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Quartz from
Aktas Deposit (Aqtas Deposit), Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan


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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz, etc.

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
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Quartz

Aktas Deposit, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chlorite Group3
Amphibole Supergroup2
- var Byssolite2
Epidote1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aktas Deposit (Aqtas Deposit), Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:538347
Long-form Identifier:1:3:538347:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
79.0km (49.1 miles) ⓘAirtau Pegmatites, Ulytau District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
88.2km (54.8 miles) ⓘZhezkazgan Ore District, Satpayev, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan
References
Bespaev, Kh.A., Uzhkenov, B.S., Aliaksarov, S.A., and Egembaev, K.M. [Беспаев, Х.А., Ужкенов, Б.С., Алиаскаров, С.А., и Егембаев, К.М.] (1999) Gems of Kazakhstan. Reference book. Volume I. Deposits and occurrences of precious and semi-preciuos gemstones [Самоцветы Казахстана. Справочник. Том I. Месторождения и проявления драгоценных и полудрагоценных самоцветов]. Information-Analytical Center for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan [Информационно-аналитический центр геологии и минеральных ресурсов Республики Казахстан], [Алмааты], 155 pages (in Russian)
Shatnov, Yu.A., and Kostelov, N.P. [Шатнов, Ю.А., и Костелов, Н.П.] (2005) Crystal-bearing deposits of Russia and CIS countries [Хрусталеносные месторождения России и стран СНГ]. All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Raw Mineral Synthesis (VNIISIMS) [Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт синтеза минерального сырья (ВНИИСИМС)], Aleksandrov (Vladimir Oblast) [Александров (Владимирская область)], 242 pages (in Russian).
 
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