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
Michael Breen Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodochrosite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Michael Breen Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:437011
Long-form Identifier:1:3:437011:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘMountain Monarch Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘRoyal Albert Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘSilver Link Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘMother Cline Mine, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘGladiator Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘGrizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSilver Point Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘGertrude Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘFree Gold Occurrence, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘOld Lout Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
2008 New Mexico Mineral Symposium abstracts
Ransome, Frederick Leslie (1901) A report on the economic geology of the Silverton quadrangle, Colorado. Bulletin 182. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b182
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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