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Fluorite from
Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:524682
Long-form Identifier:1:3:524682:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSouth Geronimo Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘNorth Geronimo Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘRed Cloud Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘDives Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘPrincess Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘHamburg Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘAmelia Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘPapago Mine, Black Rock Wash, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘPacific Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Visually identified by Dana Slaughter on a specimen of Wulfenite from the Robert Ray collection of Northridge, CA. Identification also based on fluorescence.
 
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