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Arsenolite from
Monitor Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenolite
Formula:As2O3
Comments:Occurs as small white octahedrons with realgar.
Habit:Octahedral
Colour:White
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Realgar
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monitor Mine, Loope (Monitor; Loopeville), Monitor - Mogul Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:98715
Long-form Identifier:1:3:98715:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenolite
8.6km (5.4 miles) ⓘExchequer Mine (Buckeye Mine; Acacia Mine; Saugatuck et al), IXL Canyon (I.X.L. Canyon), Silver Mountain, Silver Mountain Mining District, Alpine County, California, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) ⓘOphir Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Comstock Mining District, Storey County, Nevada, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 311
Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 85, 318
 
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