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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Quartzite from
Mintintic Drill Holes 2 and 2a occurrence, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Type:Quartzite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mintintic Drill Holes 2 and 2a occurrence, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1063977
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1063977:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartzite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘMintintic Drill Holes 1 and 3 occurrence, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘIron Duke Mine (Monterey-Iron Duke Mine), Silver City, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘSilver Bow Mine, Silver City, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘGolden Sunset shaft occurrence (Chief Consolidated Group), Golden Sunset Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘGolden Sunset adit (Pasandena group), Golden Sunset Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘMiddle Swansea group, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘPat Donnelly Group Prospects, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘGarity Quarry, Eureka, Juab County, Utah, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘGeneral Logan shaft occurrence (Bullion Beck and Champion group), Eureka, Juab County, Utah, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘJenny Lind Canyon South prospects (Shamrock and Lucky Strike groups), Eureka, Juab County, Utah, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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