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Opal from
Santa Rosa, Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico


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 Santa Rosa, Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:823801
Long-form Identifier:1:3:823801:6
GUID (UUID V4):42eae9c1-7b7b-46f4-8d0f-eb8e4f0f3fd6
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
30.1km (18.7 miles) ⓘBahĂ­a ConcepcioÂŽn, MulegĂ© Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
References
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Book
"'<' ~/ BOUNDARIES U A Mo<'« u~ o V :Ÿ MEXICO r - ·‹-.. ·-··-··-··-·· < ‱‱ ....... V S TATES...org/details/mineralsofmexico0000panc MINERALS OF MEXICO ‱ ERALS OF ~XICO M ______ William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy-Collectors and collecting-Mexico. 2. Mines and mineral...mineral resources-Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This boo i...i.. is deJicated tu the people of Mexico and to the three people who directly affected me and this project
Book
anc MINERALS OF MEXICO 7 | : = Pras #0 AaprTTARE ; | MINERALS OF MEXICO William D. Panczner...1938Minerals of Mexico. Bibliography: p. 1. Mineralogy— Collectors and collecting— Mexico. 2. Mines and...and mineral resources— Mexico. I. Title. QE377.M6P36 1987 549.972 86-13325 ISBN 0-442-27285-5 This book...Jalisco; D. Santiago Ramirez’s La Riqueza Minera de Mexico, and his translation of Dana’s Tratado de Mineralogia...Pefioles, Compafiia Minera Fresnillo, and Compania Santa Rosalia, who allowed me to photograph, gather samples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of BahÔÂa ConcepcioÂn region, Baja California Sur (MeÂxico) J. Ledesma-VaÂzquez a,*, Markes...Marinas, UABC, A.P. 453, Ensenada, Baja California 22800, Mexico b Department of Geosciences, Williams...of the largest fault-bound bays in the Gulf of California. It is one of the area's best examples of an...to the Late Miocene extension in the Gulf of California region. Extensional tectonics in the Gulf region...other basins along the margin of the Gulf of California. Upper Pleistocene terrace deposits generally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coastal hydrothermal springs in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico Augusto Antonio RodrĂ­guez-DĂ­az 1,2...Bahia Concepcion Bay of the central-eastern Baja California Peninsula. Hot spring activity is related to...are associated with the opening of the Gulf of California. The hot springs are hosted by Miocene volcanic...along with pyrite in a mineral assemblage rich in opal-A, todorokite, romanechite, aragonite, high-Mg calcite.... Native silver . Mn-stromatolites . Gulf of California Editorial handling: T. Monecke Electronic supplementary
Book
GUIDE to the GEMS and MINERALS of MEXICO (Exclusive of Baja California) A guide to the most productive...910652-01-5 Published By GEMBOOKS MENTONE, CALIFORNIA J V CONTENTS PREFACE........... 4 INTRODUCTION...Information............ Driving in Mexico................... Trailcring in Mexico ............. 5 6 6 7 8 8........ A Word to the Wise ............. Jade in Mexico......................... Manto and Chimney Deposits...Aire District Chihuahua .......................... Santa Eulalia District....... El Potosi Mine.........
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from New York to work with me in my Southern California studio. Our friend, Bill Backer, New York hotel...THE MONTH QUIETUDE By GRACE R. BALLARD Santa Barbara, California A horned toad sunning on a rock Appears...GARDENING 19 PHOTOGRAPHY 22 GEMS-MINERALS 24 BAJA CALIF. 32 "The Ghost Town"—concluding panel in...Letters: 4 31. New Books News Briefs: 5 40: New Mexico Travel: Rio Grande Loop Utah Travel—Kanab: 27 41:...monthly by Desert Magazine, Inc., Palm Desert, California. Re-entered as second class matter July 17, 1948
Report (issue)
Department of Earth Sciences University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90831-0740 USA John M. Fletcher...de Geologia CICESE P.O. Box 434843 San Diego, California 92143 USA Gary H. Girty Department of Geological...Sciences San Diego State University San Diego, California 92182-1020 USA David L. Kimbrough Department...Sciences San Diego State University San Diego, California 92182-1020 USA and Arturo Martin-Barajas Departamento...de Geologia CICESE P.O. Box 434843 San Diego, California 92143 USA m Wale GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, OF AMERICA
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THE WEST 1964 6 UNUSUAL TRIPS SERPENT CAVE OF BAJA DESERT SURVIVING AND DRIVING ' ' '‱y ‱. * ‱ ...HOME SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Henry D. Teft, Jr. To capture the feeling of the California ghost town of...Wandering Waters By DOROTHY ROBERTSON 14 Me and the Santa Ana By JOY CAPUTO 15 Buried Treasure Man Can't...Submarines in the Desert By MARIE VALORE 20 The Santa Rosas Back in the "good old days" a prospector...perverted minds. By ROYCE ROLLINS 22 Bewitched by Baja By CHORAL PEPPEIR 26 America's Cameleers By JACK
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coatings on hyaline In the past Offretite has also been opal. In 1959, Staples and Gard pub­ known as Erionite...specimen of Offretite from Elk Valley, Del Norte, California. This was obtained in a swap and the material...83. BIG COPPER D I S C O V E R Y IN M E X I C O Mexico City The government has announced Mexi­ co expects...Sonora, south of Arizona in Santa Rosa and Pilares in the Nacozari municipality. He said reserves in the...as "of great importance" in Mexico, Flores de la Pena said. He said Mexico expects to produce 37,000 metric
Book (volume)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MEXICO The Geology of North America O r > W 4^ *1^ ^ ^ \ \ f ax4 u \ \...of North America Volume P-3 Economic Geology^ Mexico Edited by Guillermo P. Salas Geologo Consultor...Centro Minero Nacional Carretera Mexico-Pachuca Pachuca, Hgo., Mexico, D.F. 1991 EXPLORATION LIBRARY...LIBRARY UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA P. O. BOX 4570 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77210-4570 1 Acknowledgment Publication...Oil Company Texaco, Inc. Union Oil Company of California Union Pacific Corporation and its operating companies:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
curators share their tales of obtaining specimeris in Mexico. Collected by BILL AND CAROL SMITH 1731 Daphne...Graeber Mineral dealer, appraiser, Fallbrook, California AN UNPLANNED VISIT: More than twenty years ago...mine [of holkitekumengite fame] near Santa Rosalia (Baja California Sur], Gilbert Gauthier [a French dealer]...International van and head south. I had never been to Santa Rosalia. and, for that matter, neither had Gilbert;...hours of driving. much of it at night, found us in Santa Rosalia about 4:Oo A.M. It was very dark, and so
Report (issue)
SURVEY PRELIMINARY DEPOSIT-TYPE MAP OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO By Kenneth R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey...Figure 4. of Mineral Deposits in Northwestern Mexico Los Gavilanes Tungsten District El Antimonio District... Preliminary Deposit-Type Map of Northwestern Mexico Kenneth R. Leonard Introduction The following...Sonora, North Baja California, South Baja California and the northern part of Chihuahua, Mexico. The area...prospects, and mineral occurrences in northwest Mexico. A record may refer to one deposit or to a group
Journal (issue)
AUTO-CAMPER AND T R A I L E R T R A V E L G U I D E TO MEXICO " \ I ^J \ J Published after an extensive two-year...Telephone and Telegraph Services SEND ONLY \ to Mexico an enjoyable one eliminating problems which may...accommodations. An aid in selecting those sections of Mexico most interesting to you and of assistance whether...^ 1 INFORMATIVE . _ . $2.95 postpaid (In California add 12c Sale Tax) 1 ‱ To: CROSS PUBLICATIONS...PUBLICATIONS, P. O. BOX 1216 1 \ PALM DESERT , CALIFORNIA NIAMF 1 ADDRESS I TITY STATF March, 1964 / Desert
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
various deposit types from Arizona, southeastern California and southern Nevada (USA) hosted by detachment...main gangue minerals are calcite and chalcedony/opal whereas barite veinlets can also be found. It should...Artillery Park, Arizona, USA (Derby, 2012); Santa Rosa, Mexico (Rodriguez-Diaz et al., 2013); Sierra de...gangue minerals are goethite, hematite, calcite, opal, barite, and minor fluorite, quartz and chalcedony...alteration affects the host rocks with an assemblage of opal, quartz and adularia along with minor calcite and
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whether it is his first or fiftieth. BILL HILTON, Santa Barbara News-Press. Now a recognized wizard at camp...Order plus 25 cents for mailing to: ONLY $3.95 California residents add 16 cents sales tax No C.O.D.'s...BOOK DEPARTMENT Palm Desert, California 92260 Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara, Aug. 3-7; Smoki Ceremonials...Events Editor, Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, California 92260. By ROGER MITCHELL 10 Lost Treasures...Camp at Hilton Lake By HELEN GILBERT 25 Magic of Baja By CHORAL PEPPER 30 Dig Those Bottles By GRACE
Report (issue)
.............10 3. Dominant geomorphology of Santa Rosa Island (5-very high vulnerability), here elevation...adjacent to washover (5- very high vulnerability) on Santa Rosa Island ........................................Petit Bois Island, E) Perdido Key, and E) Western Santa Rosa Island ........................................Horn Island (5 - very high vulnerability). (B) Santa Rosa Island (3 - moderate to 2 - low vulnerability)...vulnerability). The low vulnerability portion of Santa Rosa is shown in the profile ............................
Book (volume)
colorful and fabulous tourmalines and kunzites of California and Maine, the sparkling sapphires of Montana...to the end of 1974. John Sinkankas San Diego, California July, 1975 JOHWSTUPAW.N19,901 Gene ay Derek...El Paso, Texas. Information on the Virgin Valley opal deposits was given by G. Keith Hodson of Scottsdale...Diego, California, furnished information and a photograph on the calcite onyx deposits of Baja California...Iowa. The fine photographs of pearling in Baja California waters are from the files of the well-known
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printed." 1633 EAST WALNUT STREET . -. PASADENA 4, CALIFORNIA. OFCN cm rntOAr'AHO JATURDAY. OMVY M O A M -...Keeler, California. Oct. 1—Official opening of winter vacation season, Phoenix, Arizona. Oct. 1—Santa Cruz...Shiprock, New Mexico. Oct. 1-8—Aspen week, "Aspencade" tours into mountains around Taos, New Mexico. Oct. 4—Feast...4—Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron Saint of Santa Fe. Celebrated on eve of St. Francis, Oct. 3, by...cathedral, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Oct. 4—Annual feast day and dance, Nambe pueblo, New Mexico. Oct. 4 —
Report (issue)
Geology—Mexico. 2. Geology, Structural—Mexico. 3. Faults (Geology)—Mexico. 4. Ore deposits—Mexico. I. Alaniz-Álvarez...Right-lateral active faulting between southern Baja California and the Pacific plate: The Tosco-Abreojos fault...The evolution of Middle America and the Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea region during Mesozoic time: Geological...Tectonostratigraphic Terranes and Tectonic Evolution of Mexico: Geological Society of America Special Paper 278...North America and to the opening of the Gulf of California. The stratigraphy of the Sierra Madre Occidental
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Encampment December 1 and 2 at famous Furnace Creek, California. Overnight camping under the stars is fun looked...MAGAZINE DESERT CALENDAR November 22-25—Southern California Chapter of the Sierra Club plans Thanksgiving...Brawley, California. December 1 — "Shalako" celebration and house dances, Zuni Pueblo. New Mexico. December...1—International Children's Xmas Parade, Calexico, California. December 1-2 — Death Valley Encampment, Airport...Airport, near Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California. December 1-31 — Special Exhibit, Archeological Collection
Journal (issue)
Editor Alice S. Keller 1660 S t e w a r t St. Santa Monica, C A 90404 Telephone. 12 13) 829-299 1 Editorial...St., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Application to mail at second class postage rates is pending in Santa Monica...copies of Gems if) Gemology to 1660 Stewart St., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Any opinions expressed in signed...the Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica, California. Acknowledgments: The authors would like...(1980)Greek and Roman Jewellery, 2nd ed. University o f California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Hinks P. (1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chemistry. SPEZIA (Juhrb. f. Mh.,1899, i, Quartz and Opal. By GIORGIO Ref., 92 ;from Atti Accad. Sci.Torino...the dissolved silica is deposited i n the form of opal, but when alkali is present, it is deposited as...cut i n various directions from quartz crystals. Opal, when treated i n the same manner with water and...hene , L. J. S. Rocks and Minerals from Oaxaca, Mexico. By HANSLENK (Juhrb. f. Min.,1899, i, Ref. 73-84;...from Beitrage xur Geol. u. Pcchont. d. Republik Mexico, 1898, 2, 57--143).-1n a petrographical paper,
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SEPTEMBER, 1971 50c Desert Magazine Book Shop CALIFORNIA by David Muench and Ray Atkeson. Two of the West's...of the oceans, lakes, mountains and deserts of California. Their photographic presentations, combined with...material, 86 pages $2.50. TRAVEL GUIDES TO BAJA CALIFORNIA by Ken and Caroline Bates. Published the Editors...useful book on Baja and should be a companion piece to Gerhard and Gulick's Lower California Handbook and...and Cliff Cross's Baja by Road, Airplane and Boat. The Bates' book takes the reader to the people with
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and plants found in the lower desert areas of California and Arizona live in Deep Canyon, near Palm Desert...minerals in California. For those who think there are no more valuables left in California, they will...ORDER (Not Each Book) for handling and mailing CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ALSO ADD 5 PERCENT SALES TAX Send check...order to Desert Magazine Book Shop, Palm Dssert, California 92260. Sorry, but wo cannot accept charges or...adventurous tourists 139 pages, cardboard cover, $3.50. CALIFORNIA by David Muench and Ray Atkeson. Two of the West's
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IN APPRECIATION To publish a directory of the California Federation sible \\;thout the cooperation of... 66-67-68 11ineralogical Society of Southern California, Inc................................................ 98 Rock-A-Teers Mineral Club of Hemet, California............................................................................... 116-117 -4- Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society, Inc.- .................................................... 117-118 Santa. Monica Gemological Society, Inc...............
 
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