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
'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


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'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony, etc.

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony, etc.

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony, etc.

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony, etc.

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Chalcedony, etc.

'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view 'Wiry' magnesite mine, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1479577
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1479577:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘWirki granite quarry, Wirki, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘGogołów granite quarry, Gogołów, Gmina Świdnica, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘBiałe Krowy quartz deposit, Sobótka, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘChwałkowski quarry, Chwałków, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘGola Świdnicka granite quarry, Gola Świdnicka, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘStrzeblów, Sobótka, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘQuartz veins, Krasków, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
9.9km (6.1 miles) ⓘGołaszyce granite quarry, Gmina Marcinowice, Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘMount Kopaniec, Sobótka, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘGalgenberg Dunite, Sobótka, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Harańczyk C., Wala A. (1970) Mineralizacja endogeniczna w masywach skał ultrazasadowych północnego przedpola Sudetów Środkowych. Przegląd Geologiczny nr 6. (In Polish)
 
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