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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Hemimorphite from
Vindicator group (Vindicator-West Contact group [1890's]; Vindicator and West Contact; Vindicator Mine), Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA


Classification
Species:Hemimorphite
Formula:Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hemimorphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vindicator group (Vindicator-West Contact group [1890's]; Vindicator and West Contact; Vindicator Mine), Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1249491
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1249491:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hemimorphite
2.7km (1.6 miles) ⓘConfidence Mine, Cuchillo Negro Mining District, Sierra Cuchillo (Cuchillo Negro Mts), Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘIron Mountain No. 2 District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘTaylor Prospect, Ojo Caliente No. 2 Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
48.0km (29.8 miles) ⓘPetroglyph Mine (Miners Dream Mine), Hillsboro, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
57.8km (35.9 miles) ⓘPatsy Mine, Carpenter Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘCommercial Cramer Mine, Mimbres mines group, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘNaiad Queen Mine, Mimbres mines group, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
72.5km (45.0 miles) ⓘHumboldt Mine, Hanover-Fierro Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
80.9km (50.3 miles) ⓘOld Dude shaft, Macho Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘLion No. 2 Mine, Central Mining District (Bayard District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA
References
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