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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Pyrite from
Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:568485
Long-form Identifier:1:3:568485:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘRosebud Mine (Hecla Rosebud Mine), Rosebud Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘDreamland Claim, Rosebud Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘPershing titanium placers, Scossa Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
22.1km (13.7 miles) ⓘRattlesnake Canyon prospect, Red Butte Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘNBMG Sample Site 2945, Jungo Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘAntelope mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘLone Star mine (Haystack mine; Jungo Star mine), Haystack Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) ⓘSnowdrift Mine, Red Butte Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘBlack Star Claim Group (NBMG Sample Sites 2928; 2930; 2929), Trego Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘMajuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
References
Ebert, Shane W., Rye, Robert O. (1997) Secondary precious metal enrichment by steam-heated fluids in the Crofoot-Lewis hot spring gold-silver deposit and relation to paleoclimate. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 578-600 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.578
 
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