Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Plagioclase from
Gębczyce skarn quarry, Gmina Strzelin, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


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Andesine

Gębczyce skarn quarry, Gmina Strzelin, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Andesine

Gębczyce skarn quarry, Gmina Strzelin, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Andesine

Gębczyce skarn quarry, Gmina Strzelin, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gębczyce skarn quarry, Gmina Strzelin, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1475229
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1475229:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘPogroda quarry, Gmina Przeworno, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘRokitki skarn/marble quarries, Gmina Przeworno, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘNieszkowice gneiss and tonalite quarry, Gmina Strzelin, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘStachów gneiss quarry, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘZarzycka Góra garnet occurrence, Czerwieniec, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘTargowica quarry, Targowica, Gmina Ciepłowody, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘKowalskie quarry, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘStrach Hill quarry, Przerzeczyn-Zdrój, Gmina Niemcza, Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
18.3km (11.3 miles) ⓘMt. Szklana Mine (Szklary pegmatite), Szklary, Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘSzklary nickel deposit, Szklary, Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Geopark - opis stanowiska nr 13 Odsłonięcie skał wapniowo-krzemianowych w Gębczycach
Bereś B. (1969) Petrografia granitu Strzelina i okolicy. Archiwum Mineralogiczne 28, 5–105 (In Polish)
Wojnar B. (1981) Analiza rentgenograficzna i chemiczna granatów z Gębczyc w masywie strzelińskim. Acta Unversitatis Wratislaviensis, 528, Prace GeologicznoMineralogiczne 8, 207–210 (In Polish)
Wojnar B. (1995) Analiza teksturalna i petrologia skał metamorficznych południowej części masywu strzelińskiego. Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 1633, Prace Geologiczno-Mineralogiczne 46, str. 7–74 (In Polish)
Oberc-Dziedzic T., Madej S. (2013) (In Polish)
 
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