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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Plagioclase from
Wombola Gold Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wombola Gold Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1023997
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1023997:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘWombola Dam Gold Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘCarnilya Hill Ni Mine, Mount Monger, Mount Monger Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘNew Celebration Gold Mine, South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘLong North, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘMount Shea gold prospect, Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘKen Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
26.6km (16.5 miles) ⓘHunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘBeta Hunt Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘNimbus Discovery Mine, Boorara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘYilmia meteorite, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Colahan, L., Weinberg, R.F., Squire, R.J., Allen, C.M. (2015), Early Deformation in the Eastern Goldfield Yilgarn Craton Western Ausralia: A Record of Early Thrusting?, Precambrian Research, 23/05/2015
 
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