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
Innai mine, Ogachi, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, Japan


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Innai mine, Ogachi, Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:169491
Long-form Identifier:1:3:169491:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘChokei mine, Chokai, Yurihonjō City, Akita Prefecture, Japan
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘFukufune deposit, Mogami, Mogami District, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘWashinosu mine, Waga District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
47.4km (29.4 miles) ⓘWashiaimori mine, Yuda, Nishiwaga, Waga District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘOdomori mine, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘSennin mine (Wagasennin mine), Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘHosokura mine, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
57.1km (35.5 miles) ⓘTsunatori mine, Waga, Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘMurayama deposit, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘArakawa Mine, Kyohwa, Semboku District, Akita Prefecture, Japan
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Harada, Zyunpéi (1954) Chemical Analyses of Japanese Minerals (III). Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series 4, Geology and mineralogy = 北海道大學理學部紀要, 8(4): 289-348.
Sadanaga, Ryoichi, Bunno, Michiaki (1974) The Wakabayashi Mineral Collection. Bulletin 7. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Arribas, Antonio, Mizuta, Toshio (2018) Potential for Porphyry Copper Deposits in Northern Tōhoku (or the Exploration Potential for Base and Precious Metal Deposits in Japan 2020) Resource Geology, 68 (2) 144-163 doi:10.1111/rge.12167
 
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