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Diopside from
Burton Lake Olivine deposit, Burton Lake area, Rabun County, Georgia, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Burton Lake Olivine deposit, Burton Lake area, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:957363
Long-form Identifier:1:3:957363:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘHogg Creek Mine, Hiawassee, Towns County, Georgia, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘChatuge Lake, Towns County, Georgia, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘWinding Stair Gap Roadcut, Franklin, Ellijay Mining District, Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘOtto prospect (Little Coweetah prospect; Sheenah prospect), Macon County, North Carolina, USA
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘLaurel Creek complex, Rabun County, Georgia, USA
61.7km (38.3 miles) ⓘWebster-Balsam, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
68.6km (42.6 miles) ⓘSugarloaf Mountain Mine, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
73.2km (45.5 miles) ⓘEast Tennessee Mine (Ducktown Sulphur; Copper & Iron Company), Polk County, Tennessee, USA
73.8km (45.8 miles) ⓘNumber Twenty Copper Mine, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘCopperhill Mine (Eureka Mine; Isabella Mine), Copperhill, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
References
Hunter, Charles E. (1941) Forsterite Olivine Deposits of North Carolina and Georgia. Bulletin 47. Geological Survey of Georgia
 
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