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
Descanso Quarry, Los Terrenitos, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Descanso Quarry, Los Terrenitos, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:689227
Long-form Identifier:1:3:689227:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘLyons Peak, Jamul, San Diego County, California, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘUnnamed Silica claim - 5, Campo, San Diego County, California, USA
13.6km (8.5 miles) ⓘDehesa Dumortierite deposit (Lehesa Dumortierite deposit), Alpine, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
13.9km (8.7 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
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘDehesa, San Diego County, California, USA
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘCampo Molybdenum deposit (Lippner deposit; Midway deposit; Aikan; Dillback deposit; Dillbeck deposit), Campo, San Diego County, California, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘBlackstone prospect, Metal Mountain, Mt Laguna, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘHenderson deposit, Mt Laguna, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘSundown Mine, Mt Laguna, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘCrown Point Mine, Metal Mountain, Mt Laguna, Laguna Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
References
California Division of Mines and Geology (1981), Special Publication 58: 51.
 
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