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
Ray, Pinal County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla3
Cuprite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ray, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:704993
Long-form Identifier:1:3:704993:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘRay Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
8.9km (5.6 miles) ⓘUnnamed wash, adjacent to State Route 177, Superior area, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘHoney Bee claims (ABC group), Kelvin area, Tortilla Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘMagmatic Copper Mine (Magmatic Copper Company claims; Stacy claims; Lode Star claims), Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘGrey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘBelmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘResolution deposit, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘSamsel Mine (Samsel group of claims; Samsel deposit; Utah Copper Gold claims; Pinal Tungsten Mines claims), Mays Gap area, Pinal Mountains Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
14.7km (9.1 miles) ⓘSilver Bell-Martinez Mine (Martinez Mine; Silver Bell property; Martinez property; Silver-Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Martinez Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbia-Silver Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Columbia Mine), Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte area, Mineral Mountain Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘC and B Mine (C & B Mine; Vanadium Mine), Christmas, Banner Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
References
Jones, Robert W., Wilson, Wendell E. (1983) Famous Mineral Localities: The Ray Mine [Arizona]. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (5) 311-322
 
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