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
Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:808848
Long-form Identifier:1:3:808848:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘEtouchang Cu deposit, Luoci Cu ore field, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘCentral Yunnan Province (Yenanchang), Yuanmou County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
28.9km (17.9 miles) ⓘDameichang Mine, Luoci Cu ore field, Wuding County, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘLalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
76.9km (47.8 miles) ⓘHongnipo Cu Deposit, Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
79.6km (49.5 miles) ⓘShizishan Cu deposit, Yimen Cu ore field (Sanjiachang Cu ore field), Yimen County, Yuxi, Yunnan, China
80.2km (49.8 miles) ⓘLuodang Mine, Lalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit), Huili County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
82.4km (51.2 miles) ⓘYinmin Mine, Luquan County, Kunming, Yunnan, China
83.4km (51.8 miles) ⓘBailongtan phosphorite deposit, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China
84.4km (52.5 miles) ⓘDaoshitou Formation, Anning City, Kunming, Yunnan, China
References
Yaomin Yang, Guangzhi Tu, and Ruizhong Hu (2004): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 24(3), 301-308
Lin Hou, Jun Ding, Jun Deng, and Huijuan Peng (2013): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 32(2), 154-166
Xiantao Ye, Weiguang Zhu, Hong Zhong, Defeng He, Tao Ren, Zhongjie Bai, Hongpeng Fan, and Wenjun Hu (2013): Acta Petrologica Sinica 29(4), 1167-1186
Lin Hou, Jun Ding, Changming Wang, Zhenwen Liao, Yang Guo, Shengwei Wang, and Zizheng Wang (2013): Acta Petrologica Sinica 29(4), 1187-1202
Zhao, X.-F., Zhou, M.-F., Li, J.-W., Selby, D., Li, X.-H., Qi, L. (2013) SULFIDE Re-Os AND Rb-Sr ISOTOPE DATING OF THE KANGDIAN IOCG METALLOGENIC PROVINCE, SOUTHWEST CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL METALLOGENESIS. Economic Geology, 108 (6) 1489-1498 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.6.1489
Ligang, W. E. N., Pusheng, Z. E. N. G., Xiuchun, Z. H. A. N., Chenzi, F. A. N., Dongyang, S. U. N., Guang, W. A. N. G., ... & Xiaojie, F. E. I. (2018). The Yinachang deposit in central Yunnan Province, Southwest China: A “Bayan Obo-type” Fe-Cu-REE deposit. Earth Science Frontiers, 25(6), 308.
Zhu, L., Liu, J., Bagas, L., Carranza, E. J. M., Zhai, D., Meng, G., ... & Liu, Z. (2019). The Yinachang Fe-Cu-Au-U-REE deposit and its relationship with intermediate to mafic intrusions, SW China: Implications for ore genesis and geodynamic setting. Ore Geology Reviews, 104, 190-207.
Hou, L., Peng, H., Iriondo, A., Zhou, Q., Ding, J., Guo, Y., ... & Zeng, X. (2022). Garnets in the Yinachang Fe-Cu deposit, Kangdian region, China: Mineralogical and geochemical insights into fluid-rock dominated iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) mineralization. Ore Geology Reviews, 105208.
 
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