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
Portugal 1 & 2 quarries, Malpartida, Malpartida e Vale de Coelha, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Var: Smoky quartz
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Albite18
Muscovite18
Spessartine17
Schorl13
Fluorapatite7
Microcline5
Aragonite2
Opal2
- var Opal-AN2
Orthoclase1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Portugal 1 & 2 quarries, Malpartida, Malpartida e Vale de Coelha, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:416344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:416344:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.1km (1.9 miles) Terruco Mine, Malpartida e Vale de Coelha, Almeida, Guarda, Portugal
7.3km (4.5 miles) Arreigada Mine, Cinco Vilas e Reigada, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
7.8km (4.9 miles) Vale da Ursa Mine, Cinco Vilas e Reigada, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
8.8km (5.5 miles) Nave do Barrocal Mine, Cinco Vilas e Reigada, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
9.2km (5.7 miles) Fonte Salgueiro and Ladeira das Vinhas Mines, Pereiro, Pinhel, Guarda, Portugal
11.9km (7.4 miles) Chafariz Novo Mine, Almofala e Escarigo, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
12.7km (7.9 miles) Castillejo de Dos Casas, Aldea del Obispo, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
13.7km (8.5 miles) Mari Tere mine, Lumbrales, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
14.1km (8.7 miles) Vale do Torno and Ribeiro dos Frades Mine, Almofala e Escarigo, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
16.0km (10.0 miles) Barquilla Sn-Ge-Cd-Cu-Fe Deposit, Villar de la Yegua, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain
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