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Quartz from
Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:312847
Long-form Identifier:1:3:312847:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘGreenbushes Sn placers, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘLemonade Springs Cut, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘFerndale pegmatite, Balingup, Donnybrook-Balingup Shire, Western Australia, Australia
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘMeaneys Bridge prospect, Balingup, Donnybrook-Balingup Shire, Western Australia, Australia
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘGlenlynn prospect, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘDonovans Find (Smithfield), Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘHunters Venture Mine, Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup Shire, Western Australia, Australia
59.4km (36.9 miles) ⓘEwington No. 2 Coal Mine (Baby Blue), Collie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
63.2km (39.3 miles) ⓘGelorup Quarry, Bunbury Shire, Western Australia, Australia
72.3km (44.9 miles) ⓘBunbury, Bunbury Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Econ Geol (1995) 90:616-635
Camara, F.; Oberti, R. (2005) The crystal-chemistry of holmquistites: Ferroholmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia) and hints for compositional constraints in BLi amphiboles. American Mineralogist, 90 (7). 1167-1176 doi:10.2138/am.2005.1793
 
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