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Quartz from
Last Hope Mine (Lost Hope Mine), Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Euclase3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Hope Mine (Lost Hope Mine), Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:711731
Long-form Identifier:1:3:711731:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘChiwya claims, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘMwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘSt Anns Mine (St Anne Mine; St Anne's Mine; St Ann's Mine), Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
31.1km (19.3 miles) ⓘLynx Mine, Lynx, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘMiriam Mine (Norah Mine), Mhangura, Makonde District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘSilverside copper-silver deposit (incl. Old Hat Mine; Manchester Mine; Shebaside Mine), Makonde District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘMterikati pegmatite, Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘAlaska Mine (incl. Hans Mine; Angwa Mine), Makonde District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
86.8km (53.9 miles) ⓘZambezi Valley, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘSanyati Mine, Gokwe North District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
References
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
Hochleitner, Rupert (1989) Blauer Euklas aus Zimbabwe [Blue Euclase from Zimbabwe]. Lapis, 14 (10). 24-27
 
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