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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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Zircon from
Fornovolasco metarhyolite formation, Fornovolasco, Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Formation
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fornovolasco metarhyolite formation, Fornovolasco, Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1351917
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1351917:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘBottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘSasso Cinturino, Villa Collemandina, Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘTagliata Quarry (La Tagliata Quarry), Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti quarrying basin; Fantiscritti quarrying basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
45.6km (28.3 miles) ⓘRio San Michele plagiogranite, Renno, Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
48.2km (30.0 miles) ⓘLigurian Sea to the SW of Portovenere Promontory (La Spezia), Italy
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘCorbolone quarry, Poggio Corbolone, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘPoggio Corbolone, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘVariante quarry, Poggio Corbolone, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘCa' di Micco tonalite (Ca' di Micco "granite"), Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
57.0km (35.4 miles) ⓘCasa Castiglione tonalite (Ca' Castiglione tonalite; Casa Castiglioni "granite"), Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
Pieruccioni, D., Galanti, Y., Biagioni, C., & Molli, G. (2018). Geology and tectonic setting of the Fornovolasco area, Alpi Apuane (Tuscany, Italy). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 357-367.
Biagioni, Cristian, Bosi, Ferdinando, Mauro, Daniela, Skogby, Henrik, Dini, Andrea, Zaccarini, Federica (2023) Dutrowite, Na(Fe2+2.5Ti0.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy): the first member of the tourmaline supergroup with Ti as a species-forming chemical constituent. European Journal of Mineralogy, 35 (1) 81-94 doi:10.5194/ejm-35-81-2023
 
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