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Turquoise from
Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
| Locality type: | Quarry | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Turquoise | |
| Formula: | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O | |
| Habit: | multifaceted crystals up to 1-2mm; crusts coating cracks in quartz; globules resembling rosebuds | |
| Colour: | blue-green | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Believed Valid | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Quartz | 10 | |
| Chlorite Group | 8 | |
| Wardite | 5 | |
| Wavellite | 3 | |
| Libethenite | 2 | |
| Clinochlore | 2 | |
| Torbernite | 1 | |
| Delafossite | 1 | |
| Pseudomalachite | 1 | |
| Rutile | 1 | |
| Malhmoodite | 1 | |
| Hematite | 1 | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Turquoise data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (41 photos) | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 46051 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:46051:2 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Turquoise | ||
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘCoticule mines (east), Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | ⓘThier del Preu quarry, Petit-Sart, Lierneux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘPagani quarry, Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| References | ||
Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium