| Locality type: | Town |
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| Species: | Graphite |
| Formula: | C |
| Comments: | "graphitic carbon" inclusions in opal. |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Graphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wegeltena, Delanta Woreda, North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 829756 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:829756:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3886de79-27e1-4c22-8b64-71245a57fc97 |
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Rondeau, B., Fritsch, E., Mazzero, F., Gauthier, J.-P., Cenki-Tok, B., Bekele, E., Gaillou, E. (2010) Play-of-Color Opal from Wegeltena, Wollo Province, Ethiopia. Gems & Gemology, Vol. 46:2, 90β105. |
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