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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Plagioclase from
Borówno melaphyre quarry, Krzeszów, Gmina Kamienna Góra, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Borówno melaphyre quarry, Krzeszów, Gmina Kamienna Góra, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1473237
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1473237:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘOwiecznik melaphyre quarry, Boguszów-Gorce, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘColourful Lakelets, Wieściszowice, Gmina Marciszów, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘAmphibolite quarry, Wieściszowice, Gmina Marciszów, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘStibnite occurrence, Książ, Wałbrzych, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘNovátor mine, Bernartice, Benešov District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
22.0km (13.7 miles) ⓘGłuszyca Górna melaphyre quarry, Głuszyca Górna, Gmina Głuszyca, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘLisiec Mountain, Michałkowa, Gmina Walim, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘBorowice, Gmina Podgórzyn, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
30.0km (18.6 miles) ⓘCieplice-1 borehole, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój, Jelenia Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
31.3km (19.4 miles) ⓘBorowy Jar, Jelenia Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Powolny, Tomasz; Dumańska-Słowik, Magdalena; Sikorska-Jaworowska, Magdalena; Wójcik-Bania, Monika (2019) Agate mineralization in spilitized Permian volcanics from “Borówno” quarry (Lower Silesia, Poland) – microtextural, mineralogical, and geochemical constraints. Ore Geology Reviews, 114. 103130 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103130
 
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