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Opal from
Garey Ore Bank, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA


Locality type:Ore Bank
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Garey Ore Bank, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1349574
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1349574:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
13.9km (8.6 miles) Patapsco Glen Construction Site, Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
14.1km (8.7 miles) Lord Baltimore Drive Quartz occurrence area, Windsor Mill, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
18.3km (11.3 miles) Unnamed Chromite prospects, Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Bare Hills Serpentine Quarry East, Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
27.7km (17.2 miles) Delight Quarry (Soldier's Delight Quarry; Dyer Quarry), Soldiers' Delight ridge, Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
32.4km (20.1 miles) Paint Branch, White Oak, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
32.7km (20.3 miles) White Oak, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
50.3km (31.2 miles) Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
56.9km (35.4 miles) Old Greensand-Diatomaceous Earth Pit, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) Maryland Green Marble Corporation Quarry (Cardiff Serpentine Quarry), Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland, USA
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