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Agate from
Gnandstein, Kohren-Salis, Frohburg, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany


Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Comments:Original reference as confirmed: Jens Urban.
Marked unconfirmed by Amir Akhavan.
Might have been confused with the banded jasper (silicified volcanic tuff) at the locality.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gnandstein, Kohren-Salis, Frohburg, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:364252
Long-form Identifier:1:3:364252:8
GUID (UUID V4):06e11338-5598-4268-ae7d-80c4640aaeaf
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
2.2km (1.4 miles) Kohren-Salis, Frohburg, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
13.3km (8.2 miles) Ebersbach, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
22.8km (14.2 miles) Ratssteinbruch, Hartmannsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
23.9km (14.9 miles) Kuhschnappel, Sankt Egidien, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
32.0km (19.9 miles) Wendishain, Hartha, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
34.5km (21.4 miles) Braunsdorf, Niederwiesa, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
37.1km (23.1 miles) Planitz, Zwickau, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
37.2km (23.1 miles) Kemmlitz, Mügeln, Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
37.6km (23.4 miles) Struthwald quarries, Niederwiesa, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
39.4km (24.5 miles) Kaolin open pit, Gröppendorf, Wermsdorf, Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
References
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VOL.2 Bauer, Max Precious stones J FOX LAKE DISTRICT LIBRARY 2§| £ J3RAND AVENUE 60020 - PRECIOUS...486 488 488 488 489 CONTENTS Vll PAGE PAGE Agate (Onyx).511 Cat’s-eye . . . . Tiger-eye. . . 491... „ the same, cut ., pale yellow crystals : Saxony 3a. 4. ,, the same, cut . 331, 333 331 333...(Facing p. 512.) AGATE. Fig. a. „ 5. Fortification-agate : Oberstein 512, 513 Onyx-agate : Brazil. 512... Diamond-fields of the Diamantina. . . . district, Brazil .... „ 36. Occurrence of diamond in
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P. L. Hurlet near Paisley, Goslar in the Hartz, Saxony, &c. chiefly from the decomposition of iron-pyrites...62-8, Gmelin. P. L. It is said to occur in the district of Tarapaca, Peru, forming a vast bed several...Cornwall, in delicate acicular crystals ; Cumberland; Saxony; the Hartz; Siberia, Bohemia, &c., chiefly with...Yorkshire ; Leogang, in Saltzburg ; Braunsdorf, Saxony. Note. carbonate of Strontia mixed with a considerable...lime 5-4, from Nagyag, Berthier P. L. Freiberg, Saxony ; Kapnic and Nagyag in Transylvania ; with quartz
 
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