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Quartz from
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA


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Quartz

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Smoky Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Smoky Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
01429220017272019503336.jpg
Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
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Smoky Quartz, etc.

Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Locality type:Pass
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Crystals occasionaly have extra X and S faces and are occasionaly Dauphine Law twins.
Habit:prisms
Colour:colorless, milkey, smokey, amethystine
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Aegirine
Arfvedsonite
Astrophyllite
Clinofergusonite-(Y)
Gagarinite-(Y)
Goethite
Hematite
Malachite
Microcline
Okanoganite-(Y)
Siderite
Zircon
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite104
Microcline97
Chamosite37
Arfvedsonite23
Zircon23
Fluorite20
Annite18
Bastnäsite Group15
Astrophyllite14
Synchysite Group14
Aegirine13
Siderite9
Titanite8
Kainosite-(Y)6
Okanoganite-(Y)6
Orthoclase6
Gadolinite6
Synchysite-(Ce)6
Riebeckite5
Gagarinite-(Y)5
Calciohilairite5
Allanite-(Ce)4
Gadolinite-(Ce)4
Zektzerite4
Sogdianite4
Aenigmatite3
Prehnite3
Genthelvite3
Ilmenite3
Bastnäsite-(Ce)3
Elpidite3
- var Calcium-bearing Elpidite3
Pyrochlore Supergroup3
Anatase3
Chabazite-Ca3
Synchysite-(Y)3
Apatite2
Chlorite Group2
Clinofergusonite-(Y)2
Calciocatapleiite2
Linarite2
Epidote2
Xenotime-(Y)1
Goethite1
Limonite1
Laumontite1
Mimetite1
Chevkinite-(Ce)1
Chrysocolla1
Calcite1
Molybdenite1
Löllingite1
Euxenite-(Y)1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46401
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46401:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘMid Range Mine, Twisp Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘHeather Pass, Chelan County, Washington, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘWolverine Prospect, Twisp Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘAbernathy Prospect, Twisp Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘDriveway Butte, Mazama Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘTiger Prospect, Bridge Creek, Stehekin Mining District, Chelan County, Washington, USA
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘMazama Queen Mine, Mazama Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
18.4km (11.5 miles) ⓘClimax Prospect, Mazama Mining District, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘGold Hill Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘAzurite Mine, Slate Creek Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
References
Micro Probe Volume VI Number 8
Rocks and Minerals, 66:6, p. 454
Eli Hess CollectionIdentified by Aidan Cerenzie: Visual Identification, Dealer/Collection Label
Cannon, Bart (1975) Minerals of Washington. Cordilleran. 184 pp.p.51
Boggs, Russell C. (1988) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9·3H2O, the calcium analogue of hilairite from the Golden Horn batholith, northern Cascades, Washington. American Mineralogist, 73 (9-10) 1191-1194
 
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