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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Pyrite from
Dade Prospect (Claims: Mile High; Miners Dream), Flat Tops Primitive Area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dade Prospect (Claims: Mile High; Miners Dream), Flat Tops Primitive Area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:374985
Long-form Identifier:1:3:374985:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘRifle Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘGarfield Mine, East Rifle Creek area, Garfield County, Colorado, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘHorse Mountain Uranium Mines, Brush Creek Mining District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
65.3km (40.5 miles) ⓘState Bridge area, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘLeon Claims, Maybell Mining District, Moffat County, Colorado, USA
78.7km (48.9 miles) ⓘSnowmass Creek Mine, Snowmass Creek Area, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
88.0km (54.7 miles) ⓘMary B. Mine (Claim: Mary B. No. 2), Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
88.9km (55.3 miles) ⓘMollie Gibson Mine, Aspen, Aspen Mining District (Roaring Fork Mining District), Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
91.1km (56.6 miles) ⓘInez, Marble Mining District, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
91.2km (56.7 miles) ⓘBig Four Mine, Heeney, Green Mountain Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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