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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Milky Quartz from
Conlon Mine (Winding lode; Winding claim; Lafayette claim; Conlin; Conlan; Comet claim; Jefferson claim; Jefferson lode), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Colour:Snow-white
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Arsenopyrite
Native Gold
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Milky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Conlon Mine (Winding lode; Winding claim; Lafayette claim; Conlin; Conlan; Comet claim; Jefferson claim; Jefferson lode), La Barr Meadows, Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:636709
Long-form Identifier:1:3:636709:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Milky Quartz
25.0km (15.6 miles) ⓘSt. Gothard Quartz Mine (Helvetia Quartz Mine; Helvetia Mine; Helvetia Qtz.; St Gothard Qtz; St. Gothard Consolidated Mine; St. Gothard Cons.), Delhi - St. Gothard Consolidated Mine (Delhi - St. Gothard Mine), Columbia Hill, North Columbia Mining District (Columbia Hill Mining District), Nevada County, California, USA
References
Blake, Wm. P. (1855), Observations on the extent of the gold region of California and Oregon, with notices of mineral localities in California and of some remarkable specimens of crystalline gold: American Journal of Science, 2nd. Series: 20: 76
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geol. Bulletin 189: 203.
 
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