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
La Beaume, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Beaume, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:555594
Long-form Identifier:1:3:555594:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘ"Bardonecchia road" quartzite vein, 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
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘSignols Quarries, Signols, Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘRoche Major (Roche Mayor), Oulx, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘGrange d'Himbert, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘCase Berge, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘRio Geronda Valley, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘColle Blegier, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘGrange della Valle, Vallone Galambra, Exilles, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘRognosa d'Etiache (Rognosa d'Etache), Bardonecchia, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Colomba, L. (1893-94) Sulla Glaucofane della Beaume (alta valle della Dora Riparia). Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 29, 404-423
Colomba, L. (1897-98) Ricerche mineralogiche sui giacimenti di anidrite e gesso dei dintorni di Oulx (Alta Valle della Dora Riparia). Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 33, 779-796
Colomba, L. (1901-02) Sulla Mohsite della Baume (Alta valle della Dora Riparia). Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 37, 491-500
Colomba, L. (1909) Osservazioni mineralogiche e litologiche sull'alta Valle della Dora Riparia (Rocce e minerali della Beaume, Oulx). Rivista di Mineralogia e Cristallografia Italiana, 38, 35-82
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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