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Quartz from
Black Head (PWD Black Head quarry), Shelly Beach, Ballina, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite4
- var Iron-bearing Calcite3
Quartz1
- var Chalcedony1
Olivine Group1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Head (PWD Black Head quarry), Shelly Beach, Ballina, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:316398
Long-form Identifier:1:3:316398:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
22.4km (13.9 miles) Pine Tree Road deposit, Broadwater, Richmond Co., New South Wales, Australia
23.7km (14.7 miles) Byron Bay, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
26.8km (16.7 miles) Bexhill Brickworks, Bexhill, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
34.0km (21.1 miles) Minyon Falls, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
35.1km (21.8 miles) Verhovseks prospect, Mullumbimby, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
35.6km (22.1 miles) Yankee Creek, Mullumbimby, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
37.6km (23.3 miles) Mullumbimby Creek copper (Dyer's land), Mullumbimby, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
38.9km (24.2 miles) Bullock Creek Beach, Evans Head, Richmond Co., New South Wales, Australia
45.0km (28.0 miles) Metro Minerals manganese deposit, Main Arm, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
52.8km (32.8 miles) Uki gold prospect, Uki, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Keith Compton collectionIdentified by Keith Compton: Visual Identification
 
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