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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Pyrite from
Vallecito Creek, San Juan County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vallecito Creek, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:438730
Long-form Identifier:1:3:438730:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘSummit Mine, Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘLittle Jim Mine (Southern Cross; MS 4520; E.A.K.; MS 4520; Patented Claims: Little Jim; MS 4520), Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Lead - Zinc - Silver Prospects (MRDS - 10094662), Emerald Lake Area, Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘEldorado Claim (MS 16686; Patented Claim: El Dorado), Beartown Mining District (Bear Creek Mining District), San Juan County, Colorado, USA
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘChicago Basin Disseminated Molybdenum Deposit, Needle Mountain Mining District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘClyde Long property, Elk Park, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘSally Bowman Mine (Morse; MS 11512; Patented Claims: Sallie Bowman; MS 11511), Needleton Area, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘStony Pass Mine, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘHighland Mary Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) ⓘAntiperiodic Mine, Canby Mountain, Howardsville, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt; Cobban, Robert R.; Mosburg, Shirley K.; Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.
 
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