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Opal from
Hardway Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


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Opal-AN, etc.

Hardway Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
01511830017647932822881.jpg
Opal-AN, etc.

Hardway Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Opal-AN, etc.

Hardway Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pseudomalachite2
Libethenite2
Quartz2
- var Chalcedony2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hardway Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:990217
Long-form Identifier:1:3:990217:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘMilo Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
44.1km (27.4 miles) ⓘBlack Star open cut (Black Star pit; Black Star lode), Mount Isa Mines, Mount Isa, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘSilver Spur, Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
83.5km (51.9 miles) ⓘMonakoff Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
References
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