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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Quartz from
Gargol, Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gargol, Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1301767
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1301767:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘPine Grove Furnace State Park, Cooke Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘWenksville, Menallen Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘMoores Mill, Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘClapper Farm Cu-Au occurrence, Reading Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘWhite Rock Acres, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
16.3km (10.2 miles) ⓘZeolite locality, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘGrove Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘSmyser Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘMcCormick Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘBell Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
King, Van (n.d.) Personal communcation.
 
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