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Opal from
Petrified Forest, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Forest
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 Petrified Forest, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1003281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1003281:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
3.0km (1.8 miles) Nowak Mine (Last Chance Opal Mine; Nowak Fire Opal Mine; Cowden Mine), Silica Gem claims, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Barnett Opal Mine, Silica Gem claims, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Red Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
30.1km (18.7 miles) Mabel S claim, Randsburg, Kern County, California, USA
49.0km (30.4 miles) Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
49.9km (31.0 miles) Vanuray prospect, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
50.7km (31.5 miles) Saddleback Mountain, East Kramer Borate area (East Kramer Colemanite area), East Kramer Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
69.0km (42.8 miles) Obsidian Ridge (Little Lake Perlite deposits; Desert Materials Corp. deposit), Sugarloaf Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
69.1km (42.9 miles) Unnamed lava flow [1], Sugarloaf Mountain, Inyo County, California, USA
70.5km (43.8 miles) Wheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine), Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USA
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