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Quartz from
Coranda quarry (Coranda open pit; Certej project; Coranda-Hondol ore deposit; Hondol pit), Bocşa Mare, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte3
Native Gold1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Coranda quarry (Coranda open pit; Certej project; Coranda-Hondol ore deposit; Hondol pit), Bocşa Mare, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:949379
Long-form Identifier:1:3:949379:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘBolcana Mine, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘSăcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘMăgura veins, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘTrestia Mine, Trestia, Băița, Hunedoara County, Romania
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘLarga, Stănija, Buceș, Hunedoara County, Romania
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘCrăciunești melaphyres, Băița, Hunedoara County, Romania
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘTechereu, Balșa, Hunedoara County, Romania
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘDeva Mine, Deva, Hunedoara County, Romania
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘAlmas-Stanija ore field, Almașu Mare, Alba County, Romania
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘDumbrava, Zlatna, Alba County, Romania
References
Apopei, Andrei Ionuț; Damian, Gheorghe; Buzgar, Nicolae; Buzatu, Andrei (2016) Mineralogy and geochemistry of Pb–Sb/As-sulfosalts from Coranda-Hondol ore deposit (Romania) — Conditions of telluride deposition. Ore Geology Reviews, 72. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.09.014
 
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