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
Monarch Consolidated Mine (Monarch Cons.; Washington claim; Nashville [Baldwin] claim; Last Chance claim; Nome claim; Oregon claim; Columbia claim; Portland claim; Willametter claim), Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Monarch Consolidated Mine (Monarch Cons.; Washington claim; Nashville [Baldwin] claim; Last Chance claim; Nome claim; Oregon claim; Columbia claim; Portland claim; Willametter claim), Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326160
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326160:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) ⓘMcCurdy Mine [1], Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘBriar Cliff Mine (Briarcliffe Mines; Last Chance claim; Baldwin claim), Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘOntario Lodes Mine, Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘGold Mountain and Monitor Mine, Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘSleeping Beauty Mine, Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘConfidence Consolidated Mine (Confidence Cons.; Confidence claim; Last Park Saddle claim; Mechanics Lode claim; Pack Horse Lode claim; Leva B Lode claim), Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine [1] (Bananza Mine), Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘBaldwin Mine (National), Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘWagner Mine, Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘEast Nashville Mine, Nashville (Quartzburg), Nashville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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