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, Argentina |
Nearest other occurrences of Citrine |
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100.7km (62.6 miles) | | A ⓘCerro Loma Pelada, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán, Argentina |
114.9km (71.4 miles) | | B ⓘQuebrada del Barón, El Infiernillo pegmatite, El Infiernillo, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán, Argentina |
140.9km (87.5 miles) | | C ⓘPapachacra Pegmatites, Papachacra, Belén Department, Catamarca, Argentina |
160.5km (99.8 miles) | | D ⓘMilagro Mine, Cerro Pichao, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán, Argentina |