| Locality type: | Alpine Pasture |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tourmaline | ⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Kyanite | ⓘ2 photos of Quartz associated with Kyanite at this locality. |
| Feldspar Group | 1 photo of Quartz associated with Feldspar Group at this locality. |
| Paragonite | ⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Paragonite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 9307 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:9307:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 480f3fa9-1122-4a23-b9c5-9ffccbf12d32 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | ⓘLake Tremorgio, Fiesso, Prato (Leventina), Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 7.8km (4.9 miles) | ⓘPizzo Rüscada, Prato-Sornico, Lavizzara, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 11.9km (7.4 miles) | ⓘSciresa Alp, Lake Sambuco, Sambuco Valley, Lavizzara, Vallemaggia, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 12.3km (7.7 miles) | ⓘCastro, Acquarossa, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘCampra, Acquacalda, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘCamperio, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘLucomagno pass (Lukmanier pass), Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | ⓘPizzo Taneda, Piora Valley, Quinto, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 15.4km (9.5 miles) | ⓘBovarina Alp, Campo Valley, Campo Blenio, Camadra Valley, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland |
| 16.0km (9.9 miles) | ⓘPiz Tanelin, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Arizona 85011 jeffscovil@earthlink.net Figure 1. Quartz (4.8 cm) from Middleville, Herkimer County, New...faces (fig. 5), but skeletal quartz (also called fenster or window quartz) (fig. 6) is an even better...Windler specimen. Figure 6. Skeletal crystal of quartz (9.7 cm) from Treasure Mountain North, Manheim...20 December 2017 each other by a void. Skeletal quartz from North Carolina and Porretta Terme, Italy,...symmetrically different faces. Figure 9. Rutilated quartz crystal (11.3 cm tall) with a large rounded triangular |  | | Book | | second piece: the flakes are mica, the glassy grains quartz, and the yellowish grains feldspar. The whole specimen...hich feldspar, quartz, and mica are the main constituents. Quartzite consists of quartz only, mica schist...schist of quartz and mica, and eclogite of garnet and augite. There are also rocks which consist of fragments...100,000 years ago, beads made of limestone and quartz were found, and when man began to decorate cave...hexagofja/ and trigomiiPI. 12corundum, Pls. 14- 17 quartz, Pls. 22, 23 calcite, Pl. 30 apatite and -pyromorphite |
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Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland