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
Kyanigan (Kyar-Ni-Kan), Patheingyi Township, Mandalay District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kyanigan (Kyar-Ni-Kan), Patheingyi Township, Mandalay District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016671
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016671:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘPhayaung Taung Au mine, Madaya Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘSagyin Hills, Madaya Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘYet-Kan-Zin-Taung (Yetkansin Taung), Madaya Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘPyingyi Taung, Male (Marle; Marla), Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
56.6km (35.2 miles) ⓘShantaung-U - Thandawmywet Range, Kyaukse Township, Kyaukse District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘNga-pein Taung, Letpanhla, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘKyaukse Sabe Taung copper deposit, Kyaukse Township, Kyaukse District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
64.6km (40.1 miles) ⓘYadana Theingi Mine (Yadanatheingi Mine), Dobin village, Naung Cho Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘKD-2 prospect, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
68.6km (42.6 miles) ⓘKD-1 prospect, Singu Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
References
Guo, Shun, Chen, Yi, Liu, Chuan-Zhou, Wang, Jian-Gang, Su, Bin, Gao, Yi-Jie, Wu, Fu-Yuan, Sein, Kyaing, Yang, Yue-Heng, Mao, Qian (2016) Scheelite and coexisting F-rich zoned garnet, vesuvianite, fluorite, and apatite in calc-silicate rocks from the Mogok metamorphic belt, Myanmar: Implications for metasomatism in marble and the role of halogens in W mobilization and mineralization. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 117. 82-106 doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.12.004
Guo, Qian; Guo, Shun; Yang, YueHeng; Tang, Xu; Wei, QinDi; Gu, LiXin; Wu, TengFei; Chen, Lin; Sein, Kyaing (2025) Dating Oligocene metasomatism of skarns in Mogok metamorphic belt using in situ vesuvianite geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 184. 106729 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106729
 
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