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
Woxi Mines (Wuxi Mines; Xiangxi Mines; Xianxi Mines), Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Woxi Mines (Wuxi Mines; Xiangxi Mines; Xianxi Mines), Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:440984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:440984:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘJinniushan Au deposit, Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘZhazixi Mine, Anhua Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China
27.6km (17.2 miles) ⓘShenjiaya Au deposit, Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
28.2km (17.5 miles) ⓘYuntai Mountains, Xupu Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘDarongxi Mine, Anhua Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China
55.1km (34.2 miles) ⓘDongjiahe Pb-Zn deposit, Chenxi Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
77.1km (47.9 miles) ⓘGutaishan Sb-Au deposit, Xinhua Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
78.2km (48.6 miles) ⓘYangjiashan, Xinhua Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
81.5km (50.6 miles) ⓘFuzhuxi Sb-Au deposit, Anhua Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China
81.5km (50.6 miles) ⓘJiangdongwan Sb-Au occurrence, Longwangjiang-Jiangdongwan orefield, Xupu Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China
References
Yongfu Kang (1984): Geology and Prospecting 20(6), 1-10
Zhenxiang Bao (1988): Occurrence features, metallogenesis and exploration guide of a stratabound scheelite deposit in western Hunan. Geology and Prospecting 24(3), 15-20.
Yang, Sixue, Blum, N., Rahders, E., Zhenru, Zhang (1998) The nature of invisible gold in sulfides from Xiangxi Au-Sb-W ore deposit in northwestern Hunan, People's Republic China. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36 (5). 1361-1372
Xuexiang Gu, Schulz, O., Vavtar, Fr., Jianming Liu, and Minghua Zheng (2003): Ore fabric characteristics of Woxi W-Sb-Au deposit in Hunan and their genetic significance. Mineral Deposits 22(1), 107-120 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Gu, Xuexiang; Schulz, Oskar; Vavtar, Franz; Liu, Jianming; Zheng, Minghua; Fu, Shaohong (2007) Rare earth element geochemistry of the Woxi W–Sb–Au deposit, Hunan Province, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 31 (1-4). p.319-336. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.003
Liang, Y. (2015). The mineralization of the Woxi Au-Sb-W deposit, western Hunan, China (Doctoral dissertation, 広島大学 (Hiroshima University)).
Yan, J., Fu, S., Liu, S., Wei, L., & Wang, T. (2022). Giant Sb metallogenic belt in South China: A product of Late Mesozoic flat-slab subduction of paleo-Pacific Plate. Ore Geology Reviews, 104697.
Dai, Junfeng; Xu, Deru; Chi, Guoxiang; Li, Zenghua; Deng, Teng; Zhang, Jian; Li, Bin (2022) Origin of the Woxi orogenic Au-Sb-W deposit in the west Jiangnan Orogen of South China: Constraints from apatite and wolframite U-Pb dating and pyrite in-situ S-Pb isotopic signatures. Ore Geology Reviews, 150. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.105134
Dai, Junfeng; Xu, Deru; Zhang, Jian; Li, Bin; Li, Zenghua; Deng, Teng (2023) Textural and LA-ICP-MS trace element analyses reveal co-enriched Au-Sb-W metallogeny in the Woxi deposit, west Jiangnan Orogen, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 154. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105333
Li, Bin, Xu, Deru, Bai, Daoyuan, Chi, Guoxiang, He, Hongsheng, Shao, Yongjun, Deng, Teng, Dai, Junfeng, Zou, Shaohao, Chen, Jianfeng (2024) Dual-mineralization in the intracontinental Jiangnan Orogen, South China: Evidence from textures and in-situ trace elements and oxygen analysis of quartz from the Woxi Au-Sb-W deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 171. 106172 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106172
Kang, Lin-Yan; Xu, Jun-Wei; Liu, Xiang-Hua; Song, Xiang-Fa; Li, Nan-Xing; Li, Bin (2025) Comparison of the genesis of typical antimony deposits in the Xiangzhong Antimony Ore Belt, South China. Ore Geology Reviews, 183. 106695 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.106695
 
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