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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Orthoclase from
U starého Čihadla pegmatite, Biskupice-Pulkov, Třebíč District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view U starého Čihadla pegmatite, Biskupice-Pulkov, Třebíč District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:314812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:314812:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘPokojovice pegmatite, Pokojovice, Třebíč District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘMoravské Bránice vesuvianite occurrence (České Bránice vesuvianite occurrence; Mährisch Branitz vesuvianite occurrence; Böhmisch Branitz vesuvianite occurrence), Moravské Bránice (České Bránice; Mährisch Branitz; Böhmisch Branitz), Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
38.9km (24.2 miles) ⓘHengl quarry, Eibenstein an der Thaya, Raabs an der Thaya, Waidhofen an der Thaya District, Lower Austria, Austria
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘGraphite quarry, Wollmersdorf (Zettlitz-Wollmersdorf), Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Horn District, Lower Austria, Austria
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘJeclov granitic pegmatite, Jeclov, Velký Beranov, Jihlava District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
47.7km (29.6 miles) ⓘValy hill, Bobrová, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
48.4km (30.1 miles) ⓘVěžná I pegmatite, Věžná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
50.8km (31.5 miles) ⓘRožná Borovina, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘRožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘRožná Hradisko, Rožná pegmatite (Rozna; Roschna), Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
References
Bull. Minéral. , 1984, 107, pp. 369-384.
 
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