| Locality type: | Deposit |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Citrine |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Habit: | Hexagonal prisms, terminated by romboedra or pyramidal shapes. |
| Colour: | reddish, yellow-reddish |
| Luminescent properties: | no |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Optical Analysis |
| Analysis Reference: | 491490-491492-491493-491494-491495 |
| References |
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| References: | Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry´s collection. |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Iron Ochre | ⓘ4 photos of Citrine associated with Iron Ochre at this locality. |
| Smoky Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Citrine associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Citrine associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Citrine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Piedras Blancas deposit, Cerro Quico, Graneros Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina |
| Nearest other occurrences of Citrine |
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| 100.7km (62.6 miles) | | A ⓘCerro Loma Pelada, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina |
| 114.9km (71.4 miles) | | B ⓘQuebrada del Barón, El Infiernillo pegmatite, El Infiernillo, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina |
| 140.9km (87.5 miles) | | C ⓘPapachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina |
| 160.5km (99.8 miles) | | D ⓘMilagro Mine, Cerro Pichao, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina |