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Quartz from
Jankowice mine heap, Chwałowice, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Mine Dump
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:EPMA
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jankowice mine heap, Chwałowice, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1561718
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1561718:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘJankowice heap (no. 2), Jankowice Rybnickie, Gmina Świerklany, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘStarzykowiec coal-mining dump, Chwałowice, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘMośnik coal mine dump, Chwałowice, Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘRybnik - Jankowice coal dump, Jankowice Rybnickie, Gmina Świerklany, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘRydułtowy heap (Szarlota heap), ROW Ruch Rydułtowy Mine, Rydułtowy, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘRydułtowy-Anna coal-mining heap, Pszów, Wodzisław Śląski, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘDębieńsko Mine heap, Gmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny, Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘSzczygłowice Mine, Knurów, Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘMizerów peat bog, Pszczyńa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
18.9km (11.8 miles) ⓘVelké Lány sand pit, Dolní Lutyně, Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
References
Łukasz Kruszewski preliminary analytical data
 
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