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Hornblende from
Trachyandesite occurrence, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Exposure
Classification
Species:Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var: Hornblende
Formula:AnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hornblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Trachyandesite occurrence, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1697148
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1697148:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hornblende
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘMonchiquite occurrence, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘTephrite quarry, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMarkocice basalt quarry, Markocice, Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘHofeberg basalt quarry, Ostritz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
30.8km (19.2 miles) ⓘGutberg basalt quarry, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘBudniki uranium adit No 21, Budniki, Kowary, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
77.6km (48.2 miles) ⓘNentmannsdorf quarry, Nentmannsdorf, Bahretal, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
91.5km (56.8 miles) ⓘRatsstein quarry, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
References
Grahmann R., Ebert H. (1937) - Erläuterungen zu Geologische Karte von Sachsen, Blatt 89 Hirschfelde mit Teilen der Blätter Nr. 90 (Weigsdorf) und Nr. 108 (Oberullersodrf); II Auflage, Leitung K.Pietzsch, Leipzig.
 
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