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A variety of Quartz

An opaque to translucent, blue variety of quartz, owing its colour to inclusions, commonly of fibrous magnesioriebeckite or crocidolite. The color may be caused by the color of the included minerals or by Rayleigh scattering of light at microscopic inclusions.
The term is sometimes also used for massive quartzite with inclusions of blue minerals.


Classification of Blue Quartz

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Other Names for Blue Quartz

Synonyms:
LazurquartzLazurquarzSaphirquarzSaphyrquarzSapphire Quartz
Other Languages:
German:Blauquarz

Other Information

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    • Localities for Blue Quartz

    The map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Australia
     
    • New South Wales
      • Yancowinna Co.
    		Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333; Spry, P.G., Plimer, I.R., and Teale, G.S. (2008): Ore Geology Reviews 34, 223-241.
    • South Australia
      • Olary Province
        • Radium Hill area
    		www.pir.sa.gov.au
    Austria
     
    • Salzburg
      • Abtenau
        • Seydegg
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
        • Webing
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
      • Golling
        • Grabenbach area
    		A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
    • Styria
      • Bad Aussee
        • Wienern
    		R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
    Brazil
     
    • Minas Gerais
      • Jequitinhonha valley
        • Itinga
    		www.wrightsrockshop.com/gallery/southamerican/southamerican2.htm
    Canada
     
    • Ontario
      • Nipissing District
    		collected by Coralee Sisel
    Colombia
     
    Daniel S. Yunis specimen
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
    		www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UG7S-KTU/e_bqrz2.htm
    Italy
     
    • Emilia-Romagna
      • Bologna province
        • San Clemente
          • Sillaro Valley
    		J F Carpenter
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Kavalerovo Mining District
          • Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche)
    		www.wrightsrockshop.com/gallery/gallery19/gallery_19.htm
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Málaga
    		www.trinityminerals.com/sm/blueqtz.shtml
    Josep Sanchez-Lafuente Mariol specimens and powder XRD.
    • Valencian Community
      • Alicante
    		Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
        • Orihuela
    		Casanova Honrubia, Juan Miguel & Canseco Caballé, Manuel, 2002, Minerales de la Comunidad Valenciana : 237 p. Ed. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo. Alicante
      • Castellón
        • Altura
    		Adrian Pesudo collection
    Sweden
     
    • Härjedalen
      • Överhogdal
    		www.geology.neab.net/minerals/quartz.htm
    • Västerbotten
    		www.geology.neab.net/minerals/quartz.htm
    Switzerland
     
    • Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)
      • Calanda
        • Taminser Calanda
    		Bächtiger K. (1986): Der alte Goldbergbau an der «Goldenen Sonne» am Calanda bei Chur. Bergknappe 38, 2-14.
    Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 328.
    Tanzania
     
    • Morogoro Region
      • Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts)
        • Morogoro
    		Hintze, J. (2010): Safari njema - Afrikanisches Tagebuch (I): Die gelben Danburite von Morogoro inTansania. Lapis 35 (3), 25-28 (in German); Radl, W. & Weiß, S. (2010): Gelber Danburit - ein neuer Edelstein von Morogoro in Tansania. Lapis 35 (3), 28-31 (in German).
    UK
     
    • Scotland
      • North West Highlands (Sutherland)
        • Assynt
          • Loch Assynt
    		Paul Render
    USA
     
    • Georgia
    		Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
      • Lincoln Co.
    		Georgia Mineral Society
    • Maine
      • Hancock Co.
        • Verona Island
          • Verona Island
    		Morrill and Hinckley, 1959. Maine Mines and Minerals vol.2
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire Co.
    		Emerson, B. K. (1899). Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Mass. (USGS Bulletin 159).
      • Essex Co.
    		Gleba, 1978: MA Mineral and Fossil Localities
    Palache, 1950. Fayalite at Rockport, Massachusetts. AmMin 35:877-881
          • Rockport Granite Company quarries
    		Palache, Charles (1950): Fayalite at Rockport, Massachusetts. (American Mineralogist 35:877-881).
      • Franklin Co.
        • Leverett
    		Emerson, B. K. (1895): A Mineralogical Lexicon of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties, Massachusetts (USGS Bulletin 126).
      • Middlesex Co.
    		P Cristofono collection, 2007
        • Woburn
    		P Cristofono collection, 2007
      • Norfolk Co.
        • Quincy
    		P Cristofono collection 2010
      • Plymouth Co.
    		Robinson, S. 1825: A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities
    Robinson, S. 1825: A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities
    Robinson, Samuel (1825): A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities, p. 66.
    • Montana
      • Granite Co.
        • Red Lion District
    		www.deq.state.mt.us/AbandonedMines/linkdocs/techdocs/66tech.asp
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton Co.
        • Groton
    		Harvard Mineralogical Museum
    • New Jersey
      • Morris Co.
        • Rockaway Township
          • Hibernia
    		Collected 2010- David S. Bernstein
    • North Carolina
    		Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
    Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J,1978,Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina,Information Circular 24
    U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
    U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
    U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    Wilson,W.F and McKenzie, B.J , 1978, Mineral Collecting Sites In North Carolina, Information Circular 24
    Gems and Minerals of America -Jay Ellis Ransom=1974
        • Hulls Crossroads
    		Zeitner,J.C,1968,Appalachian Mineral and Gem Trails
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
        • Rutherfordton
    		Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J,1978,Mineral Collecting Sites In North Carolina,Information Circular 24
    Genth,F.A.,and Kerr,W.C.,(1881)Minerals and Mineral Localities of North Carolina
    Genth,F.A and Kerr,W.C,1881,Minerals and Mineral Localities of North Carolina,Geologic Survey
      • Vance Co.
        • Hamme Tungsten District
          • Tungsten
    		Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J.,1978,Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
    • Pennsylvania
    		Mineralogy of Chester County, W.W. Jefferis 1854 Spec. Rep. No. 2
        • Wallace Township
    		Alfredo Petrov specimen
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
      • Montgomery Co.
        • Upper Moreland Township
          • Willow Grove
    		Weissman unpublished observations
    • Tennessee
    		Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    • Texas
    		AmMin 73:313-323 (1988)
    M. Zolensky, "Origin and significance of blue coloration in quartz from Llano rhyolite (llanite), north-central Llano County, Texas" American Mineralogist, Vol 73, pp 313-323, 1988
    • Vermont
      • Windham Co.
    		P. Cristofono collection
    • Virginia
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
        • Hillsboro
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Amelia Co.
        • Amelia (Amelia Court House)
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Amherst Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Bedford Co.
        • Moneta-Forest
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Culpeper Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Fairfax Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
        • Falls Church
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/gemrxAppA.htm
      • Goochland Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
        • Montpelier
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
        • Blue Knob
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Nelson Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Mike Dennis
    Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Spotsylvania Co.
        • Brokenburg
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
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