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Rock Crystal from
Josephine Mine (Shields Mine), Volcanoville, Volcanoville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rock Crystal
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Good clear crystals.
Colour:Colourless
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rock Crystal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Josephine Mine (Shields Mine), Volcanoville, Volcanoville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:675856
Long-form Identifier:1:3:675856:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rock Crystal
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘEclipse Mine, El Dorado County, California, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘUral Fraction Code Mine (Ural; Ural Qtz.), Nevada City, Nevada City Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘBBC Mine, El Dorado County, California, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) ⓘVolcano, Volcano Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
69.4km (43.1 miles) ⓘWest Point, West Point Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
74.7km (46.4 miles) ⓘNew York Mine (Anderson Mine), Goat Hill, West Belt, Amador County, California, USA
80.1km (49.8 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain Mine (Calaveras Crystal mine), Chili Gulch (Chile Gulch ?), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
80.2km (49.9 miles) ⓘRough Diamond Mine (Rough Diamond Placer Mine; Rough Diamond Crystal Mine), Chili Gulch (Chile Gulch ?), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘGreen Mountain Mine (McSorley Mine), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘChili Gulch occurrences, Chili Gulch (Chile Gulch ?), Mokelumne Hill, Mokelumne Hill Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
References
Hanks, Adolph G.E. (1953), World news on mineral occurrences: Rocks & Minerals: 28: 361-362
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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