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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Quartz from
Black Crystal Property (Giras Claim; Gireau's Claim; P J McGowans Lode), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Property
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Black Crystal Property (Giras Claim; Gireau's Claim; P J McGowans Lode), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:383702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:383702:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.3km (2.0 miles) ⓘJ. R. Extension (Aberdeen Gold Mining & Milling Company), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
3.5km (2.1 miles) ⓘGolden Slipper Gold and Silver (Forest City Mine; Empire Gold Mine), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) ⓘOttumwa Lode Occurrence, Unorganized mining district [5], Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘEdna Hazel, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘChampion Property Pennington and Smith, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘBlack Metal Group, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘIda Occurrence (Ida Tin), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘGood Luck; Success; Cleveland Claims (American Tungsten Mining Company), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘCrain Mine (Burlington Group), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘDyke claim (Dike lode), Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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