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Quartz from
Vaðlaheiði Tunnel, Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Northeastern Region, Iceland


Locality type:Tunnel
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Raman Spectroscopy
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vaðlaheiði Tunnel, Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Northeastern Region, Iceland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:912593
Long-form Identifier:1:3:912593:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
40.8km (25.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed gully, Flateyjardalur, Þingeyjarsveit, Northeastern Region, Iceland
57.3km (35.6 miles) ⓘHverir fumarole, Námaskarð Geothermal Area, Myvatn, Skútustaðahreppur, Þingeyjarsveit, Northeastern Region, Iceland
60.6km (37.7 miles) ⓘKrafla Volcano, Myvatn, Skútustaðahreppur, Þingeyjarsveit, Northeastern Region, Iceland
68.6km (42.6 miles) ⓘVestari Heraðsvötn, Sauðárkrókur, Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður, Northwestern Region, Iceland
84.9km (52.8 miles) ⓘRoad 744 road cut, Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður, Northwestern Region, Iceland
99.6km (61.9 miles) ⓘBrunnárdalur vein, Húnabyggð, Northwestern Region, Iceland
References
Personally collected by Günter Frenz
 
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