report (chapter)
be the future of the giant gypsum crystals of Naica mine? PAOLO FORTI La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche...paolo.forti@unibo.it Abstract: The mine caves of Naica (Chihuahua, Mexico) are famous because they host large...large gypsum crystals. Mine works intersected new caves hosting the largest crystals in the world in...dewatering of the mine ceased. This occurred at the end of 2015, so that the lower part of the mine is already...growth. The caves of Naica (Chihuahua, Mexico) are perhaps the most famous mine caves in the world due
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gigantic gypsum crystals within hypogenic caves (Naica mine, Mexico)? Paolo S. Garofalo a,⁎, Mattias B. Fricker...r a c t Three hypogenic caves within the Naica mine of Mexico (Cueva de los Cristales — CLC, Ojo de la...from cave and mine gypsum indicates surprisingly that climatic changes occurring at Naica could have controlled...two fluids, generated at different depths of the Naica drainage basin, determined the stable supersaturation...combination of geological and geochemical factors of Naica suggests that other hypogenic caves found elsewhere
Catalog/List
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. -2BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, westmoreland. ~ single glassy transparent...pinkish Granite. ltxltxlt"- £2.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne Cornwall. A pure, purply, tarnished metallic...the higher workings of the Mine. 2xltxlt". £1.50. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Select... . 3x2xlt". £8.00. ' . . BOURNONITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall. Metallic grey slightly tarnfshed...•. BROCHANTITE. Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, U.S.A. Light green, silky, -needly crystals encrusting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Scovil M ining began in Mexico more than four hundred years ago! As a result, Mexico has been a prolific...1960s. European museums received specimens from Mexico as early as the late sixteenth century, but it...American museums began to acquire specimens from Mexico. The Harvard collection is probably typical of...no strong connection to Mexico and its mines. A precious opal from the Iris mine in Queretaro (fig. 1)...offered as a general introduction to the minerals of Mexico, the theme of the 1999 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
Catalog/List
Calcite. 2xl". £4.50. 4. NATIVE ARSENIC. Bidi Mine, Borneo. Choice, silvery grey, pure solid mass showing...2xl~1~·". £16.50. 5. ARSENOPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Fine, bright, sharp silvery crystals to It"...display. 4x~x2". £28.00. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Pure, bright green, botryoidal...Specimen B - Itxlxi". £2.50. AZURITE. Henderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Bright blue, botryoidal...specimen. ~x2txli". £13.00. AZURITE. South Caradon Mine, st. Cleer, Cornwall. Rich, bright blue, lustrous
Catalog/List
Specimen B - l~xlxt". £2.50 •. BARYTES •.. Hil ton Mine, 6cordale, westmoreland. Choice, translucent lust...Barytes crystals. Ztx2". £4.50. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagi~l Mine, ~. Alston, Cumberland. Transparent slightly creamy... I-txt". £1.50. -2-10'. I BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine Illogan, Cornwall. Select cluster of intergrown...llITl. in size. lx-t".£6.50. BORNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Specimen A - very rich purply...Calcite/Limestone matrix. ltxl". £2.25. CALCITE. Stank Mine, Ulverstone, N. Lancashire. Fine lustrous creamy
Catalog/List
MINERALLIST ADAMITE Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Superb translucent to transparent lustrous white...$ 20.00 4. ANHYDRITE Eagle Picher mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico Choice pale lustrous sky-blue terminated... l-3/4x3x3/4" $ 30.00 6. APOPliYLi.,ITE No. 3 mine, Cornwall, Pennsylvania Choice milky white 1/2"...single white frosted 9. BENITOITE The Dalles Gem mine, San Benito Co., California Superb deep blue to...3/4x3/4" matrix$ 30.00 11. BRAZILIANITE Galilea mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Choice pale golden-yellow
Journal (issue)
Rhodonite, 4.7 cm, from the 1700 level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection...collection, John Chapman photo. • 2.5 cm, Top Camp mine, Western Ausytralia. George Stacey collection, Jeff...Scovil photo. Middle row from left: • 2.3 cm, Kintore mine, Coolgardie, Western Australia. Aloe Family collection;...spent the rest of their lives there as miners and mine captains. Cornish tradition favored the collecting...build his mineral collection. His job at the Moonta mine was sampling ore for the company’s assay office
Catalog/List
while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...UORESCENT GEODES: Nice quality geode halves from Chihuahua, Mexico. These are all deeply hollow and have banded...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...characteristics. WINDOW SELENITE: Colonias, Chihuahua, Mexico: Excellent single large bladed and terminated
Catalog/List
good stuff that used to come out of the Marencl mine, ~ut the price is a whole lot better. specimens...boxes: $3.00 each BROWN DOG-TOOTHED CALCITE: Chihuahua. Mexico: I Know, there's a lot of thla around, but...larger specimen grab you! GARNET CALCITE: Chihuahua, Mexico: OK, I know what you are thinking, what the...sections (orange) LARGE COMBINATION CALCITE: Chihuahua, Mexico: Another one I just couldn't pasa up! Large...00 eaoh. CLEANED COPPER AND MALACHITE: Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona: I've had these for a few years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University] at 04:32 20 November 2014 Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico f asked to name the first Mexican mineral...or Santa Eulalia or Naica, Chihuahua. If asked to name a mineral for which Mexico is well known, at least...have chosen adamite from the Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice...although it has been reported from the Sterling Hill mine, New Jersey. It is relatively well known from the...the Tintic district in the Iron Blossom mine, Juab County, and in locally abundant masses of colorless
Journal (issue)
Hydrous basic copper aluminum sulfate Grandview mine, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (see the article...CARROLLITE copper, cobalt nickel sulfide Kambove mine, Katanga, Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) loose...Microscopy Study of Minerals in Geodes from Chihuahua, Mexico............................. 205 Robert B...$6.00 per year in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other countries, $7.00 per year. Copy­ right©...explor­ ing an abandoned International Paper Co. mine near Newry, Me. The rocks shown are worth thousands
Catalog/List
2txH-xi". £1.25. _ 2. ANDRADITE. Belstone Consols Mine, Sticklepath, Devon. Specimen A - Lustrous, sharp...Andradite. ltJMine, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. A well formed translucent...l-txlxl". £4.50. 7. ATACAMITE. Duke of Cornwall Mine, Kadina, S. Australia. Specimen A - A ltxl" cavity...Limonit ic Gossan. 2xlxl". £1.50. 8. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Gllway, Eire. Bright blue well formed crystals...2xl-b<1". £3.25. BARYTES. Carbonate Shake, Murton Mine, Scordale, Westmoreland. 1 "C~Oic7' transparent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
carbonaceous chrondrite that fell over northern New Mexico in 1969 is part of the meteorite display. This...center: Native silver weighing 10 ounces, Smuggler mine, Aspen, Pitkin County, Clorado. The specimen is...galena cubes coated with white quartz, Galena Queen mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado. Below:...of gold known from Colorado. From the Gold Flak mine, Farncomb Hill, French Gulch, near Breckenridge...selenite crystals from the Naica Silver mine, south of Chihuahua, Mexico, which were acquired during
Catalog/List
places. ltx17Xl". 0.25. ARSENoPYRITE. Parrall, Chihuahua, Mexico. Excellent very bright sharp silvery crystals...Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey... 7. 8. 9. -·2- 10. AZURITE. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A. select, bright... 3x2x1-t".· £22.00. 11. BARYTES. Settlingstones Mine, Hexham, Northumberland. Specimen A,- ~hoi~e, lust...2-tx2xl ".£2.50. 12. BEUDANTITE.· Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sparkling, golden, to pale
Book (volume)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...reserved. Geologia economica de Mexico. English. Economic geology, Mexico / edited by Guillermo P. Salas...; v. P-3) Translation of Geologia economica de Mexico. Includes bibliography references and index. ISBN
Catalog/List
years ago. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. Fine, pale-lemon coloured, transparent A/l. xtls...00. A/2. ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi. Durango, Mexico. Superb, large, colourful cabinet display specimen...5", £85 ADAMITE. Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. An attractive and inexpensive example of A/3....5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...ADAMITE (Mauve). Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. From a rare find of several years ago, these choice
Catalog/List
blue xtls. GRF. Ml. £4.00 4 MALACHITE, Killie Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA. Very rich with fibrous edges...00 10 SMITHSONITE, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pale blue botryoidal pearly development...GRF. SMI. £5.00 11 UVSW. ALLOPHANE, Hawks Wood Mine, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. SW green. Ml. £5.00 12...SPAR CALCITE, Challenger Cave, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico. FL PH blue white. Super long after glow. Ml. ...matrix. GRF. C. £5.00 14 SPHALERITE, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, nr Alston, Cumbria. Glistening black
 
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