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Opal from
Buffalo Springs Weather Station vicinity, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Buffalo Springs Weather Station vicinity, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650990
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650990:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
36.5km (22.7 miles) Palos Verdes beach cliffs, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA
40.5km (25.2 miles) Unnamed Diatomaceous Earth quarry, Rolling Hills, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA
43.7km (27.1 miles) Dicalite Mine (Walteria; Palos Verde Ranch; Dicalite Company), Rolling Hill Estates, Los Angeles County, California, USA
67.1km (41.7 miles) Aliso prospect, Laguna Woods, Orange County, California, USA
76.2km (47.4 miles) Point Dume deposit, Point Dume, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
80.7km (50.1 miles) Neuerberg locality 9, Cahuenga Boulevard roadcut, Cahuenga Pass, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
88.4km (54.9 miles) Canwood St construction site 2014, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
88.9km (55.3 miles) Archstone, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
91.8km (57.1 miles) Featherstone deposit (Feather-Stone Insulation Company), Charter Oak, Los Angeles County, California, USA
95.7km (59.4 miles) Rolling Oaks Drive, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California, USA
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