Opalized Caliche

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Color: Opalized Caliche has colors of brown, pink, and white.

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Opalized Caliche is associated with the Opalized Caliche Group of southeastern New Mexico primarily occurring as nodules and small lenses at the base of the Llano Estacado west of Hobbs and around Custer Mountain, New Mexico.

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