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
Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Microcline1
Gadolinite-(Y)1
Ferberite1
Hematite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:439393
Long-form Identifier:1:3:439393:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘSkalna Brama pegmatite, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed outcrop 3, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘWiciarka quarry 2, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘSzlifierska Struga, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘCzerwone Skałki Hill, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘWiciarka 1 quarry, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed outcrop 6, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘPtasie Gniazda Rocks, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘZłote Jamy amethyst occurrence, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.8km (1.7 miles) ⓘCzerwony Potok quarry, Mount Spławna, Szklarska Poręba, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Eligiusz Szełęg private collection
Kozłowski, A., Matyszczak, W. (2018) Oxygenic bismuth minerals in the NE part of the Karkonosze pluton (West Sudetes, SW Poland). Acta Geologica Polonica, 68(4), 537-554.
Kozłowski, A., & Matyszczak, W. (2022). Silver compounds as minerals in the eastern Karkonosze granitoid pluton, Sudetes, Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 72(4), 443-468.
Mil, Karolina; Gołębiowska, Bożena; Mikuš, Tomáš; Jeleň, Stanislav; Dimitrova, Dimitrina; Pieczka, Adam; Włodek, Adam (2026) Bismuth mineralisation and trace-element geochemistry of base-metal sulphides at Szklarska Poręba Huta (Variscan Karkonosze granite, SW Poland): implications for metal distribution and hydrothermal evolution. Ore Geology Reviews, 196. p.107502. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107502
 
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