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
Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:62.78 ± 0.6 Ma
Minimum recorded age:61.13 ± 0.19 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
161.13 ± 0.19 MaPaleocene - Ar-Ar
262.78 ± 0.6 MaPaleocene - Ar-Ar
Sample references:
1 -
Xue, C., Chen, Y., Wang, D., Yang, J., Yang, W., & Zeng, R. (2003) Geology and isotopic composition of helium, neon, xenon and metallogenic age of the Jinding and Baiyangping ore deposits, northwest Yunnan, China. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 46(8), 789-800.
2 -
Xue, C., Chen, Y., Wang, D., Yang, J., Yang, W., & Zeng, R. (2003) Geology and isotopic composition of helium, neon, xenon and metallogenic age of the Jinding and Baiyangping ore deposits, northwest Yunnan, China. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 46(8), 789-800.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baiyangping Cu-Co-Ag deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:474328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:474328:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘLiziping Pb-Zn deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘFulongchang Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Western ore zone, Baiyangping ore field, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘHetaoqing Cu-Ag deposit, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
25.5km (15.8 miles) ⓘDabaoshan Cu deposit, Weixi County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘXiaogela Cu deposit, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
51.4km (31.9 miles) ⓘJinman Cu deposit, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘGepoluo Sb deposit, Weixi Sb-polymetallic orefield, Weixi County, Dêqên Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China
54.1km (33.6 miles) ⓘKedengjian Cu occurrence, Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘFengzishan Zn–Pb deposit, Jinding Zn-Pb-Ag deposit (Lanping Mine), Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
54.5km (33.8 miles) ⓘJinding Zn-Pb-Ag deposit (Lanping Mine), Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
References
Wenjun Gong, Kaixuan Tan, Xiaoming Li, and Gelian Gong (2000): Geotectonica et Metallogenia 24(2), 175-181
Zhiming Li, Jiajun Liu, Jianzhong Qin, Zongting Liao, Mingqin He, and Yuping Liu (2005): Geology and Prospecting 41(1), 1-6
He Mingqin, Liu Jiajun, Li Chaoyang, Li Zhiming, Liu Yuping, Yang Aiping, and Sang Haiqing (2006): Chinese Journal of Geology 41(4), 688-693
Jiajun Liu, Degao Zhai, Zhiming Li, Mingqin He, Yuping Liu, and Chaoyang Li (2010): Acta Petrologica Sinica 26(6), 1646-1660
Xiaohu Wang, Yucai Song, Zengqian Hou, Hongrui Zhang, Zhe Wang, Tianming Zhuang, Chong Zhang, and Tianfu Zhang (2011): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 30(3), 507-518
 
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