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
Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1
Fluorite1
Hematite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nababeep West Mine (Nababeep Near West mine), Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:249743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:249743:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘNababeep Mine, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘNababeep Far West Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘNababeep East Mine, Nababeep tungsten mines, Nababeep, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘJan Coetzee Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘOkiep Mine (O'Okiep Mine), Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘOkiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘKliphoog Mine, Concordia, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘNarrap Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘTweedam Mine, Springbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘSpringbok, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Söhnge, P. G. (1950) The Nababeep Near West tungsten mine, South Africa. American Mineralogist, 35 (9-10) 931-940
Cairncross, Bruce (2004) History of the Okiep Copper District, Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The Mineralogical Record, 35 (4) 289-317
 
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