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Opal from
Mojave River Road, Afton Canyon, Afton, San Bernardino County, California, USA


Locality type:Road
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 Mojave River Road, Afton Canyon, Afton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:858385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:858385:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘAfton Canyon, Afton, San Bernardino County, California, USA
27.9km (17.4 miles) ⓘC-Site, Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
28.0km (17.4 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘAga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
37.1km (23.0 miles) ⓘBlack Raven prospect (Lankin; Newberry), Newberry Springs, Newberry Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘBagdad-Chase Mine (Barstow mill; Camp Rochester; Pacific Mine; Pacific Mines; Roosevelt Consolidated Mine; Buckeye-Stedman-Bagdad Chase Mine), Stedman, Stedman District (Ludlow; Rochester; Buckeye), Bullion Mts (Bullion Range), San Bernardino County, California, USA
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘCalico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
77.2km (47.9 miles) ⓘOpal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘOpal Mountains Agate Field prospect (Black Mountain; Black Mtn), Opal Mountain, San Bernardino County, California, USA
78.1km (48.5 miles) ⓘNew Method Mine, Amboy area, Bristol Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA
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