| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Turquoise |
| Formula: | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| Habit: | multifaceted crystals up to 1-2mm; crusts coating cracks in quartz; globules resembling rosebuds |
| Colour: | blue-green |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 10 |
| Chlorite Group | 8 |
| Wardite | 5 |
| Wavellite | 3 |
| Clinochlore | 2 |
| Libethenite | 2 |
| Hematite | 1 |
| Malhmoodite | 1 |
| Torbernite | 1 |
| Pseudomalachite | 1 |
| Rutile | 1 |
| Delafossite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Turquoise data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (41 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 46051 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:46051:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Turquoise |
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| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘCoticule mines (east), Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | ⓘThier del Preu quarry, Petit-Sart, Lierneux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘPagani quarry, Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium |
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Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium