Gagates

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Baryte quarry, Fleurus, Charleroi, Hainaut (Henegouwen; Hennegau) Province, Belgium
© Richard De Nul

Synonym of:	Jet

The ancient name for Jet, reported in J.D. Dana (1850), derived from the river Gagas in Syria. [Clark, 1993, 249 - "Hey's Mineral Index - 3rd Edition"]

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Austria
Salzburg Hallein Wiestal reservoir Sendlberg quarry	B. Kutil
Upper Austria Bad Ischl	Niedermayr, G. (2009)
Windischgarsten Laussa valley Sandlgraben	R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)

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