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
Dehesa Dumortierite deposit (Lehesa Dumortierite deposit), Alpine, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Dumortierite
Rutile
Sillimanite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rutile3
Muscovite3
Dumortierite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dehesa Dumortierite deposit (Lehesa Dumortierite deposit), Alpine, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:668374
Long-form Identifier:1:3:668374:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘDehesa, San Diego County, California, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘLyons Peak, Jamul, San Diego County, California, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘDescanso Quarry, Los Terrenitos, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Silica claim - 5, Campo, San Diego County, California, USA
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘPacific Mine (Arthur Clay Star Number 1; Standard Sanitary; Pacific Mine Campo; Pacific Sanitary Porcelain Company; Stell; Pacific Feldspar claim), Hauser Canyon, Campo, San Diego County, California, USA
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘSurprise Mine, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘSunrise claim (Black Panther prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
28.4km (17.7 miles) ⓘLittle Three Mine, Little Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
28.5km (17.7 miles) ⓘCable Mine (Little Three Extension prospect; New A.B.C. prospect; New ABC prospect), Little Three Mine area, Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
28.6km (17.7 miles) ⓘHercules Mine (Beryl claim; Hercules claim; Hercules group; Hercules prospect), Ramona, Ramona Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA
References
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 79, 173
 
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