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Opal from
Eastport, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA


Locality type:Village
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 Eastport, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1014326
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1014326:1
GUID (UUID V4):fbe1273c-698b-4c95-8d67-afbed52fbe37
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
7.6km (4.7 miles) Doan Hollow Tripoli deposit, Waterloo, Colbert County, Alabama, USA
83.5km (51.9 miles) Fuller's Earth; Ripley; Mississippi, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
93.0km (57.8 miles) Fullers Earth; Blue Mountain; Mississippi, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens at the famous Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I have just received a report from the...nice jasper. "The green chalcedony is from Marin County, north of San Francisco. It was picked up on a...ledge (Coyote Point). The chalcedony from Marin County is a beautiful dark green specimen. COLORADO—W...intere->;ng specimen of amazonstone from Rabun County. This is the first true amazonstone believed to...Limerick-Cornish vesuvianite area in northern York County, Maine. See his artic'e on the area (ReExamination
Report (edition)
much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Railroad : multiple track .. State. Bridge ...... county, parish, municipio .... Power transmission line...Rockland-Thomaston, Rockport, and Union areas in Knox County. They once supported a booming industry based on...specimens of minerals and fossils in Aroostook County and elsewhere in northern Maine. Most of the bedrock...rocks. There are lime quarries in the Aroostook County agricultural belt, where calcite crystals and other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
marine biogenic opal (GROSS, 1967). The relationship between boron concentrations in opal skeletal material...between concentrations in marine and freshwater opal may allow better discrimination of salinities than...one end of the spicule may be due to inadequate opal thickness at the spicule tip. The boron concentration...Because the spicules are composed of many layers of opal and organic material, it is likely that the boron...the canal is greatly enlarged due to solution of opal after the sponge died, the walls of the spicule
Report (volume)
........................................... Mississippi................................................Emmons, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Mississippi __Prof. E. N. Lowe, Jackson. Missouri_____Dr...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
)—Stoneham New York Herkimer "Diamonds" Herkimer County is well known for its quartz crystals, some of...fayalite and forsterite manganophyllite—see phlogopite opal—botryoidal sub-crystalline tridymite manganocolumbite—Newry...Riley, Portland, Rippogenus prochlorite(?)—Cutler, Eastport (clinochlore?) proustite—S ullivan psilomelane—see...psilomelane—see romanechite pumpeUyite—Aroostock County purpurite—Auburn, Greenwood, Hebron, Newry pyrargyrite—Franklin
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (volume)
Geological Survey, vol. 5 (A.) ; Map (coal, etc.) ; County reports Marion-Monongalia-Taylor counties; Cabell-Wayne-Lincolu...postglacial Mollusca; I, Emmet County, Michigan; II, Waukesha County, Wisconsin: Nautilus, vol. 27, pp...S., and Williams, Henry S. 56. Geology of the Eastport quadrangle: Maine, State Water Storage Oomm.,...gen. and n. sp. from the Wilcox group in Fayette County, Tennessee. 73. Contributions to the Mesozoic...Coal at Horseshoe Bend and Jerusalem Valley, Boise County, Idaho: TJ. S. Geol. Survey, Bull. 531, pp. 245-251
Report (volume)
Formation) near the Yellowjacket mining district, Lemhi County, Idaho, along Yellowjacket and Shovel Creeks in...town and mining district of Yellowjacket, Lemhi County, Idaho. According to Ross (1934, p. 16-17), the...characterize the rock in the vicinity of Iron and Opal Lakes (pl. 2) and in the belt of outcrops farther...basin-fill assemblage against the Hoodoo Quartzite at Opal Creek, shows left-lateral oblique-slip slickensides...Attitudes of bedding in the Hoodoo Quartzite at Opal Lake and in exposures farther south show that the
Report (volume)
Applachian and Piedmont regions, in the southern Mississippi Valley, and on the Pacific coast. Small deposits...deposits are found in the southern part of the Mississippi Valley and in the Rocky Mountain region. High-grade...is mined in 20 OUR MINERAL RESERVES. Shasta County, Cal., and such zinciferous dusts are accumulating...; Burke and Kingston, Idaho; Tonasket, Okanogan County, "Wash.; Graniteville and San Emigdio Canyon, Cal...the northeastern part of the State, and in Bibb County, near the center. Within a radius of about 15 miles
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...Engineering World, vols. 36, 37. Chicago, 111. Mississippi State Geological Survey: Third Biennial Report;...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown...Sketch of the geological history of Green Lake County, Wisconsin : School x Quart., Berlin, Wis., vol...some curious structures in the gypsum of Albert County, New Brunswick: Roy. Soc. Canada, Proc. and Trans
Book
esadissonnnnacannnseaencdisacqeetennestnonteaseeraeaems 129 MISSISSIPPI Ae pHa cele I IES EB ee 124 eG a a atiees...Museum Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Henderson County........cccccscceseecesseceseeeseeeseeeeens 172...NaturaliHistory«.....c.ccatsdc.set 182 Site isu (Delaware County Institutesef Sciences in tuanve cls ot eee ee 182...possible we have tried to include that / DIAMOND / OPAL MINING: ¢ Plastic Spray Bottle ¢ 1/8-, 1/4- and...Talc Gypsum, Pearl Calcite, Malachite Fluorite, Opal Apatite, Glass, Lapis Orthoclase, Jade, Hematite
Report (issue)
or any other cultural features (city, village, county, township, crossroad, and railroad siding) are...appropriate variants. County (fourth column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity... feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of...in the case of a stream, valley, or arroyo, the county listed is the one in which the mouth of the feature...BAHIA HONDA KEY EAST BAHIA HONDA KEY NE EAST PASS EASTPORT EAU GALLIE EDDY EDEN EDGEVILLE EDGEWATER EGMONT
Journal (issue)
Specimens Purpuri te Rose Quartz Petrified Wood Opal lepidollte (Yellow) Chalk Nephrite Amazon l te Psilomelane...Convention and Show. "Garnet Star of Idaho." Nez Perce County Fairgrounds. Lewiston, Idaho. Host. Hall• Canyon...CA. Host, Gam and Mlneral Society of San Mateo County. H.B. Murnan. Show Chairman. P.O. Box 53. NAS Moffett...and 15. Wln1ton-Salem Mlnet"al Club and For1yth County Gem and Mineral Society, co-sponsors. 2nd Annual...Kernersville. NC. Dealers. Sept. 14 thru 11. Mu.kegon County Rock and M ineral Club. 6th annual Water Wonderland
Report (issue)
and settlement from the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River, and up the Missouri River to the Rocky...locality, or civil division (city, village, or county) named for a physical feature is always listed...information is usually self-explanatory, for example: county seat. Feature Class (second column) The terms listed...their definitions. County (third column) This column lists the name of the county in which the entity...place, feature, or area lies in more than one county, the county listed is the one in which the center of
Book (volume)
greater variety of minerals are found in Oxford County, alone, than anywhere else on Earth of comparable...than Maine's, as well. An area smaller than Oxford County in Murmansk Ob last, Kola Peninsula, Russia, has...clear to slightly blue topazes. However, San Diego County, California, is arguably the most important gem-pegmatite...coating molds of brachiopod shells in Somerset County. The restriction formerly placed on a mineral's...pesticides, from the blueberry barrens in Washington County will result in the formation of scorodite, symplesite
Report (issue)
eleaentc in (Card 2) Colorado Mineral rcaourcet, County reffJon. I. Bayaond, III. Title IV. Series: Open-file...heading Title COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL COUNTY REGION. Crock, J. G. (200)R29ono.83-405D,KP GISS...Inc. 1985. 203 (220) M198f AQUIFERS MAINE YORK COUNTY MAPS. Hydrogeology of significant sand and gravel...only 1984. ARIZONA--MINERAL RESOURCES--COCHISE COUNTY. Zelten, Jeanne E. Mineral resources of a part...Mountains Wilderness Study Area (AZ-040-065), Cochise County, Arizona. [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department
Report (volume)
Minneapolis, Minn. ' . Miss. Acad. Sci. J our.-Mississippi Academy Science Journal. State College, Miss...Miss. · . Miss. State, ·Geol. Survey Bull.-Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin. University, Miss...zinc-lead-barite deposits in an area in Lafayette County east of Cuba City, Wisconsin: U. S. Geol. Survey...the north side of San Gorgonio Pass, Riverside County, Map Sheet no. 20 of Jahns, R. H., ed., Geology...William. Geology of Garrett County, in Geology and water resources of Garrett County: Md. Dept. Geology, Mines
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...Mex I G .Mexico, Instituto GeolOgico Miss G S .Mississippi State Geological Survey :Mo B G Missouri Bureau...Ransome, 158 Phoenb!: Mountains: Schrader, 18 Yuma County: Bancroft (H), 11 Rio Colorado region: Silliman...Bisbee: Hovey, OOb Cerusite twin, Mammoth mine, Pinal County: Pogue, 13 Chrysocolla, Pinal Co.: Palmer (C M)...Tennessee: Ashley, lOb; Henegar, 12; Watson, 07 Cocke County: Judd (E K), 07b; Weller (CA),07 Sweetwater district:
Journal (volume)
Interior of the Earth. By Gustav Biscuor, 246 III. On Opal, and the Amorphism of Solid Bodies. By Professor...Locality.—From a “ marl pit” near Woodbury, Monmouth county, New Jersey. Specimens of the teeth, and probably...the Esox osseus, or bony-scaled pike of the Mississippi,” which last species then, he thinks, may stand...fallen so much as two-thirds of their rent. The county of Sutherland having a large extent of sea coast...Otkel, borders the under peculiar circumstances. county, and springs from a small alpine lake, perhaps
Report (issue)
..................................... 15 Clark County Gem Collectors, Inc............................................................ 31-32 El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society............................... 35-36 Gem and Mineral Society of San Mateo County, Inc .................................................................................. 47 Kern County Mineral Society, Inc................................................................... 50 Lake County Diamond Mineral Society.......................
Report (volume)
5 in., inch or inches. Circ., Circular. Co., County or Company. Indus., Industrial. Inst., Institute...Pre-Cambrian : Central southern Virginia (Mecklenburg County). F. B. Laney, 1917 (Va. Geol. Surv. Bull. 14,...Pleistocene : Southern South Carolina (Charleston County). E. Sloan, 190 (S. C. Geol. Surv. geognostic map...formation. (In Wilcox group.) Eocene (lower) : Mississippi and southwestern Alabama. E. N. Lowe, 1913 (Miss...West Virginia, southwestern Virginia (Tazewell County), and eastern Tennessee ( ?). D. B. Reger, 1926
Report (volume)
Forresgeologic processes: Perry, ter, J. D., 3. T. G., 3. Mississippi River and Gulf Industrial minerals: Gillson,...described. Div. Mines, 1; Jenkins, O. P., Choctaw County, Highway 17 area: 3. Toulmin, L. D., Jr., 3. Minor:...analysis: KelH. D., 5. ler, W. D., 3. Talladega County, hematiteOklahoma, potash agstone, granite magnetite...ground water: Powham, C. E. ell, W. J., 4. Marengo County: Newton, J. G., 1. Core-drilling program, ChattanooMica:...J.,4. Excursion, Tertiary type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr
Report (volume)
Minneapolis, Minn. Miss. State Geol. Survey Bull.-Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin. University...and gas possibilities of the basins of the Sierra County region, in N. Mex. Geol. Soc., Guidebook of south-central...diorite pegmatite near Camp Irwin, San Bernardino County, California: Am. Mineralogist, v. 40, nos. 5-6...investigations in the Hockley salt dome, Harris County, Texas: Geophysics, v. 20, no. 4, p. 829-840, illus...lead deposits of the Sinsinawa River area, Grant County, Wisconsin: U. S. Geol. Survey Mineral Inv. Field
Journal (issue)
Geologic map of the San Acacia Quadrangle, Socorro County. New Mexico: United States Geological Survey, Geologic...Bullion Creek and Slope Formations (Paleocene), Adams County, North Dakota [unpublished M.S. lhesis ]: University...ground-water resources of northeastern Socorro County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral...and ground-water conditions in eastern Valencia County. New Mexico: United States Geological Survey Ground-Water...nland. Geoscience 18. 23 p. 10 the Wyommg Basms. USA: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. v. I. p. 201-219
Report (volume)
Ky. Kentucky Geol. Survey County Rept. - Kentucky Geological Survey County Report. University of Kentucky...Analysts. Houston, Tex. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. - Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science...Science. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles County_Mus. Nat.... History Quart.- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly. Los Angeles, Calif. Louisiana...Minneapolis, Minn. Mississippi Geol. Econ. and Topog. Survey Bull. - Mississippi Geological, Economic
 
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