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
Forra di Bulla (Puflerloch; Pufler Loch; Pufelserloch; Pufelser Loch; Bulla; Pufels), Kastelruth (Castelrotto), Salten-Schlern (Salto-Sciliar), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Forra di Bulla (Puflerloch; Pufler Loch; Pufelserloch; Pufelser Loch; Bulla; Pufels), Kastelruth (Castelrotto), Salten-Schlern (Salto-Sciliar), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:394634
Long-form Identifier:1:3:394634:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘToal d'Allochèt (Alochet), Moena, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘCimon della Stia north slope (Lo Scalon), Focobon Valley, Falcade, Belluno Province, Veneto, Italy
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘLe Cave (Grasstein), Franzensfeste (Fortezza), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
35.3km (21.9 miles) ⓘCima di Stilves (Zinseler Spitze), Freienfeld (Campo di Trens), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘEnglalm (Malga Engl), Terenten (Terento), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
40.6km (25.3 miles) ⓘDun (Dan), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘBurgum Alp, Pfitsch (Val di Vizze), Wipptal (Alta Vall'Isarco), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
41.6km (25.9 miles) ⓘCima D'Asta-Campo Regana, Castello Tesino, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
42.0km (26.1 miles) ⓘFassnacht (Monte Botte), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘMonte Cirne (Gschirn), Pfunders Valley (Fundres Valley), Vintl (Vandoies), Puster Valley District, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
References
Passaglia, E. (1972): Pumpellyite fortemente ferrifera rinvenuta a Bulla (Bolzano). Per. Mineral., 41, 2, 273-280
De Michele, V. (1974) Guida mineralogica d'Italia. Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
Boscardin, M. (1975): Informazioni di mineralogia italiana: 51) Pumpellyite di Bulla (Bolzano). Notizie del Gruppo Min. Lombardo, 6, 1 (Marzo 1975), 5
Exel, Reinhard (1980) Die Mineralien Tirols Vol. 1 - Südtirol und Trentino. Athesia.
Exel, Reinhard (1987) Guida mineralogica del Trentino e del Sudtirolo [Mineralogical guide to Trentino and South Tyrol]. Athesia. 204 pp.
 
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