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Dioptase from
Gila River, Riverside area, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:River
Classification
Species:Dioptase
Formula:CuSiO3 · H2O
Comments:Occurs as aggregates of crystals.
Colour:Deep emerald-green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dioptase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gila River, Riverside area, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:228132
Long-form Identifier:1:3:228132:2
GUID (UUID V4):12daadfc-4a36-4fe3-9b6b-f93ea5bb3cf4
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
misidentification occurred. A well-documented case in point is dioptase, a mineral that is today familiar to virtually...early 1780s, and by the 1790s an expedition to the area had collected a number of emeraldlike crystals....at which dioptase was the featured mineral (Jones 1985). The most striking feature of dioptase is its emerald-green...that triggers an instant sight identification as dioptase. It has a vitreous luster and is typically translucent;...density of 3.28-3.35. It is uniaxially positive. Dioptase crystallizes in the hexagonal system (3) and is
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
Q! creonl lia OE ~| /BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
testing "scratched" scratch was Many which is area, Wet is calcite, a pocket knife blade tests...associated with such rocks. Because hard rock mining amateur will usually get is tedious and expensive...great plains are thinly distributed over a wide area and specific locations are comparatively few,...when planning A a trip. desert, such Green River country of Utah or the far southern part of California...spare tire to be A guide-driver done in an area is also ad- where there objection to strangers
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Report (issue)
itty nf l\rt~nttU iullrtttt ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS OF ARIZONA By FREDERIC W. GALBRAITH...(Revised) ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN NO. 153 One dollar (Free to residents of Arizona) PUBLISHED...PUBLISHED BY lIlniul'r.lluy nf Arizuna TUCSON. ARIZONA SERIES No. 17, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...bulletin will be forwarded to the Arizona Bureau of Mines, University of Arizona, Tucson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This description of the minerals of Arizona has been largely compiled from publications and manuscripts
Report (issue)
Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Journal (issue)
Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...G. M. Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ................................................ 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Book
GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298 ALABAMA
Journal (issue)
50th Anniversary Issue! Arizona ineralogical Record January-February 2020 ❖ Volume 51 Number 1 ❖ $40...$40 THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ARIZONA-VII . . . . Arizona-VII (Introduction) .................................................... 5 W. E. Wilson Arizona Wulfenite in the News, 1877–1940 ................15 W. E. Wilson The Piedmont mine, Yavapai County, Arizona .............................................29 B. L. Muntyan The San Manuel mine, Pinal County, Arizona .......................................
Book (volume)
...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ...............................................................22 Arizona County Map ............................................
Report (issue)
listing and map showing molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt /, Stanley B. Keith !/, and Ted...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Minerals Technology a_ division of The University of Arizona This...listing and map showing molybdenum occurences in Arizona by_ Jan C. Wilt, Stanley B. Keith, and Ted G. Theodore...molybdenum occurrences throughout Arizona prepared in part by the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology...SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and Hauck, H. R., eds.,
Journal (issue)
of Northern Arizona since its founding in 1928. Flagstaff. Volume 16 May 31—Lincoln County Homecoming...and silver. Demonstrations. Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. June 4-6—Annual Strawberry Day, Pleasant...in 1692. Santa Fe, New Mexico. June 18-20—Quay County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo, Tucumcari, New Mexico. June...Number 6 JUNE, 1953 21 June forecast for Colorado River Basin . 22 . . . . 23 Hard Rock Shorty of Death...headed down the main street of this old Beaver County mining camp, it was not because I expected to find
Book (volume)
Wyoming VOLUME 4: THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada...Abbreviations and Mineral Location Numbers Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 258 Louis B30...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...an example, under the heading of Arizona, on the map of Maricopa County, the site x How to Use This
Report (volume)
........................................ 10 Arizona......................................................................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...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...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Journal (issue)
White Development Officer William D. Panczner ARIZONA-IV Associate Editors written content Paul E. Desautels...Incognita - The search for minerals in Spanish Arizona .......... 67 by W. D. Panczner and C. S. Panczner...D. Jones The minerals of Malpais Hill, Pinal County, Arizona..............................109 by R. W...and W. E. Wilson The Silver Bill mine, Gleeson, Arizona .................................................from the Defiance-Silver Bill mines, Gleeson, Arizona ..............................................
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE HUN CINNABAR MINE 02N
Journal (issue)
was pleasing to the Indians, certain tribes of Arizona and New Mexico using it as perfume and as flavoring...that a few years ago gilded the Palm SpringsIndio area in October, following a copious late-summer rain...October, in the Colorado and Mojave deserts and Arizona, extending to Utah, New Mexico and Sonora. Pectis...desert areas jrom ]une to October. Beal photo. Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas and Sonora, at elevations...awl-shaped and roughish. Found from western Texas to Arizona and northern Mexico, on rocky slopes, sandy plains
Journal (issue)
gem, typographically, pictorially, and from ly Arizona. There, I admit, will be wonderful every other...morning for "our" magazine are in the Los Angeles area, and they will probably feel the same way when I...in this month's Landmark contest, I republic. Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico main, and Utah offer the best...ever seen it. It may of all worth while news of mining, archaeology, be that what Mr. Mclntyre refers...traditional harvest festival of Taos Indians, and Taos county fair and livestock show, Taos, New Mexico. OCT
Journal (issue)
THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD ! RIZONA~VI CONTENTS Arizona-VI (Introduction) ............. ... .............483 W. E. Wilson The Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona ............ .. ........... ............ ..... ........ 484 W. E. Wilson The Arizona Silver Belt; Silver King to McMillenville ..................... 507 L. Presmyk The Flux Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona ............................. ...............W. E. Wilson & M. Hay The Carlota Mine, Gila County, Arizona ............................. .. .. ...
Book
Mineralogy of Arizona BY GUILD F. N. Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, University of Arizona EASTON...possible discovery of the precious or useful metals. Arizona is attracting considerable attention on account...discovered. In certain respects many of the minerals in Arizona are sufficiently unusual in their mode of occurrence...Tungstates and Molybdates Minerals Discovered in Arizona 92 97 I. NATIVE ELEMENTS Diamond, C is ...Academic des Sciences. 116, 218. THE MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA 6 gest a possible origin of the gem in nature
 
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