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Bitumen from
Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


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Bitumen, etc.

Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
03337440017370702884886.jpg
Bitumen, etc.

Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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Bitumen, etc.

Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Petroleum var: Bitumen
Comments:as mass's of amorphous black material in and with quartz crystals in veins throughout serpentine country rock
Habit:amorphous
Colour:black
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bitumen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:775545
Long-form Identifier:1:3:775545:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Ron Layton Collection
 
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