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
Zudong Mine, Longnan REE deposits, Longnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Zudong Mine, Longnan REE deposits, Longnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:707826
Long-form Identifier:1:3:707826:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘKuimeishan Mine (Guimeishan Mine), Dingnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘJubankeng Mine, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘZhaibei deposit, Dingnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘHuangsha U mining area, Quannan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘNanmu mining area, Nanxiong Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘTiantangshan tin deposit, Longchuan Co. (Lungchuan Co.), Heyuan, Guangdong, China
52.2km (32.5 miles) ⓘDajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine), Quannan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
59.2km (36.8 miles) ⓘShituling deposit (U deposit No. 337), Xiazhuang Uranium ore field (Xiwang Uranium ore field), Wengyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘZhushanxia deposit (U deposit No. 333), Xiazhuang Uranium ore field (Xiwang Uranium ore field), Wengyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
62.3km (38.7 miles) ⓘXinqiaodong deposit (Xinqiao East deposit; U deposit No. 332b), Xiazhuang Uranium ore field (Xiwang Uranium ore field), Wengyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China
References
Chengyu Wu, Zhongxin Yuan, Dianhao Huang, and Ge Bai (1995), In: Pasava, J., Kribek, B., and Zak, K. (Eds.): Mineral Deposits: from Their Origin to Their Environmental Impacts. A.A. Balkema (Rotterdam), 547-550
Zhao, Xu; Li, Ning-Bo; Marten Huizenga, Jan; Zhang, Qi-Bing; Yang, Yu-Yuan; Yan, Shuang; Yang, Wu-bin; Niu, He-Cai; Tang, Jieyu; Jiang, Lili (2022) Granitic magma evolution to magmatic-hydrothermal processes vital to the generation of HREEs ion-adsorption deposits: Constraints from zircon texture, U-Pb geochronology, and geochemistry. Ore Geology Reviews, 146. p.104931. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104931
Shi, Aiguo, Xu, Cheng, Fan, Chaoxi, Chakhmouradian, Anton R., Brenna, Marco, Wei, Chunwan (2024) Structural Defects of Heavy Rare Earth Element Minerals in Granite Accelerate Their Decomposition and Facilitate Mineralization During Weathering. Economic Geology, 119 (4) 871-883 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5057
 
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