| Locality type: | Cave |
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| Species: | Opal |
| Formula: | SiO2 · nH2O |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Opal data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Imawarì Yeuta cave, Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui), Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 964700 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:964700:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Opal |
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| 11.0km (6.8 miles) | ⓘCueva Guacamaya, Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui), Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela |
| 42.6km (26.5 miles) | ⓘSima Aonda Superior, Auyán-tepui (Auyán-tepuy; Ayan Tepui), Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela |
| 76.0km (47.2 miles) | ⓘAkopan-Dal Cin cave system, Chimantá Massif (Chimantha Massif), Gran Sabana Municipality, Bolívar, Venezuela |
| References |
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Sauro, F., De Vivo, A., Vergara, F., De Waele, J. (2013) Imawarì Yeuta: a new giant cave system in the quartz sandstones of the Auyan Tepui, Bolivar state, Venezuela. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Speleology, 2, 19-27. Ghezzi, Daniele, Foschi, Lisa, Firrincieli, Andrea, Hong, Pei-Ying, Vergara, Freddy, De Waele, Jo, Sauro, Francesco, Cappelletti, Martina (2022) Insights into the microbial life in silica-rich subterranean environments: microbial communities and ecological interactions in an orthoquartzite cave (Imawarì Yeuta, Auyan Tepui, Venezuela) Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.930302 |
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