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Quartz from
Cap Diamant, Quebec City (Agglomération de Québec), Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada


Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Dealer/Collection Label
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Strontianite3
Calcite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cap Diamant, Quebec City (Agglomération de Québec), Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:764797
Long-form Identifier:1:3:764797:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
60.0km (37.3 miles) Harvey Hill mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
60.7km (37.7 miles) Broughton talc mine (Luzcan mine; Carrière rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
62.7km (38.9 miles) Bernstein deposit, Broughton, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
62.7km (39.0 miles) Carey mine (Carey Canada Inc. mine), Tring-Jonction, Robert-Cliche RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
63.0km (39.2 miles) Boston Mine, Tring-Jonction, Robert-Cliche RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
64.4km (40.0 miles) Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce quarry (Calway Quarry), Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Robert-Cliche RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
64.8km (40.3 miles) Frontenac mine, East Broughton, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
65.0km (40.4 miles) Route 73 road cut, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Robert-Cliche RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
65.3km (40.6 miles) Fraser Mine, East Broughton, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
74.5km (46.3 miles) Pennington mine, Pontbriand, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada
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