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Opal-AN from
Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA


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Opal-AN

Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Opal-AN

Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Opal-AN

Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Opal var: Opal-AN
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal-AN data
Locality Data:Click here to view Railcut Hill, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752993
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752993:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal-AN
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘBlackburn Circle locality, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘDevil's Basin, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
35.7km (22.2 miles) ⓘRoute 114 calc-silicate locality, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
43.7km (27.1 miles) ⓘBlueberry Mountain Quarry (Blueberry Hill), Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘFoster Corners, Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘPJ Keating Quarry (Dracut Quarry; Condon Quarry; Essex Bituminous), Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
58.2km (36.2 miles) ⓘWest Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry (West Roxbury Trap Rock Co. Quarry; Grove St. Quarry), West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) ⓘLedge Road, Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
59.0km (36.6 miles) ⓘMassachusetts Broken Stone Co. quarries (Weston Quarry; Stony Brook Quarry), Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
76.4km (47.5 miles) ⓘRoute 101A construction site, Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
References
P. Cristofono collection, 2011
 
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