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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Cuprite from
Gilów pegmatite, Gilów, Gmina Niemcza, Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


Locality type:Exposure
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gilów pegmatite, Gilów, Gmina Niemcza, Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:533680
Long-form Identifier:1:3:533680:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘMount Zległe, Grodziszcze, Gmina Stoszowice, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘSerpentinite quarry, Nasławice, Gmina Sobótka, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘMount Lirnik, Jugów, Gmina Nowa Ruda, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
38.7km (24.1 miles) ⓘChełmiec mine, Chełmiec, Gmina Męcinka, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
41.8km (26.0 miles) ⓘJabłów ore field, Jabłów, Gmina Stare Bogaczowice, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
42.4km (26.4 miles) ⓘZálesí uranium deposit, Zálesí, Javorník, Jeseník District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘStříbrník mines, Nýznerov, Skorošice, Jeseník District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
59.5km (37.0 miles) ⓘMount Bukowinka, Radzimowice, Gmina Bolków, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘDolomitic marble quarry, Rędziny, Gmina Kamienna Góra, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
60.2km (37.4 miles) ⓘDorothea mine, Mount Brożyna, Janowice Wielkie, Gmina Janowice Wielkie, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
References
Pieczka A., Łobos K., Sachanbiński M. (2004): The first occurence of elbaite in Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, 35, 3-14.
 
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