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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Vaesite from
Meleto quarry, Strada in Chianti, Greve in Chianti, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Vaesite
Formula:NiS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Vaesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Meleto quarry, Strada in Chianti, Greve in Chianti, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:257802
Long-form Identifier:1:3:257802:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Vaesite
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘFosso del Lago, Molino della Rovinaccia, Castel di Casio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
64.3km (40.0 miles) ⓘCa' dei Ladri (Silla), Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
70.8km (44.0 miles) ⓘStancalasse stream (Rio Stancalasse), Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘSasso delle Lucine, Castelluccio di Moscheda, Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
72.4km (45.0 miles) ⓘCa' Ottavia, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
72.5km (45.0 miles) ⓘRio delle Ossa, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
72.8km (45.2 miles) ⓘRio Poggioli, San Clemente, Monterenzio, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
72.9km (45.3 miles) ⓘSasso dei Carli (Sasso dei Diamanti), Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘRio Ardenza (Rio Popogna), Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
91.7km (57.0 miles) ⓘCa' de Giannasi ophiolite, Frassinoro, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
References
Bonechi M., 1994. La cava di Meleto ed i suoi minerali. Riv. Min. Ital., 17: 123-130.
 
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