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Quartz from
Acqua Bianca valley, Gorfigliano, Minucciano, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Often quartz xls are rich of inclusions: hematite, allanite-(Ce), chlorite.
xls up to 10-15 cm.
Habit:prismatic or tabular xls
Colour:colorless
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Anatase
Azurite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Clinochlore
Fluorapatite
Goethite
Hematite
Malachite
Pyrite
Rutile
Synchysite-(Ce)
Thorite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematiteβ“˜14 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality.
Clinochloreβ“˜14 photos of Quartz associated with Clinochlore at this locality.
Chlorite Group9 photos of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Allanite-(Ce)β“˜7 photos of Quartz associated with Allanite-(Ce) at this locality.
Rutileβ“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Rutile at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Acqua Bianca valley, Gorfigliano, Minucciano, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Photo GalleryView Gallery (22 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131589
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131589:9
GUID (UUID V4):8800df66-566b-4175-a712-692be8fbad9f
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