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Opalite from
Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:'Opalite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Afton Canyon, Afton, Cady Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:978597
Long-form Identifier:1:3:978597:7
GUID (UUID V4):a9bd9796-7234-4bb1-88d7-b6b664f42c05
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in Canon Rio de las Anima.s (Afton Canyon) in the Mojave Desert, California. Photo by Jerry Strong. I...$2.00 Published By G E M B O O K S MENTONE CALIFORNIA 92359 Copyright @ 1966 by Gembooks T A B...Chalfant Valley Petroglyphs 9 Cerro Gordo 9 Sacatar Canyon 10 Carthage Creek 11 Deep Springs Crystals 11 Crystal...Rainbow Ridge 17 Opalite 17 Sheep Springs 18 Crystals Near Cinco 19 El Paso Mountains 20 Ricardo Basalt...19) Red Rock Canyon Area 22 Dry Falls and Roaring Ridge 22 Buried Petrified Forest 23 Canyon View Wood 23
Book (edition)
A Field Guide to the Most Important Areas in California. by DAROLD J. HENRY, A.B., M.S. FIRST E D1T...AROLD J. HENRY 1781 Fleming Street P omona, California 2 GEM TRAIL JOURNAL Table of Contents FOREWORD...FOSSIL HUNTER SONOMA COUNTY HUMBOLDT COUNTY CARPENTERIA FOSSILS SAN MATEO COUNTY FOSSILS SANTA BARBARA...MONTEREY COUNTY SAN BENITO JADEITE CINNABAR LOCALITY DARWIN MINERALS . BAKER'S DOZEN RED ROCK CANYON AND LAST...LAST CHANCE CANYON KERN COUNTY DRY LAICOUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT WILDROSE CANYON . . . . . BROWN
Book (edition)
Areas in California . By DAROLD J . HENRY, Assoc. Prof. Mt. San Anton io College Pomona, California SECOND...1850 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach 6, California No portions of this book moy be reproduced in...NORTHER:-J CALIFORNIA SONO J\IA OUN TY ANTA RO A . H Ui\IDOLOT O NTY GARl3ERV I LLE: SAN BEN ITO COUN...JADEIT E: S AN BEN IT O JADE SKETCH . J\IONTEREY COUNTY i\fON TEREY NEPHRITF. S IU,TCH PARKPIELO DISTRICT...ONYX INYO COUNTY ONYX DEPOSIT SKET CH DEATH VALLEY . TIN MOUNTAIN . . BAD\VATER ARTIST CANYON TRAIL CANYON
Book (edition)
on collecting. by DAROLD J. HENRY Author of California Gem Trails, Gem Trail Journal, The Rock Collector's...naturalist, a miner­ alogist, and an educator in California schools as well as a writer of many articles... Gordon, 1810 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, California No portions of this book may be reproduced in... I l ti CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS TABLE OF CONTENTS * FOREWORD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA....................................... WARNER MOUNTAINS.................................... * 3 NORTHERN BORDER LOCALITY
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..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
Book (volume)
THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...The Southwestern Quadrant Arizoni, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisicna, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma...Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30 ana HOW TO USE...volumes, through very precise directions and accurate county maps, to get you to the best and most accessible...for the county in which it is located. This site number also appears under the given county in the text
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..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book
ROADSIDE 4% JrEoLocy or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER AND ELIZABETH O’ BLACK GANS IGagsine... IGagsine ~%_ JEOLOGY of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH O’BLACK...based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California, published by the California Geological Survey, and on maps...Elizabeth, 1971- Title: Roadside geology of southern California / Arthur Gibbs Sylvester and Elizabeth O’Black...paper) Subjects: LCSH: Geology—California, Southern—Guidebooks. | California, Southern—Guidebooks. Classification:
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— the agate. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California Vll Acknowledgments After book a...collecting in several states, par- ticularly in California. To refresh been made my memory and to ...Boyer of La Jolla, California. Lelande Quick La Jolla (San Diego), California IX Contents Preface...Lapidary Society to organize groups in Los Angeles County. these early associations Agate and Mineral Society...action was that other sections of the city and county of Los Angeles soon began organizing their own
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Johnson, of Napa, California; Norman and Betty Lemkau of Castro Valley, California; Herbert V. Corbett...thousands of amateurs venture every year into the mountains and deserts of North America, they enjoy not only...and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and the Sonoran...up during a stroll on a beach or a hike in the mountains first aroused their interest. earth sciences
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Wilcla Boyer of La Jolla, California. AFTER A 1 Lt::LANDJ:: Qu1cK La Jolla (San Dicg;o), (ialifor11ia...t1nemployed tramped the hills and valleys in California in search of more gold, and they brought home...33. The M incralogical Socic·ty of Soutl1ern California hacl been organized two years earlier, followecl...action was that other sections of tl1e city and county of Los Angeles soon began organizing their O\vn...be organized there. The Federations are tl1e California Fecleration, the Nortl1west Federation, tl1e
Journal (issue)
always different, always thrilling show. Indio, California, is the setting for the International Date Festival...vermin calling contest, Chandler. February 1 — Black Canyon Saddle Club Gymkhana, Phoenix. February 2-15 —...FLOAT TRIPS ON THE SAN JUAN RIVER, GRAND CANYON, RIVER OF NO RETURN. HELL'S CANYON Mexican Hat Expeditions...this wonderful canyon, soon to be covered bv rising lake waters. Mexican Hat's GLEH CANYON BOATIM, Inc...Inc. WHITE CANYON, UTAH February 11-15—Third Annual Sport Show, Arizona Game Protective Ass'n, State Fairgrounds
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ROBERT M. GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA 79 r793 HILLSDALE BRANC0 San Mateo Public Library San Mateo, CA 94402 “Questions...“Questions Answered" Geology of California Cover Illustration: Dome This monolith of granite stood...Nevada was formed. Half Dome is one of the famous mountains of North America. (Photo by Spence Air Photos...courtesy of Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.) Half Frontpiece in Yosemite...Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.) * > Geology of California Robert M. Norris, Professor
Report (issue)
Mississippian Monte Cristo Limestone in Bonanza King Canyon, Mojave National Preserve. Scale bar has 1 cm (0......................................... 18 Wood Canyon Formation (Neoproterozoic–lower Cambrian) .......banded outcrop of the upper Wood Canyon Formation in the Kelso Mountains (NPS/JUSTIN TWEET). .............outcrop of the Zabriskie Quartzite in the Kelso Mountains (NPS/SOFIA ANDESKIE). .......................... An outcrop of the Latham Shale in the Kelso Mountains (NPS/EMILY JOHNSON). ........................
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HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...a THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS Summer is mountains, for hunting minerals is recommended for trips...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...glittering calcite or quartz Often these can be California, in in Southwestern Maine, around the town
Journal (issue)
printed." 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA. ..." . PHONLSte-6423 OPEN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...CALENDAR May 1—Feast day and spring corn dance, San Felipe pueblo, New Mexico. May 1-7—Palo Verde Festival...National Monument, reached through Twentynine Palms, California, will be in bloom. May 1-19—Special exhibition...Palm Springs, California. May 6-7—Annual rock, mineral and gem show, Yermo, California. May 6-7—Final...Ramona bowl, near Hemet, California. May 6-7—Sierra Club trip to Afton Canyon, Menagerie and Pastel Canyons
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fall Summer Is recommended for trips to the high mountains when the heat makes collecting ,n caves and rock...topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...town of Pans. and the rugged area north and east of San Diego Cal1forn1a, have long astonished collectors...war He also practically tore th e heart out of mountains to get stones for his temples, pyramids, and obelisks...pits, such as the enormous copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, althoug h here some tunnels, known to miners
Journal (issue)
TORRANCE World’s Piamend Largest Cut-Off CO. CALIFORNIA Manufacturer of Wheels and Equipment. 2 THE...Photo Cover photo this month gan. 1424 Grant San Franc’sco 11, Calif. rate card will be sent upon...A check in been sent first prize A Few California Locations 8 Agates from Glacial Source ]... RE OR ES ) ) THE A Few EARTH SCIENCE California By DeWitte abounds in locations where interesting...ducking and everybody else has a good laugh. Mint Canyon is a fine place to go in search of rocks. It is
Journal (issue)
items listed except G. F. Wire and Copper Items California Residents Add 3% Sales Tax—Postage Extra OUR...GRIEGER'S • 1 6 3 3 E. WALNUT ST. * PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA OUR STORE IS OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY FROM...MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR September 2-4—Summit County Fair, Coalville, Utah. September 3-6—Onion days...days and Rodeo, Payson, Utah. September 3-6 — Elko County Fair, Elko. Nevada. September 3-6—Annual Fiesta...Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 4-5—Socorro County Rodeo, Socorro, New Mexico. September 4-6—49er
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals
Journal (issue)
Special exhibit, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. Sept. 28-Oct. 5—New Mexico state fair, Albuquerque...crafts market, Shiprock, New Mexico. Oct. 3-4—Apache county fair, St. Johns, Arizona. Oct. 3-4—Sierra club...Gordo, Inyo county, California. Oct. 3-4—Gay Nineties celebration, Ridgecrest-Inyokern, California. Oct. 3-5—Cochise...3-5—Cochise county fair, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 4—Annual fiesta and elk dance, Nambe pueblo, New Mexico...association, Mobley ranch, Douglas, Arizona. Oct. 4—Gila county fair, Young, Arizona. Oct. 8-11—Eastern New Mexico
Book (volume)
The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art Santa Ana, California + GEMSTONES OF EAST AFRICA by Peter C. Keller...Nevada; blue, cushion cut topaz (25.30 ct), Ramona, California; brownish yellow octagonal calcite (21.30 ct)...red-orange spessartine garnet (16.62 ct), Ramona, California; deep red cushion cut rhodochrosite (25.56 ct)...Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink kunzite (26.61 ct), Pala, California. NECKLACE...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, DIVISION...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS, Chief Vol. 47 JANUARY 11 1951 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES...OF CM IFO^NIA " ~t%**irt No. 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...OLAF Headquarters Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco 11 District Offices State Building,...Mines maintains at its headquarters offices in San Francisco a technical library containing several
 
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