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Forsterite from
Szwedzkie Szańce basanite quarry, Lutynia, Gmina Lądek-Zdrój, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Forsterite
Formula:Mg2(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified, Polarised-light microscopy
SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Diopside2
- var Chromium-bearing Diopside2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Forsterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Szwedzkie Szańce basanite quarry, Lutynia, Gmina Lądek-Zdrój, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:829387
Long-form Identifier:1:3:829387:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite
25.1km (15.6 miles) Grochowiec Hill, Grochowa, Gmina Bardo, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
39.1km (24.3 miles) Pogroda quarry, Gmina Przeworno, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
40.9km (25.4 miles) Chmielina Mountain, Bielawa, Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
41.2km (25.6 miles) Żelowice quarry, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
41.3km (25.6 miles) Kowalskie quarry, Gmina Kondratowice, Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
50.0km (31.1 miles) Suchy Dul meteorite, Suchý Důl, Náchod District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic
53.2km (33.1 miles) Biskupice Maars, Biskupice, Krnov, Bruntál District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
53.3km (33.1 miles) Lisiec Mountain, Michałkowa, Gmina Walim, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
57.2km (35.6 miles) Jordanów nephrite quarry, Gmina Jordanów Śląski, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
58.5km (36.4 miles) Zeolitized basaltic tuffs, Gracze basanite quarry, Molestowice, Gmina Niemodlin, Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
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