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
Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine), Owen Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tetrahedrite Subgroup2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine), Owen Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:156594
Long-form Identifier:1:3:156594:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘEquity Silver deposit, Houston, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
46.1km (28.6 miles) ⓘFirestorm prospect, Burns Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘBerg Cu-Mo deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
59.3km (36.9 miles) ⓘWhitesail Range, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
59.3km (36.9 miles) ⓘNorthern Lights claims, Troitsa Peak, Whitesail Range, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
63.5km (39.4 miles) ⓘEagle Creek, Burns Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
70.0km (43.5 miles) ⓘColes Creek copper-molybdenum deposit, Troitsa Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘRainy occurrence, Chikamin Mountain, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘBig Onion copper-molybdenum deposit, Smithers, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘDuthie Mine, Smithers, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Hood, C. T., Sinclair, A. J., & Leitch, C. H. (1991). British Columbia Geological Survey Geological Fieldwork 1991.
Nokleberg, Warren J. et al (2005) Metallogenesis and tectonics of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera. USGS Professional Paper 1697
(n.d.) Minfile, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.093L 002
 
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