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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Albite from
Le Cave (Grasstein), Franzensfeste (Fortezza), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kainosite-(Y)8
Chabazite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Le Cave (Grasstein), Franzensfeste (Fortezza), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:381495
Long-form Identifier:1:3:381495:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘCima di Stilves (Zinseler Spitze), Freienfeld (Campo di Trens), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘBurgum Alp, Pfitsch (Val di Vizze), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘFossa di Trues, Kematen (Caminata), Pfitsch (Val di Vizze), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘGrabspitze (Cima Grava) East Slope, Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
14.5km (9.0 miles) ⓘGrabspitze (Cima Grava) North and West Slope, Sankt Jakob (San Giacomo), Pfitsch (Val di Vizze), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘDun (Dan), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘFassnacht (Monte Botte), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘMonte Cirne (Gschirn), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
18.1km (11.3 miles) ⓘEngberg south slope, Fundres (Pfunders), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
18.6km (11.6 miles) ⓘEnglalm (Malga Engl), Terenten (Terento), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
References
Folie, Kurt, Rocchetti, Ivano (2004) Grasstein - ein Fundort für interessante Mineralien in Südtirol [Grasstein - a site for interesting minerals in South Tyrol]. Mineralien Welt, 15 (4). 50-64
 
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