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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Calcite from
Laguna de Salinas, Salinas, Sax, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain


Locality type:Saline Lake
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Laguna de Salinas, Salinas, Sax, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1339303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1339303:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘCaprala, Petrel, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘLos Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘCabezo de la Mina deposit, Sierra de Orihuela, Valencian Community, Spain
51.3km (31.8 miles) ⓘNuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia lamproite outcrops, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
52.0km (32.3 miles) ⓘLos Ramírez, Ulea, Murcia, Spain
58.2km (36.1 miles) ⓘGravera del Barquero, Enguera, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘSierra de las Cabras, Cancarix lamproite intrusion, Hellín, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
67.8km (42.1 miles) ⓘTozal Negro quarry, Barxeta, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
71.9km (44.7 miles) ⓘCoto Menor mines, Hellín, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
76.5km (47.5 miles) ⓘTortero Cave, Tous, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
References
Queralt, Ignasi, Julia, Ramon, Plana, Feliciano, Bischoff, James L. (1997) A hydrous Ca-bearing magnesium carbonate from playa lake sediments, Salines Lake, Spain. American Mineralogist, 82 (7) 812-819 doi:10.2138/am-1997-7-820
 
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