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Blue Quartz

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Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
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A variety of Quartz

An opaque to translucent, blue variety of quartz, owing its colour to microscopic inclusions of fibrous magnesioriebeckite or crocidolite

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

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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
        • Mingary
          • 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
     
    • Southeast Region
      • Minas Gerais
        • Jequitinhonha valley
          • Itinga
    		www.wrightsrockshop.com/gallery/southamerican/southamerican2.htm
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
      • Katanga Copper Crescent
        • Central area
    		www.asahi-net.or.jp/~UG7S-KTU/e_bqrz2.htm
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche)
          • Nikolaevskoe Pb-Zn-Ag deposit
    		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
    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
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 328.
    USA
     
    • Georgia
    		Gems and Minerals of America-Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
      • Lincoln Co.
        • Graves Mountain
    		Georgia Mineral Society
    • Maine
      • Hancock Co.
        • Verona
          • Verona Island
    		Morrill and Hinckley, 1959. Maine Mines and Minerals vol.2
    • Massachusetts
      • 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).
      • Middlesex Co.
    		P Cristofono collection, 2007
        • Woburn
    		P Cristofono collection, 2007
      • Plymouth Co.
    		Robinson, S. 1825: A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities
    Robinson, S. 1825: A Catalogue of American Minerals, with Their Localities
    Gleba, 1978: MA Mineral and Fossil Localities
    • Montana
      • Granite Co.
        • Red Lion District
    		www.deq.state.mt.us/AbandonedMines/linkdocs/techdocs/66tech.asp
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton Co.
        • Groton
    		Harvard Mineralogical Museum
    • 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
    Ref: Gems and Minerals Of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    Genth,F.A and Kerr,W.C,1881,Minerals and Mineral Localities of North Carolina,Geologic Survey
      • Vance Co.
    		Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina-W.F.Wilson and B.J.Mckenzie-1980
    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
    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)
    • 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
    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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