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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Jarosite from
California Mine, Upper Browns Creek area, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Jarosite
Formula:KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Jarosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view California Mine, Upper Browns Creek area, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:34038
Long-form Identifier:1:3:34038:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Jarosite
37.5km (23.3 miles) ⓘIron Arrow Mine, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘBonanza Mine (Cornucopia Claims; Bonanza No. 1), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
42.4km (26.4 miles) ⓘDoctor Mine, Spring Creek (Spring Gulch), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘChloride Mine (Chloride 1-4 claims), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
74.4km (46.2 miles) ⓘStandard Mine, Ruby Mining District (Elk Mountain Mining District; Irwin Mining District), Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
76.8km (47.7 miles) ⓘDolly Varden Mine (Varden Mine), Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘMoose Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘClimax Mine, Climax, Climax Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, USA
89.1km (55.4 miles) ⓘMountain View Mine, Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
89.3km (55.5 miles) ⓘSongbird Mine, Silver Cliff Mining District, Custer County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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