| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Topaz |
| Formula: | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Topaz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Vela Nordeste quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1035272 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1035272:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | faf705ff-4323-41ff-b7c6-ab10187e5e04 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Topaz |
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| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘCovão quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘAlvarrões Mine, Gonçalo, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal |
| 49.3km (30.6 miles) | ⓘBarroca Grande Mine, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| 49.6km (30.8 miles) | ⓘPortugal Nos. 1 & 2 quarries, Malpartida e Vale de Coelha, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal |
| 53.1km (33.0 miles) | ⓘCastillejo de Dos Casas, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain |
| 53.2km (33.0 miles) | ⓘLagares Mining Field, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal |
| 53.2km (33.0 miles) | ⓘRebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal |
| 73.7km (45.8 miles) | ⓘSegura Mines (Segura mining field), União de Freg de Segura e Zebreira, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| 74.1km (46.1 miles) | ⓘCerro Queimado, União de Freg de Segura e Zebreira, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| 98.5km (61.2 miles) | ⓘVinheiros Mine, Souto Maior, Sabrosa, Vila Real, Portugal |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book | | of Chipping Sadbury, calcite from Hampstead Farm Quarry and celestine from Yate Rocks. I also collected...north Devon, including several visits to High Down Quarry for wavellite and variscite, also into East Cornwall...Cornwall and several visits to Merehead Quarry, Somerset. Unfortunately, I did not keep a diary of all...autunite from Merrivale Quarry, Dartmoor and variscite from High Down Quarry, all localities in Devon...picked out several of the variscites from High Down Quarry, Filleigh and several magnetites from Hayter Mine |
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Vela Nordeste quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal