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Mexico, Jalisco
Magdalena Opal Mines, Jalisco
Gem locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
OpalPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Dpulitzer (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: fire opal in Tertiary rhyolite
Long-documented Mexican fire opal district (La Unica, Simon and other mines) on mindat and in gem literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Remote high desert, mine workings, heat
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