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Quartz from
Andersons Creek, Beaconsfield district, West Tamar municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mining District
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:XRD
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Andersons Creek, Beaconsfield district, West Tamar municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1539715
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1539715:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.9km (3.7 miles) Tasmania Reef, Beaconsfield Mine (Tasmania mine), Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield district, West Tamar municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) Beaconsfield Mine (Tasmania mine), Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield district, West Tamar municipality, Tasmania, Australia
10.8km (6.7 miles) Salisbury gold field, Salisbury Hill (Blue Tier), Beaconsfield district, West Tamar municipality, Tasmania, Australia
12.8km (8.0 miles) Badger Head, Latrobe municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.7km (8.5 miles) East Beach, Low Head, George Town municipality, Tasmania, Australia
18.2km (11.3 miles) Harford, Latrobe municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.7km (13.5 miles) Lefroy goldfield, Lefroy, George Town municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.5km (18.4 miles) Long Hill quarry, Elizabeth Town, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.6km (18.4 miles) Back Creek goldfield, Back Creek, George Town municipality, Tasmania, Australia
37.1km (23.0 miles) Walters Nook Quarry, Nook, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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