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Quartz from
Boral Bombo Quarry (Bombo Railway Quarry), Kiama, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boral Bombo Quarry (Bombo Railway Quarry), Kiama, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1341674
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1341674:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘLittle Blow Hole flow, Kiama, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘAlbion Park Quarry, Croom, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘF-6 Freeway cutting, Mount Brown, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘBig Island (Perkins Island; Rabbit Island), Five Islands Nature Reserve, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘWollongong Council Quarry, Unanderra, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
23.6km (14.6 miles) ⓘTom Thumb Island (Flinders Island), Five Islands Nature Reserve, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
23.9km (14.8 miles) ⓘBellawongarah, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘWollongong North Beach, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘKangaroo River, Kangaroo Valley, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘBundanoon, Camden County, New South Wales, Australia
References
Carr, P.F. (1982) Notes for the field trip to Bombo Quarry and the Little Blow Hole, Kiama. Symposium on Volcanism in Eastern Australia with case histories from NSW, Geological Survey Report GS2013/1903.
 
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