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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Calcite from
Osborn Mine, Russell County, Virginia, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Osborn Mine, Russell County, Virginia, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:344829
Long-form Identifier:1:3:344829:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘPat Keith Prospect, Russell County, Virginia, USA
24.2km (15.1 miles) ⓘSnowflake Fluorite Prospect, Scott County, Virginia, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘBowman Mine (Bowman-Graves Mine; Arcadia Mine; Graves Prospect), Arcadia Mining District, Scott County, Virginia, USA
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘBowman Zinc Prospect, Fall Branch Barite Mining District (Fall Branch-Greeneville Mining District), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
34.1km (21.2 miles) ⓘTri-Cities Airport quarry (Tri-City Airport quarry), Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) ⓘCounts Mine, Russell-Tazewell Counties Barite Mining District, Russell County, Virginia, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) ⓘClick Ridge Barite Prospect, Rogersville Area, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
41.1km (25.6 miles) ⓘLane Prospect, Scott County, Virginia, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘRockway Quarry (Limestone Products Corp.), Colonial Heights, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
42.4km (26.3 miles) ⓘEast Stone Gap Quarry, East Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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