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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K Feldspar from
Shaffer Hill (Jacobsen Ranch Pegmatite), Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shaffer Hill (Jacobsen Ranch Pegmatite), Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:372811
Long-form Identifier:1:3:372811:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘSnyder; Saddleback Mtn., Lower Clear Creek Area, Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘSwede - Kerr Gulches Pegmatites, Clear Creek Pegmatite Province, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘFred Pierce Ranch (Ramstetter Quarry), Front Range, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘG. H. Buckman Ranch, Front Range, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘBuckman Property (Golden Gate Canyon Prospect No. 2), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘLadwig Group (Ladwig No. 2; Ladwig No. 3; Claims: Ladwig No. 1), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘUnion Pacific Shaft Occurrence (Union Pacific Prospect), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘWright lease (Foothills Mine), Idledale Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘGrapevine Mine, Idledale Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘSchwartzwalder Mine (Ralston Creek Mine), Ralston Buttes Mining District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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