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Medanos Dune Field area, Medanos Dune Fields, Samalayuca Desert, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexicoi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Medanos Dune Field area | Mineral Occurrence Area |
| Medanos Dune Fields | Group of Dunes |
| Samalayuca Desert | Desert |
| Ahumada Municipality | Municipality |
| Chihuahua | State |
| Mexico | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° North , 106° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Köppen climate type:
An agate-producing area just south of the Medanos Dune Field and Federal Highway 45. Agates from this area, called "snowball agates," rarely exceed 5 cm in diameter.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Agate Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
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Medanos Dune Field area, Medanos Dune Fields, Samalayuca Desert, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico