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| Species: | Quartz var: Rock Crystal |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rock Crystal data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 265169 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:265169:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 65329ab6-cb8c-4471-a7b6-9d3753c30f09 |
| Localities for Rock Crystal in this Region |
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| Northeast slope, Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Nearest other occurrences of Rock Crystal |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘNortheast slope, Pizzo dell'Arzo, Cavagnöö Glacier (Cavagnoli Glacier; Cavagnöö area; Cavagnoli area), Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘLake Matörgn, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘPizzo Fiorina east slope, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 2.2km (1.4 miles) | ⓘLago Bianco, Robièi (Alpe di Robièi; Lake Robièi area), Bavona Valley, Cevio, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | ⓘValleggia Glacier, Valleggia Valley, Ronco, Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘCristallina Alp, Cristallina Valley, Ossasco, Bedretto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘSt Gotthard pass road tunnel, St Gotthard pass area, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 13.1km (8.2 miles) | ⓘScimfuss, Pontino Alp, Tremola Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 14.9km (9.2 miles) | ⓘPizzo Rüscada, Prato-Sornico, Lavizzara, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 17.0km (10.6 miles) | ⓘPizzo Giubine (Giübin), Prevat Valley, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book | | vugs of crystalline talc. Easily the best extant crystal, a doubly terminated floater found in a talc vug...is not common in the metasedimentary rocks of the area which host these species, but "reasonably good"...Mi11eml Discm•t•ries, /960--20/ 5 ONTARIO Bentley Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County...ilmenite crystal clusters from a calcite vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley Lake Road occurrence...( 1995: 582). Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite |
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