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Quartz from
Dowerin Chrysoberyl pit, Dowerin, Dowerin Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dowerin Chrysoberyl pit, Dowerin, Dowerin Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:774126
Long-form Identifier:1:3:774126:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘDowerin, Dowerin Shire, Western Australia, Australia
49.8km (30.9 miles) ⓘNinan prospect, Wongan Hills, Wongan-Ballidu Shire, Western Australia, Australia
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘWongamine Gold Mine, Toodyay Shire, Western Australia, Australia
67.9km (42.2 miles) ⓘRifle Range, Toodyay, Toodyay Shire, Western Australia, Australia
75.3km (46.8 miles) ⓘNew Norcia prospect, New Norcia, Victoria Plains Shire, Western Australia, Australia
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘLovers Lane Andalusite, Toodyay Shire, Western Australia, Australia
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘJimperding gold diggings (Yindinning Brook), Toodyay Shire, Western Australia, Australia
91.7km (57.0 miles) ⓘMooliebeenee Hill (Castle Hill), Bindoon, Chittering Shire, Western Australia, Australia
95.7km (59.5 miles) ⓘJacobs Well, Beverley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
(Perth 2007)
Downes, P. J., & Bevan, A. W. R. (2002). Chrysoberyl, beryl and zincian spinel mineralization in granulite-facies Archaean rocks at Dowerin, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 66(6), 985-1002
Jacobson, Mark Ivan, Calderwood, Mark Andrew, Grguric, Benjamin Alexander (2007) Guidebook to the pegmatites of Western Australia. Hesperian Press.
 
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