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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Granite from
Granite Canyon Quarry (Granite Morrison Knudsen; Granite Quarry), Laramie County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Type:Granite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granite Canyon Quarry (Granite Morrison Knudsen; Granite Quarry), Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1060241
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1060241:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Granite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘMonte Cristo Occurrence, Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘGreat Standard group mines, Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
5.9km (3.6 miles) ⓘYellow Bird Mine, Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘGold Crater Group, Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘRoberts Ranch prospect, Silver Crown Mining District, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘBucaneer Prospect (Portland Group), Albany County, Wyoming, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘCrist Mine, Red Mountain Area, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘElkhorns I - II pegmatites, Tie Siding pegmatites, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘFerris kimberlite pipe, State Line Kimberlite Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
26.8km (16.7 miles) ⓘSchaffer 13 Prospect, Schaffer kimberlite pipe, State Line Kimberlite Mining District, Albany County, Wyoming, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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