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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Pitchblende from
Golden Cycle Mine (Bowen), Montrose County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:UO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pitchblende data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golden Cycle Mine (Bowen), Montrose County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573346
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573346:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pitchblende
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘAEC Lease Tract Unit C-SM-18 Prospect, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘYellow Bird Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘBlack Hat Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘVanadium Queen Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘGray Daun Mine, La Sal Creek Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
46.8km (29.1 miles) ⓘMi Vida Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
76.5km (47.6 miles) ⓘBlack King Mine (Black King No. 4; Black King No. 5; Black King No. 5 Claim; Unpatented Claims: Black King No. 1; Evans Claims; Weatherly Claims), Placerville Mining District, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
78.1km (48.5 miles) ⓘShinarump Nos. 1 - 3 Mines, Seven Mile Canyon Mining District, Grand County, Utah, USA
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘWhite Spar and Black King Occurrence, Lower San Miguel Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
96.8km (60.1 miles) ⓘMonte group, Elk Ridge Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
References
Weeks, A. D., Lindberg, M. L., Truesdell, A. H., Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Grantsite, a new hydrated sodium calcium vanadate from New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. American Mineralogist, 49 (11-12) 1511-1526
 
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