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
Pfaffenberg hill, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Railway Cutting
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pfaffenberg hill, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1599409
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1599409:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘGranulite outcrop, Waldheim, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘSteina quarry, Steina, Hartha, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘNeue Hoffnung bei den drei Fichten Mine, Lauenhain, Mittweida, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘWendishain, Hartha, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘLauenhain, Mittweida, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘAlte Hoffnung adit, Schönborn-Dreiwerden, Rossau, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘLiebgens Mühle, Leisnig, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘSegen Gottes Erbstolln Mine (Segen Gottes Mine), Gersdorf, Striegistal, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘBleiberg (Treppenhauer), Sachsenburg, Frankenberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘBörtewitz, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
References
Borghini, A., Ferrero, S., O'Brien, P., Wunder, B., Tollan, P., Majka, J., Fuchs, R., Gresky, K. (2023): Crust-mantle interaction at near ultra-high pressure conditions recorded by a melt inclusions-bearing eclogite lens in Pfaffenberg, Bohemian Massif. 9th Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Poland / 28th Meeting of the Petrology group of the Mineralogical Society of Poland, "Oceanic lithosphere: rocks, minerals, and critical resources", October 19-22, Bielawa, Poland. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 51, 41.
Borghini, A.; Ferrero, S.; O'Brien, P. J.; Wunder, B.; Tollan, P.; Majka, J.; Fuchs, R.; Gresky, K. (2024) Halogen-bearing metasomatizing melt preserved in high-pressure (HP) eclogites of Pfaffenberg, Bohemian Massif. European Journal of Mineralogy, 36 (2). 279-300 doi:10.5194/ejm-36-279-2024
 
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