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
Kese granite, Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China


Locality type:Pluton
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kese granite, Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1591271
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1591271:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘSangri Cu deposit, Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
56.8km (35.3 miles) ⓘZai’a, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
58.7km (36.5 miles) ⓘNaka Co (Naka Tso), Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
61.7km (38.3 miles) ⓘGuomang-Co granitic mylonite, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
66.7km (41.4 miles) ⓘXiongmei Cu deposit, Xiongmei, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
78.0km (48.5 miles) ⓘShesuo Cu-polymetallic deposit, Xiongmei, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘZanzongcuo, Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
87.5km (54.4 miles) ⓘSiling Co (Siling Tso; Selin Cuo), Xainza Co. (Shenzha Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘBangeria, Baingoin Co. (Bange Co.), Nagqu, Tibet, China
References
Wang, Nan, Liu, Zhibo, Lei, Min (2023) Strongly Peraluminous Highly Fractionated I-Type Granite from Bangong–Nujiang Metallogenic Belt, Tibet: Implications for Continental Evolution and Evaluation of Economic Potentiality. Minerals, 13 (9) doi:10.3390/min13091152
 
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