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


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Willemite

Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
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Willemite

Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
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Willemite

Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Willemite
Formula:Zn2SiO4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Willemite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Melissa Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:524684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:524684:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Willemite
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) ⓘSilver King Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘPacific Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Mine, Black Rock Wash, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘPaymaster Mine (Paymaster group; Complex Minerals; President claim; Flagpole group; Hazel claim; Emilia), Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘPresident Claim, Midway Well, Paymaster Mining District, Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
41.1km (25.5 miles) ⓘHull Mine, Hull Mine group (Rialto Mine group; Hull group of claims; Rialto claims), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘCastle Dome Mine (Castle Dome claim), Buckeye vein group, Castle Dome Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma 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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