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
Mount Qi (Qishan), Shoushan, Jin'an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Qi (Qishan), Shoushan, Jin'an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1526262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1526262:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘEmei Mine, Shoushan, Jin'an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘShoushan Mine, Shoushan, Jin'an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘKuiqi, Jin'an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘZhuzhong Mine, Minqing County, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
62.9km (39.1 miles) ⓘDongzai Mine, Fuqing City, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
65.8km (40.9 miles) ⓘYunshan, Yongtai County, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘYinkeng Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, Hanjiang District, Putian, Fujian, China
86.9km (54.0 miles) ⓘZhongshan Mine, Xianyou Co., Putian, Fujian, China
94.2km (58.5 miles) ⓘDikou mining area, Yanping District, Jian'ou City, Nanping, Fujian, China
94.8km (58.9 miles) ⓘChilu Mo deposit, Fu'an Co., Ningde, Fujian, China
References
Li, Yu-Juan, Lü-Yun Zhu, Wen Xu, Wei Meng, Min Lin, Zhong Yang, and Run-Sheng Chen. (2022) "Stratigraphic Section and Geochronological Studies of the Shoushan Basin, Fujian Province, South China, and Its Implications for the Mineralization of Shoushan Stone" Minerals 12, no. 12: 1542. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121542
 
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