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Quartz from
Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA


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Agate

Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA
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Agate

Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA
01676250017367178131289.jpg
Agate

Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA
00129960017272057939462.jpg
Agate

Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA
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Agate

Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA
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Agate

Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District, Riverside County, California, USA
Locality type:Well
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4
- var Agate2
- var Chalcedony2
Thunder Egg2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wiley's Well, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:987155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:987155:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘUnspecified Fire Agate occurrences [1], Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘOpal Hill Mine, Mule Mountains District (Hodges Mountain District), Riverside County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘThumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘTwin Buttes Agate fields, Palo Verde, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘHauser beds (Hauser Geode beds; Hauser Beds Mine), Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘPotato Patch, Hauser beds (Hauser Geode beds; Hauser Beds Mine), Thumb Peak, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘPalo Verde, Palo Verde Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Agate occurrence [2], Little Chuckwalla Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘBlack Hills, Imperial County, California, USA
23.2km (14.4 miles) ⓘUnnamed Fire Agate site [1], Black Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
References
Perry, L. 1984 Wiley Well revisited: Gems and Minerals, no. 565, p. 67-71.
Perry, L. E. 1961 Varied agate types and locations in California: Lapidary Journal, v. 15, no. 3, p. 308-314.
 
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