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
Shad prospect (Schad prospect), Milesburg Gap, Milesburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shad prospect (Schad prospect), Milesburg Gap, Milesburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:793578
Long-form Identifier:1:3:793578:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘLamb's Gap, Mount Eagle, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘMount Eagle, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘLemont area, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘOak Hall Quarry, College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) ⓘInterstate 99 Skytop roadcut, Skytop, State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘSalona Quarry (Hanson Aggregates quarry; Milestone Materials), Salona, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA
47.9km (29.7 miles) ⓘKeystone Mine, Birmingham, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
53.6km (33.3 miles) ⓘPine Creek Quarry, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
55.8km (34.7 miles) ⓘSusquehanna Quarry, East Salem, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
59.3km (36.9 miles) ⓘNational Limestone Quarry No. 1, Paxtonville, Middleburg Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
References
Hammarstrom, J.M., Brady, K., and Cravotta, C.A., III (2005) Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004. USGS Open-File Report 2005-1148
 
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