Plume Agate (original) (raw)

A variety of Quartz

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Plume Agate

Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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Plume Agate

Death Valley National Park, USA

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Plume Agate

Richardson Ranch, Madras, Jefferson County, Oregon, USA

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Plume Agate

Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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Plume Agate

Death Valley National Park, USA

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Plume Agate

Richardson Ranch, Madras, Jefferson County, Oregon, USA

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Plume Agate

Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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Plume Agate

Death Valley National Park, USA

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About Plume AgateHide

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Formula:

SiO2

Name:

In allusion to the plume-like shapes exhibited in the material.

A variety of Chalcedony

A variety of chalcedony with contrasting colored, plume-like structures within the material.

Compare with moss agate.

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Mindat ID:

26405 (as Plume Agate)
3337 (as Quartz)

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:26405:7 (as Plume Agate)
mindat:1:1:3337:0 (as Quartz)

GUID
(UUID V4):

1b34f4e6-0d0a-4fb2-9735-912a560d3ab9 (as Plume Agate)
4ca61d6f-75f8-4208-8fb2-3b0eecbcd8f0 (as Quartz)

Chemistry of Plume AgateHide

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Mindat Formula:

SiO2

Elements listed:

O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common AssociatesHide

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Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

17 photos of Plume Agate associated with Agate
2 photos of Plume Agate associated with Quartz SiO2
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with Chalcedony SiO2
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with Iris Agate SiO2
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with δ-Quartz SiO2
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with Quartz-beta SiO2
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with Thunder Egg
1 photo of Plume Agate associated with Amethyst SiO2

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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Localities for Plume AgateHide

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Canada
Nova Scotia Leiper (ed.)
Iran
South Khorasan Province Sarayan County Ayask Takehiro Touge
USA
Arizona Maricopa County Gila Bend area Agua Fria River area Richards (1956a) +1 other reference
Yavapai County New River Station area Agua Fria River Richards (1956a) +1 other reference
California Los Angeles County Agoura Hills Ladyface 2 Housley
San Bernardino County Cady Mountains Afton Afton Canyon Chapman
Mojave River Road
Wingate Pass (Windy Gap) Hutter's
Colorado Rio Grande County Rio Grande River (2) Dorothy M. Schlegal (1957)
Saguache County Del Norte Thunder Egg beds Rocks & Minerals (July, 2002)
Death Valley National Park Joseph Freillich photo
Idaho Owyhee County Graveyard Point Young +1 other reference
Michigan Keweenaw County Eagle Harbor Eagle Harbor Marina Yalmer Primeau collection
New Mexico Hidalgo County Hatchet Mountains Northrop et al. (1996)
Oklahoma Harper County Rocks & Minerals 72:4 pp 252-264
Oregon Malheur County McDermitt Dendrite Cran Cowan
South Dakota Pennington County Scenic Sheep Mountain Road Roberts et al. (1965)
Texas Brewster County Alpine Woodward Ranch www.omsinc.org (2008)
Jeff Davis County Kokernot o6 Ranch Personally collected
Presidio County Marfa Highway 169 Localities Brian Cowger
Virginia Warren County Bentonville Runion agate mines Richard S. Mitchell et al. (1988) +1 other reference
Wise County Dietrich (1990)