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Chrysocolla from
Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

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Chrysocolla

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla, etc.

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
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Chrysocolla

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chrysocolla
Formula:Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Comments:Coatings on rock in oxidized zone; in bands alternating with lesser amounts of malachite.
Colour:Bluish-white, greenish-blue to blue
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chalcedony
Malachite
Olivenite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz19
Malachite13
Azurite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chrysocolla data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (8 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:206226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:206226:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chrysocolla
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘCopper Creek Sillimanite deposit, Copper Creek, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘCopper King Mine (Lawler Mines), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘStukey Mine (Stucky Mine; Lawrence group of claims), Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘMammoth Mine (Hubbard Mine), Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘMountain Spring Mine, Bagdad, Eureka Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) ⓘZinc Mountain claims (Zinc Porphyry prospect), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
43.7km (27.1 miles) ⓘGoldbug Mine, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘDate Creek quartz crystal locality, Date Creek Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
52.2km (32.5 miles) ⓘRawhide Mine, Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘRed Top Mine (Barite Mine), Rawhide Wash, Kimble Mining Sub-District, Cleopatra Mining District, Artillery Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
References
Anderson, C.A., et al (1955), Geology and ore deposits of the Bagdad area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USGS PP 278: 49, 51.
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.p.316
 
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