Given these ambiguities in identification, please add "Strengite-Variscite Series" to the mineral list for this mine, since most photos purported to be either of these two minerals are more properly assigned to this level of determination, in the absence of analytical data.

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Original Entry	Given these ambiguities in identification, please add "Strengite-Variscite Series" to the mineral list for this mine, since most photos purported to be either of these two minerals are more properly assigned to this level of determination, in the absence of analytical data.
Mindat Ref. ID	16096918	Long-form Identifier	mindat:1:5:16096918:0
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Full Reference	Given these ambiguities in identification, please add "Strengite-Variscite Series" to the mineral list for this mine, since most photos purported to be either of these two minerals are more properly assigned to this level of determination, in the absence of analytical data.
Plain Text	Given these ambiguities in identification, please add "Strengite-Variscite Series" to the mineral list for this mine, since most photos purported to be either of these two minerals are more properly assigned to this level of determination, in the absence of analytical data.

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Locality	Mineral(s)
Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka County, Nevada, USA	ⓘ Strengite-Variscite Series

	Field identification - I hiked this location & identified these minerals & mineral varieties. I will add some photos once these minerals are added,
	The most prudent course of action would be to treat all unanalyed samples of these minerals as members of the blodite group, and this should be added to the mineral list for this locality.
	Of the 5 photos of members of the blodite group from the Blue Lizard Mine posted on Mindat, only one makes reference to an EDX result to verify the identification. As such, all the other identifications in these photos must be considered nothing more than guesses.
	Special thanks must be given to Dr. Jochen schluter, Curator of Hamburg Mineral Museum in Germany, who has analysed and properly identified the presence of Creaseyite in this locality
	I hiked the entire gulch & visually identified these minerals. I will add photos once additions are approved.
	for addition of chrysocolla to this locality see photos under MIN ID numbers FY2-21M , 6A3-PAV and FY2-21M. These visual identifications are obvious, and not controversial.
	At the very least, "pumpellyite group" should be added to the mineral list for this locality.
	I used to do some business in this town and have bought many polished quartz crystals from this area with beautiful inclusions of one kind or another. Most of these have been over polished to better display the inclusions. [Rock Currier 2011]
	(1948) British Letters Patent of 1908 and 1917 constituting the Falkland Islands Dependencies [The following are the texts of the two Letters Patent denning the boundaries of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. They are reprinted here in view of the current political interest in this area. Some confusion has arisen owing to misrepresentation of the wording of these documents. The Letters Patent of 1908 made provision for the government of certain specified land areas lying between specified latitudes and longitudes. No claim was made to jurisdiction over the High Seas within these boundaries; still less was any claim made to that part of South America which lies to the south of latitude 50° S. The Letters Patent of 1917 denned the area more precisely in order to avoid this ambiguity. All subsequent British legislation for the administration of these Dependencies is based on the authority of these two documents.]. Polar Record, 5 (35). 241-243 doi:10.1017/s003224740003792x
	Conklin, Craig, Edwards, Jon (2000) Selection of protective action guides for nuclear incidents11Throughout this paper reference will be made to numerous values contained in the existing manual of protective action guides. These values, although current at the time the manual was published in 1990, may have changed since then. Should the protective action guides be revised in the future these values would need to be reexamined. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 75. 131-144 doi:10.1016/s0304-3894(00)00176-x
	Visual (and even chemical) segregation of members of the strengite-variscite series is challenging when dealing with Gold Quarry Mine specimens. As noted by Jensen et al. (1995): “Chemical microanalysis reveals that pure strengite is rare, end that most specimens have a significant component of aluminum. Visually identifying the species can be particularly difficult, as it may be present in a very wide variety of colors and morphologies, similar to variscite.” Of variscite, they note: “...impure variscite (containing substantial ferric iron) occurs in an almost bewildering variety of colors and habits”

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Given these ambiguities in identification, please add "Strengite-Variscite Series" to the mineral list for this mine, since most photos purported to be either of these two minerals are more properly assigned to this level of determination, in the absence of analytical data.

Map of Localities

Mineral Occurrences

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