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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Pyrite from
Nelson Mine, Santaquin Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nelson Mine, Santaquin Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:190128
Long-form Identifier:1:3:190128:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘBrownstone Adit Occurrence (Santaquin Central Adit), Santaquin Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘBluff Shaft Occurrence, North Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
27.3km (17.0 miles) ⓘBurgin Mine, East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘLehi-Tintic Mine (Gold Blossom Mine; Nichols Adit; Lehi Tintic Mining Company), North Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
28.1km (17.5 miles) ⓘCentral Standard Consol. Mining Company (Copper Leaf Shaft; Central Standard Shaft; Helen Adit; White Star Adit), North Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘTintic Standard No. 2 Shaft, Tintic Standard Mine, Dividend, East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘEureka Standard Mine (Tintic Bonanza Mining Company; Montana Mining Company), East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed cave, Tintic Standard Mine, Dividend, East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘEureka Lily Mine (East Tintic Development Company), Dividend, East Tintic Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘNorth Lily Mine, East Tintic Mining District, Utah 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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