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Agate from
Backesberg quarry, Baumholder, Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Agate
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Agate data
Locality Data:Click here to view Backesberg quarry, Baumholder, Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:603176
Long-form Identifier:1:3:603176:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Agate
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘHubertusruhe quarry, Baumholder, Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘArmy quarry, Baumholder, Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘPreußische Berge, Pfeffelbach, Kusel-Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘKlotzberg south slope, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘKarrenberg Quarry, Reichweiler, Kusel-Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘBecker Quarry, Freisen, Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘKarschholz, GÃķttschied, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘA62 Highway construction (Erntekreuz), Hahnweiler, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘGÃķttschieder Heide, GÃķttschied, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘIdar, Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
www.mineralworld.de (n.d.) http://www.mineralworld.de/deutschhome/Achate/Europa/Deutschland/Nahe/steinbruchbackesberg.html
 
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