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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Limonite from
Gillespie mine, Red Hill District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gillespie mine, Red Hill District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:625035
Long-form Identifier:1:3:625035:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘKnickerbocker Mine (Quartzite Mine), Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘJowell Mine, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘGold Hill Mine (Martin & Norton Mine; Hardscrabble), Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘRidgewood Mine, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
29.7km (18.5 miles) ⓘHand Car claim, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘSilver Trail tunnel, Little Hatchet Mine, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘWood property (Buckhorn property; Barney mine; Russell mine), Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘFaria workings, Little Hatchet Mine, Sylvanite Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
31.3km (19.5 miles) ⓘSheridan mine, Big Hatchet Mountains Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘLead Queen Mine, Big Hatchet Mountains Mining District, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
References
Thompson, Sam III, Eveleth, R. W., Barker, J. M. (1989) Mineral resources of the Gray Ranch area, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Open-file Report 360. New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources doi:10.58799/OFR-360
 
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