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Vesuvianite from
Stanisław Quarry, Kopaniec, Gmina Stara Kamienica, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Vesuvianite
Formula:Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vesuvianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stanisław Quarry, Kopaniec, Gmina Stara Kamienica, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428006
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428006:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘStara Kamienica skarn occurrence, Stara Kamienica, Gmina Stara Kamienica, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘKotel hill prospect, Vítkovice, Semily District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘObří důl, Pec pod Sněžkou, Trutnov District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘDolomitic marble quarry, Rędziny, Gmina Kamienna Góra, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
56.4km (35.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed occurrence, Rengersdorf, Kodersdorf, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
75.0km (46.6 miles) ⓘŁażany granodiorite quarry, Gmina Żarów, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
97.2km (60.4 miles) ⓘSerpentinite quarry, Nasławice, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
98.2km (61.0 miles) ⓘJordanów nephrite quarry, Gmina Jordanów Śląski, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
99.3km (61.7 miles) ⓘManganese-bearing vesuvianite occurrence, Gmina Łagiewniki, Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
KARWOWSKI Ł., KRACZKA J., PIECZKA A., ŻABIŃSKI W. (1996): Vesuvianite from the Garby Izerskie Mt., Lower Silesia, Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, 27 (2), 23-31.
 
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