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Wad from
Huneberg Quarry, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Wad' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wad data
Locality Data:Click here to view Huneberg Quarry, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:30716
Long-form Identifier:1:3:30716:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wad
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘGlücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘFriederike Mine, Lautenthal, Langelsheim, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘBiseschacht, Iberg, Bergstadt Bad Grund, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘWinterberg Quarry, Iberg, Bergstadt Bad Grund, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘGrund mine, Bergstadt Bad Grund, Bad Grund, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘFrische Lutter vein (incl. Lutter adit; South Rothäuser adit; North Rothäuser adit), Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
27.3km (16.9 miles) ⓘOberstahlberg iron mines, Neuwerk, Rübeland, Oberharz am Brocken, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
33.1km (20.6 miles) ⓘManganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
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