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Fluorite from
Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
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Fluorite, etc.

Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:always coated with a layer of quartz, often fractured from frost action
Habit:octahedra
Colour:apple green
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Quartz
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz29
Baryte4
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Genoa Claim, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:423634
Long-form Identifier:1:3:423634:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘAspen Mine (Legal Tender Mine), Hazelton Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘHowardsville, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘUnknown Zn-Ag-Au-Cu-Pb mine group [1], Anvil Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘLittle Dora Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘClara Mine, Kendall Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘMystery group (Fairview; Champion Mine), Kendall Mountain, Silverton, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘYukon Mine (Gold Hub Mine), Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘMay Day Mine, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘOsceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘShenandoah-Dives Mine (Shenandoah Mine), Little Giant Peak, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
2008 New Mexico Mineral Symposium abstracts
Rocks & Minerals 71:168 (1996)
 
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