Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Opal |
Formula: | SiO2 · nH2O |
Comments: | Occurs in serpentine rock. |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Deweylite | ⓘ3 photos of Opal associated with Deweylite at this locality. |
Antigorite | ⓘ2 photos of Opal associated with Antigorite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Opal data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Delight Quarry (Soldier's Delight Quarry; Dyer Quarry), Soldiers' Delight ridge, Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 63557 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:63557:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | f20664f4-6051-4b22-8935-281aac581613 |
Nearest other occurrences of Opal |
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13.7km (8.5 miles) | ⓘLord Baltimore Drive Quartz occurrence area, Windsor Mill, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘPatapsco Glen Construction Site, Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
15.7km (9.8 miles) | ⓘBare Hills Serpentine Quarry East, Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
15.8km (9.8 miles) | ⓘUnnamed Chromite prospects, Bare Hills, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA |
27.7km (17.2 miles) | ⓘGarey Ore Bank, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA |
44.9km (27.9 miles) | ⓘPaint Branch, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
45.2km (28.1 miles) | ⓘWhite Oak, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
50.0km (31.1 miles) | ⓘTeeter Quarry (Teeters Quarry; Valley Quarry; John S. Teeter and Sons Co. Quarry; Gettysburg Quarry; H.T. Campbell's Teeter's Quarry), Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA |
52.3km (32.5 miles) | ⓘMaryland Green Marble Corporation Quarry (Cardiff Serpentine Quarry), Cardiff, Harford County, Maryland, USA |
52.7km (32.7 miles) | ⓘHunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
References |
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Delight Quarry, Soldiers' Delight ridge, Delight, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA