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Limonite from
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sampleite1 photo of Limonite associated with Sampleite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Las Pintadas mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:648572
Long-form Identifier:1:3:648572:6
GUID (UUID V4):1d3477d4-fefb-4917-a747-eb9f12787edf
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
8.9km (5.6 miles) Candelaria Copper mining complex, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
18.5km (11.5 miles) Veta Negra Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
19.2km (11.9 miles) Jote Mine, Pampa Larga mining district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
25.2km (15.7 miles) Descubridora Mine, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
25.3km (15.7 miles) Colorada Mine (Corrida Colorada Mine; Colorado Mine), Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
31.0km (19.3 miles) Lucero mine, Cabeza de Vaca mining district, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
49.1km (30.5 miles) Cerillos Mine, Quebrada Seca, Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
50.0km (31.1 miles) San José Mine, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
90.4km (56.2 miles) Los Colorados Mine, Huasco, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
crystalised. Quartz. 2xlf". £9.00. 4. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, N.S. WalSS, Australia. Very fine sharp...crystals intergrown on and encrusting brownish Limonite on milky Quartz. Ifxlxl". £1.25. 5. 6. A~~LESITE...ARSE~OPYRITE. 10. ATACAMITE. Mina La Farola, Copiapo, Atacama District, Chile. Choice, bright green, radiated... £8. DO. 11. 12. 13. 14. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine, Gi~a Co., Ari~o~a, U.S.A. Specimen A - Select,...attractive specimen. 2txltxlt". £4.50. AZURITE. Bou Sko~r Mine, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Specimen ~ - A choice group
Catalog/List
£18.00 3. APATITE variety FRANCOL ITE . Holmbush Mine , Stoke Cl~sland , Cornwall. Specimen A: Smal~ sparkling...50p 4. ARAGONITE variety FLOS- FERRI. Cabezon de la Sal , Santander , Spain. Creamy- white wormlike and... 1tx1tx1 " , £4.75p 7 . ARTHUR ITE. Majuba Hill Mine , Churchill Co., Nevada , U. S. A. Lime- green crystallised...o 2x1" , f .? ~ 8 . ATACAMITE . Mina la Farola ,· Copiapo, Chile. Speci men A: Oright green s harp cr...ma1;rix . 2X1f'.', £6.00 9 . AXI NITE . Colebrook Mine , Rosebe ry, Tasmania, Australia. Lusteous clove-
Catalog/List
Design District Showroom 1518 Slocum Street • Dallas, TX 75207 Heritage Auctions Design District Showroom...extremely ine, specimens from the Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine of Tiger, Arizona: now a vanished place alive only...‘goodies,’ as Rock would say, as they came out. Mining projects that Rock was a part of, often yielded...potential mineral buying area, or go into another mine. He travelled to areas that had seen few Americans...occasional trips to Uruguay, Chile, and Colombia. Besides buying, he started mining projects to provide material
Catalog/List
£13.00 8. APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Clitters Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwall. Rich crusts of minute sparkling...lustrous creamy-white spearlike crystals on brownish limonite matrix. Largest crystals over 1" in length. 3x2x1'~'"...3x2x1'~'" £9.00 10. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Choice bright green sharp radia~ed...MALACHITE. 1tx1-tx1f", £5.5Op 16. 8ORNITE. Red-a-Ven Mine, Meldon, Devon. Rich purply tarnished masses associated...Specimen 8: 1tx1 -:r", £2.50p 17. 8OURNONITE. Julcani Mine, Junin Prov., Peru. Specimen A: Choice bright silvery-grey
Catalog/List
94403 U.S.A. Old No. l Headfnme. Whi ■ key Hlll Mine, Tuohnne County, CaUfomla (r■-,u. .SV•t- tor cr11•t•J...association. Few of the minute crystals you see on mine or quarry dumps or even on cabinet specimens will...dumps or surface float. Mirute crystals seen on a mine dump are a clue but nearly always tao weathered...'hite hairs on feldspar. 784 ADAMITE, Moha\'.1k Mine, San Bernardino County, r.alifornia. Group o f colorless...crystals on limonite. 816 ADAMITE, MANGANOAN, t-✓.apimi, Durango, Mexico. Transpa::-ent la vender tipped
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been characterized using natural specimens from Chile and Iran and is named herbertsmithite. The other...XRD, Cu chlorides, Anarak, Iran, Sierra Gorda, Chile. Introduction IN 1972, Adib and Ottemann published...‘‘zincan paratacamite’’ from Herminia mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile, with a composition close to Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2...mines, Sierra Gorda, and the Bolaco mine, San Cristóbal, all in Chile. Chemical analysis at the time (G...collected from Mina Los Tres Presidentes, Sierra Gorda, Chile, and which he had analysed. The consequent studies
Catalog/List
occurance in California. 9. ATACAMITE. Mina la Farola, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Very choice brrnght green...axinite. 2x1~x1t", £1•• 5~ 11. AZURITE. HEnderson Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A. Choice bright blue ball-like...association. 3x2~x1~", £16.5~ 12. BARYTES. Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumberland. Fine lustrous transparent...matrix. 2~x17", £33.00 15. NATIVE BISMUTH. Botallack Mine, St. Just, Cornwall. Bright metallic silvery masses...matrix. 25x15 mm. £6.50p 17. BOTALLACKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. apecimen A: Small bright green
Catalog/List
1-2'x1tx1t", £2.75p ~. i" ~'<~'ONITE. Laurium, Attica district, Greece. Fine turqucise-blue fibrous mass with...7x~x2~", £16.50p ~~:-face B. NATiVE ARSENI-. Kusa Mine, near 8au, Sarawak, 80rneo. Specimen A: Choice greyish... 2x1~1", £6.50~ O. r:,T>lCAMITE. La Farola 1'1ino, Copiapo, Chile. Specimen A: Lust rous bright green... ~x2~-x1-t", £8.00 15. BARYTES. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfrip.s, Scotland. Lustrous creamy-white...association. 2}x2x1-t", £4.50p 20. BORNITE. Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall. Small sharp tarnished crystals
Catalog/List
quality of the suns. CHINESE STIBNITE: Hunan Province, China: 1-2 inch single silver crystals and small...while they last. TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near...inch specimens, $25.00 each. CAMPYLITE: Dry Gill Mine, Cumberland, England; A unique and rare species...structures. $20.00 each DENDRITIC WIRESIL VER Elure Mine, Cobar, NWS, Australia; Fine crystalline wire silver...priced at $20.00 each CINNABAR AND STIBNITE: Gorlovka Mine, Ukraine; Nice thumbnails mounted in plastic perky
Book
On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
Journal (issue)
Arthur Roe Famous Mineral Localities: The Brumado District, Bahia, Brazil..................................O S IT E fro m th e N ’C h w a n in g m ine , K a la h a ri M a n g a n e s e F ie ld , C ape P ro v in...David R. Hahn (Crystal Habit; Portland, ME) Hamel Mining and Minerals (Los Angeles, CA) Gary R. Hansen (Hansen...AZ) D. Vincent Manson (Santa Monica, CA) Maricopa Mining Corporation Gary & Carol Mathiasen (Mathiasen Miner­...(El Toro, CA) Ann and Dean McCrillis (Plumbago Mining; Rumford, ME) A. L. McGuinness (San Mateo, CA)
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer... from left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Book (edition)
xx 12 mm, Morococha, Peru, H Gypsum, xx 40 mm, Las Salinas, Peru, H Variscite, xx 5 mm, Iturnbiara,...Linopolis, Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...and several important mineral mixtures. (e.g. limonite and psilomelane) are included here to provide...expressed in abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture)...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g.
Book
museum quality but many minerals can be found on mine dumps or can be purchased or traded. After introducing...over its beer: to go underground in a non-working mine is sheer folly unless you are accompanied by someone...(preferably several people) who really knows the mine. Before venturing into the field serious collectors...collectors or students should get hold of geological and mining maps and records of visits made by others. Few...really is a matter of life or death when you are in a mine - only a plan will show where water on the floor
Journal (issue)
Historical highlights of gold mining in Romania 10 2. Overview of the gold mining in Romania 12 3. The metallogenic...Metaliferi Mts. 15 4. Baia Mare metallogenic district 64 5. Other sources of native gold from Romania...alabandite, etc. The museum belongs to ”MINVEST” - Deva mining company. After 1990, when everybody expected a...courage and commitment of several people devoted to mining and geology (the mayor of Brad – Florin Cazacu...from various mineral, rock and mining tool collections belonging to mining companies from the end of the
Book
not always adhere to an unvarying chemical formu la. In siderite, for example, some portion of the iron...Chemical Classification Siderite, 8ri.iderbund Mine, near Eiserfeld (Siegerland, Germany), 3x almost...specimen shown here comes from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California, and its actual size is about 2 inches...be scratched with fluorite, take the next-harder mine ral from the scale, until yo u find a mi ne ral...About Minerals Rhodochrosite crystals from the Wolf Mine {Siegerland, Germany), 6x and leave behind a white
Journal (issue)
.61 C O V E R : A T A C A M IT E from M ina la Farola, C o p iap o , C h ile . T h e large crystal is...San Francisco mine, Sonora, Mexico. A mineral wholesaler who held the lease to this mine during its most...IN G , E C O N O M IC S , P O L ­ IT IC S , LA W , P.T. F la w n . 1975. L im ite d s to c k . P ublisher's... P R E C IO U S S TO N E S , M. Bauer. A p o p u la r a cco u n t o f th e ir characters, occu rren ce...Gems and the C u l­ tu re d Pearl. English tra n s la tio n . C lo th ­ b o u n d . 6 7 2 p p ., 13 c o
 
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