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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Sylvite from
Wendover, Tooele County, Utah, USA


Classification
Species:Sylvite
Formula:KCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sylvite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wendover, Tooele County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:188901
Long-form Identifier:1:3:188901:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sylvite
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘBonneville Ltd. Potash Plant (Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp.), Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘTetzlaff Peak Subsurface Brines, Silver Island Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘSalduro SW Subsurface Brines, Bonneville Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah, USA
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘSubsurface Brines of Salduro Quadrangle (MRDS - 10087456), Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah, USA
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘMiners Canyon Quadrangle Subsurface Brines, Silver Island Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘBonneville Racetrack Subsurface Brines, Silver Island Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘSubsurface Brines occurrence, Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘFloating Island SW Brines Occurrence, Tooele County, Utah, USA
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘSubsurface Brines Occurrence (MRDS - 10012249), Salt Flats, Tooele County, Utah, USA
References
Bullock, Kenneth C. (1981) Minerals and mineral localities of Utah. Bulletin 117. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
 
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