| Locality type: | Beds |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Chalcedony |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Chalcedony data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Del Norte Thunder Egg beds, Saguache County, Colorado, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 228240 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:228240:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 4aaa5588-92aa-47e8-89aa-bab2cc928a9e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony |
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| 19.8km (12.3 miles) | ⓘLa Garita, Saguache County, Colorado, USA |
| 32.2km (20.0 miles) | ⓘHouselog Creek, Saguache County, Colorado, USA |
| 33.3km (20.7 miles) | ⓘColorado Fluorspar Company Mine, Wagon Wheel Gap, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 40.1km (24.9 miles) | ⓘAztec Mine (Summit Lode Mine; Fairview Mine; Aztec No. 1; Aztec No. 2; Claim: Aztec; MS 621a), South Mountain, Summitville Mining District (Summit Mining District), Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA |
| 44.0km (27.3 miles) | ⓘCommodore Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 44.3km (27.5 miles) | ⓘBachelor Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 44.5km (27.7 miles) | ⓘBulldog Mountain Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 44.9km (27.9 miles) | ⓘAmethyst Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 45.0km (28.0 miles) | ⓘLast Chance Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
| 46.0km (28.6 miles) | ⓘValley Queen Mine (Platoro Tunnel; Ajax Nos. 1-10; Texas; Snowstorm; Platoro Tunnel Site; Valley King; Valley Queen Group; Patented Claims: Valley Queen; Shasta), Platoro Mining District (Ute Mining District), Conejos County, Colorado, USA |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Occurrence and Genesis of Thunder Eggs Containing Plume and Moss Agate Downloaded by [Tufts University]...06:56 07 October 2014 from the Del Norte Area, Saguache County, Colorado DANIEL E. KILE U.S. Geological...Suite E-127 Boulder, Colorado 80303 dekile@usgs.gov Figure 1. View of the Del Norte area, showing Tertiary...nown since the late 1800s, the thunder-egg beds near Del Norte, Colorado, have provided the collector in...enclosed in chalcedony, which comprises the interior of spherical nodules commonly known as thunder eggs. Plume |
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