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Smectite Group from
Targowica quarry, Targowica, Gmina Ciepłowody, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Smectite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smectite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Targowica quarry, Targowica, Gmina Ciepłowody, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1473344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1473344:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Smectite Group
10.2km (6.4 miles) ⓘMt. Szklana Mine (Szklary pegmatite), Szklary, Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
22.1km (13.8 miles) ⓘJordanów nephrite quarry, Gmina Jordanów Śląski, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
32.8km (20.4 miles) ⓘSłupiec gabbro dump, Nowa Ruda, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
36.7km (22.8 miles) ⓘZálesí uranium deposit, Zálesí, Javorník, Jeseník District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
39.7km (24.7 miles) ⓘSiedlimowice granite quarry, Siedlimowice, Gmina Żarów, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
42.1km (26.1 miles) ⓘZeolitized basaltic tuffs, Gracze basanite quarry, Molestowice, Gmina Niemodlin, Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘSanidine and pyroxene hornfels outcrops, Gracze, Gmina Niemodlin, Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
66.3km (41.2 miles) ⓘPorphyry quarry "Okrzeszyn II", Okrzeszyn, Gmina Lubawka, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
71.4km (44.4 miles) ⓘColourful Lakelets, Wieściszowice, Gmina Marciszów, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘMęcinka basalt quarry, Męcinka, Gmina Męcinka, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Awdankiewicz, M. (2013) Targowica, quarry of basalt. Miocene, basaltic scoria cone (structure, deposits, petrology). Mineralogia Special Papers: XXth Anniversary Meeting of the Petrology Group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland "From the deep Earth to the human's environment", Niemcza, Poland, 17-20 October 2013. 41: 97-103.
 
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