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Ilmenite from
Spitzenberg Mines, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Spitzenberg Mines, Harz (Landkreis Goslar), Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:30869
Long-form Identifier:1:3:30869:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘGabbro Quarry, Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
4.6km (2.8 miles) ⓘKaltes Tal, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘMichaelstein, Blankenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘWinzenburg, Thale, Thale, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
59.8km (37.1 miles) ⓘBramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘBackenberg quarries, Güntersen, Adelebsen, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
65.1km (40.5 miles) ⓘErxleben meteorite, Erxleben, Flechtingen, Flechtingen, Börde, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘHoher Hagen, Dransfeld, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
81.8km (50.8 miles) ⓘBransrode Quarry, Weißenbach, Großalmerode, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
82.8km (51.4 miles) ⓘKalbe, Schwalbenthal, Meißner, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
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