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
Roche Major (Roche Mayor), Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Scree Slope
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roche Major (Roche Mayor), Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:555162
Long-form Identifier:1:3:555162:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘSignols Quarries, Signols, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘPierremenaud area (Monte Cotolivier east slope), Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘ"Bardonecchia road" quartzite vein, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘLa Beaume, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘGrange d'Himbert, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘCase Berge, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
8.5km (5.3 miles) ⓘNortheast slope, Mont Chaberton, Montgenèvre, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘRio Geronda Valley, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘColle Blegier, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘGrangia Chaux, Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Colomba, L. (1890-91) Sull'epidoto di Oulx e sui minerali che l'accompagnano. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 26, 537-552
Brizio, P., and Maletto, G. (1984) Aggiornamento sui minerali del giacimento della Roche Major, Oulx, Alta Valle di Susa, Torino. Notiziario di Mineralogia e Paleontologia (Riccione), 40, 10-14
Barresi, A. (1999) La Val di Susa e i suoi minerali. Volume II. Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico C.A.I.-U.G.E.T., Torino, 32 pp.
 
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