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Forsterite from
Grodziszcze, Gmina Stoszowice, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grodziszcze, Gmina Stoszowice, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1515661
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1515661:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘChmielina Mountain, Bielawa, Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘGrochowiec Hill, Grochowa, Gmina Bardo, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘLisiec Mountain, Michałkowa, Gmina Walim, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘŻelowice quarry, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘKowalskie quarry, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
27.6km (17.2 miles) ⓘSuchy Dul meteorite, Suchý Důl, Náchod District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘJordanów nephrite quarry, Gmina Jordanów Śląski, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘMount Kopaniec, Sobótka, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
33.2km (20.7 miles) ⓘPogroda quarry, Gmina Przeworno, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘSzwedzkie Szańce basanite quarry, Lutynia, Gmina Lądek-Zdrój, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Lis, Józef, Sylwestrzak, Hubert (1986) Minerały Dolnego Śląska [Minerals of the Lower Silesia]. Wydawnictwa Geologiczne.
 
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