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Fluorapatite from
Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorapatite
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3F
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorapatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Opal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:707952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:707952:8
GUID (UUID V4):062c46d9-313e-486f-bcc1-5cfc36eac551
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorapatite
67.8km (42.1 miles) Vitrefrax Hill (Bluebird Hill), Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District (Hedges Mining District; Ogilby Mining District), Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
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Publisher Lithographie, Ltd. Denver, Colorado, USA Design and Layout Gloria A. Staebler Managing Editor...Lithographie, Ltd. PO Box 11613 • Denver, CO 80211 • USA Phone: 1.303.495.5521 • Fax: 1.303.482.1238 www.lithographie...The Panasqueira Mines: One Hundred Years of Fluorapatite BY CARLES CURTO MILA AND JORDI FABRE I FORNAGUERA...originated in the tin mine in the town ofEhrenfriedersdorfin the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains") of southern Germany...(Damour 1856; Rammelsberg 1860): 4 APATITE fluorapatite, hydroxylapatite, and chlorapatite. Their ideal
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containing fresh glass, montmorillonite clay, and opal; a transition zone (up to 20 mOl thick) composed...(up to 12 meters thick) that contains fresh glass, opal, and montmorillonite; a middle zone (up to 10 meters...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....spring areas. Chabazite, phillipsite, natrolite, opal, chalcedony, calcite, apophyllite, and plombierite...seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced
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containing fresh glass, montmorillonite clay, and opal; a transition zone (up to 20 mOl thick) composed...(up to 12 meters thick) that contains fresh glass, opal, and montmorillonite; a middle zone (up to 10 meters...assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....spring areas. Chabazite, phillipsite, natrolite, opal, chalcedony, calcite, apophyllite, and plombierite...seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced
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