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
Sunday Tunnel, American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Tunnel
Classification
Type:Quartzite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartzite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sunday Tunnel, American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1065462
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1065462:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartzite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘMiller Mine Group (Miller Mining and Smelting Co.), American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘYankee Consolidated claims, American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMineral Flat SW Prospects (Albion Consolidated Mining Company; Alta United Mines Company; Niagara Claim; Mineral Flat Mining Company; Big Emma Cliam; Waterfall Claim; South Hecla Mining Company), American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘGlobe Mine, American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘMineral Flat NE Mines (Alta Merger Mines Company; Anna; Orphan; Dieh; lEstella; Utah 76 Claims; Boyd Park), American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘMerril Flat West Adits Occurrence, American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘCentennial Tunnel (Utah Centennial Mining Company), American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘMountain Dell Group, Miller Hill Mine Group (Miller Hill Mining Co. claims), American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘMount Baldy Prospects (Dryburgh Claim Group; Alta Merger Mines Company), American Fork Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘLouise Mine, Alta, Little Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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