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
Venus Mine, Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Arsenopyrite5
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Venus Mine, Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:168769
Long-form Identifier:1:3:168769:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘDaulton Mine, Windy Arm, Tagish Lake, Carcross, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘArctic Caribou (Big Thing) Mine, Carcross, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘCrescent Lake, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘMt. Foster, Bennett, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
38.2km (23.7 miles) ⓘUnion Mine, Carcross, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘPorter Claim, Carbon Hill, Wheaton River District, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘMt Skukum deposit, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘEngineer Gold Mine, Tagish Lake, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
55.6km (34.6 miles) ⓘHusselbee Uranium occurrence, Atlin Lake, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
58.1km (36.1 miles) ⓘPetty Polymetallic Occurrence, Table Mountain, Atlin Area, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Robert E.Walstrom Collection
Sabina, Ann P. (1992) Rocks and minerals for the collector: The Alaska Highway; Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Yukon/Alaska border. Miscellaneous Report 50. Geological Survey of Canada 129 pp. doi:10.4095/183881 p.41
 
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