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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Pyrite from
Vaio del Paradiso (Vajo del Paradiso; Vaio Paradiso; Vajo Paradiso), Grezzana, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vaio del Paradiso (Vajo del Paradiso; Vaio Paradiso; Vajo Paradiso), Grezzana, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1306802
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1306802:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘMonte Tomelon quarries (Ex Italcementi quarry), Tregnago, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
19.7km (12.3 miles) ⓘMonte Madarosa Quarry, Roccolo Pass, Chiampo, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘBertocchi quarry (ex Alvese quarry), San Pietro Mussolino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘPozze Alte Quarry, Brentino Belluno, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘGrolla quarry, Spagnago, Cornedo Vicentino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
27.1km (16.9 miles) ⓘVal Gerlano Mine (Speccheri Mine), Speccheri, Vallarsa, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘFonte Virgiliana, Staro, Valli del Pasubio, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘBersaglio di Val dei Nasi Quarry (Val dei Nasi Quarry), Pilcante, Ala, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘCivillina Mountain, Recoaro Terme, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘBuso della Pisatela-Rana cave system, Monte di Malo, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
References
Longhi, A. (1979) Miniere e Minerali del Veronese. Associazione Geologica Mineralogica Veronese, Edizioni Libreria Cortina, Verona, 95 pp.
Boscardin, M. (2014) Provincia di Verona. In: Zorzi, F., and Boscardin, M. (eds.), Minerali del Veneto. Alla scoperta sei tesori della nostra regione. Museo di Storia Naturale e Archeologia di Montebelluna - Treviso, Cierre Edizioni, Sommacampagna, 153-171.
 
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