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
Yalguba Ridge, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yalguba Ridge, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1419906
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1419906:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘPinguba, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘNorthern Suisari Island, Suisari Island, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
19.7km (12.2 miles) ⓘTulguba, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
38.0km (23.6 miles) ⓘBazaltovyi quarry (Basalt open pit), Kondopozhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
48.7km (30.3 miles) ⓘKondoberezhskaya Deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
49.6km (30.8 miles) ⓘVelikaya Guba Deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘKimozero kimberlite, Zaonezhskoe kimberlite field, Prionezhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
67.4km (41.9 miles) ⓘSrednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘTzarevskoye Deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘZazhoginskoe field, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
References
Svetova, E.N.
Svetova, Evgeniya N., Svetov, Sergei A. (2020) Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Agates from Paleoproterozoic Volcanic Rocks of the Karelian Craton, Southeast Fennoscandia (Russia) Minerals, 10 (12) 1106 doi:10.3390/min10121106
Svetov, Sergei A., Chazhengina, Svetlana Y., Stepanova, Alexandra V. (2023) Paleoproterozoic Variolitic Lavas from the Onega Basin, Fennoscandian Shield: Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Origin. Minerals, 13 (10) doi:10.3390/min13101320
 
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