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
Buck Miller Mine, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA


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 Buck Miller Mine, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:737223
Long-form Identifier:1:3:737223:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.2km (3.3 miles) ⓘLower Adit Occurrence, Round Top, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘUpper Adit Occurrence, Round Top, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘSixmile Creek Adit Occurrence, Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘJohnson Prospect Pit (Johnson adit), Coker Creek Mining District, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
29.7km (18.4 miles) ⓘHayes Talc Mine, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘMaltby Talc Mine, Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
30.4km (18.9 miles) ⓘSection 6 Talc prospect, Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘCold Springs Talc Mine (Bourne Mine), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
31.3km (19.4 miles) ⓘNancy Jordan Talc Mine (Nancy Jordan Number 5 Mine; Hitchcock Mine), Murphy Marble Belt, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) ⓘSellers Prospect, Blount County, Tennessee, USA
References
Paris, Travis A. (2011) Tennessee Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals, 86 (4) 300-329 doi:10.1080/00357529.2010.517132
 
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