Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Quartz from
Princess Elena claims, Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Colour:Light Purple
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Princess Elena claims, Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1004111
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1004111:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.0km (0.7 miles) ⓘGorilla property (Gorilla group 1; Gorilla group 2; Gorilla group 3; Gorilla group 4; Marguerite Lake Mines Ltd. property; Lost Gorilla group; Lew claims; Big Bonanza claims), Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘSunset Mine (McKalouff and Gilbert property; Thomas McAuliffe group; Thomas Gianmi claims), Mineral Mountain area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) ⓘSilver Bell-Martinez Mine (Martinez Mine; Silver Bell property; Martinez property; Silver-Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Martinez Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbia-Silver Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Columbia Mine), Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘAjax Mine, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘWoodpecker Mine, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘReymert Mine, Reymert Canyon, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed wash, adjacent to State Route 177, Superior area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘMagmatic Copper Mine (Magmatic Copper Company claims; Stacy claims; Lode Star claims), Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘUnnamed Chalcedony occurrence [1], Unnamed volcanic knob, Potts Canyon, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
References
Personally collected by J Chris Pfahl.
 
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