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
Gray Hawk coal bed, Jackson County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gray Hawk coal bed, Jackson County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1508337
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1508337:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘRenfro Valley (I-75 exit 62), Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘCrab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘSomerset Quarry (Hinkle Contracting quarry), Pulaski County, Kentucky, USA
55.6km (34.5 miles) ⓘHalls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
61.0km (37.9 miles) ⓘNatural Bridge Stone Company; Inc. (Stanton Quarry & Mill; Hinkle Construction), Powell County, Kentucky, USA
71.9km (44.6 miles) ⓘCaldwell Stone Company Quarry, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, USA
76.2km (47.3 miles) ⓘIndian Creek Quarry (A. W. Walker and Son), Menifee County, Kentucky, USA
76.4km (47.4 miles) ⓘHayden Vein, Boyd County, Kentucky, USA
89.7km (55.7 miles) ⓘBassett Products Co. quarry, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
References
Hower, James C., Cortland F. Eble, Jennifer M. K. O'Keefe, Shifeng Dai, Peipei Wang, Panpan Xie, Jingjing Liu, Colin R. Ward, and David French. (2015) "Petrology, Palynology, and Geochemistry of Gray Hawk Coal (Early Pennsylvanian, Langsettian) in Eastern Kentucky, USA" Minerals 5, no. 3: 592-622. https://doi.org/10.3390/min5030511
 
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