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Opal from
Coopers Rock, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA


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 Coopers Rock, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159249
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159249:8
GUID (UUID V4):4d51334a-1e2e-4117-9bb7-e42852abef0e
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A Location Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...tributary gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream...stream beds, etc. petrified wood, wood opal;  along the Grand R. though entire Co., regional banks, breaks
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
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Ohio OHIO Only Paleozoic rock formations underlie Ohio’s Pleistocene surface debris and Quaternary soils...chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty the Arizona agatized wood. This...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional
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is different in many respects :ollecting in the West, and also since some o f you m a y - : o t h e h...CHAPTER 4 Maryland ... 3 CHAPTER 5 Virginia 4 1 CHAPTER 6 West Virginia 5 CHAPTER 7 Kentucky 6 CHAPTER...i n i a : Fauquier, Goochiand, Orange, B u r k e West Vi r g i n i a : Monroe, M o r g a n , Jefferson...found. Vi r g i n i a : Orange, Henrico, Tazewell West V i r g i n i a : M o n r o e Kentucky: A d a i...Virginia's noted Rutherford Mine. Photograph by Dr. Virginia Lee Blackford. ical pearls in delicate pastel
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Washington State Travel Development Division 48; West Virginia Department of Commerce 54, 60, 121; Florida...River; go orienteering in the rolling hills of old Virginia; or scuba dive to a coral reef in the Virgin Islands...a tawny sand dune in a beach buggy, rappel up a rock cliff or climb a glacier, hike, boat, or camp—the...Crater Lake in Oregon or a watery slide down Sliding Rock Falls in the Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina...by the Bureau of Land Management, in state and county parks and forests, and in private parks as well
Report (volume)
KING, ELISABETH S. LOUD, MILDRED CHALLMAN MEAD, VIRGINIA M. JUSSEN and GEORGIANNA D. CONANT PART 2. INDEX...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:...type-localiMontgomery County: Reade, ties: Rainwater, E. H. , 1. H. L. , Jr. West-central, Coastal Plain:
Report (volume)
North American Geology, 1957 By RUTH REECE KING, VIRGINIA M. JUSSEN, ELISABETH S. LOUD, and GEORGIANNA D...NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY 1957 By RuTH REECE KING, VIRGINIA M. JussEN, ELISABETH S. Loun, and GEORGIANNA D...North American continent, including Greenland, the West Indies, and other adjacent islands, and Hawaii,...Conservation Commission Water Resources Circular. Little Rock, Ark. Asoc. Mexicana Ge6logos Petroleros Bol.-Asociacion...Va. Div. Mineral Res. Bull.; Mineral Res. Circ.-Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Bulletin; Mineral
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KING, ELISABETH S. LOUD, MILDRED CHALLMAN MEAD, VIRGINIA M. JUSSEN, and GEORGIANNA D. CONANT PART 1. BIBLIOGRAPHY...KING, ELISABETH S. LOUD, MILDRED CHALLMAN MEAD, VIRGINIA M. JUSSEN, and GEORGIANNA D. CONANT INTRODUCTION...North American continent including Greenland, the West Indies, and adjacent islands, and also Guam and...Oftedahl, Margaret Cooper, Margaret E. Barcroft, Virginia E. Rees, Henry J. Ferry, Karlyn Shoemaker, and...by name of field. Papers written for the layman. Rock names and areas; restricted to new or unusual rocks
 
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