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
El Aguiba deposit, Nebeur, Kef, Tunisia


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 El Aguiba deposit, Nebeur, Kef, Tunisia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:817644
Long-form Identifier:1:3:817644:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
34.3km (21.3 miles) ⓘFedj el Adoum Mine, Fedj-el-Adoum, Siliana, Tunisia
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘDjebel Ech Cheid (Djebel Ech Chehid; Jabal ash Shahid), Siliana, Tunisia
53.2km (33.1 miles) ⓘSidi Youssef Mine, Sakiet Sidi Youssef (Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf), Kef, Tunisia
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘGarn Alfaya Mine, Garn Alfaya, Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia
63.0km (39.1 miles) ⓘAin Allega Mine (Ain Alega Sakiet Mine), Ain Alega Sakiet, Béja, Tunisia
70.3km (43.7 miles) ⓘSidi Amor ben Salem Mine, Slata Pb-Zn deposit, Tajerouine, Kef, Tunisia
70.8km (44.0 miles) ⓘDjebel Sekarna Mine (Sekarna deposit), Djebel Sekarna, Siliana, Tunisia
77.0km (47.8 miles) ⓘTamra iron mine, Béja, Tunisia
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘSidi Driss mine, Bizerte, Tunisia
82.2km (51.1 miles) ⓘOuenza deposit, Souk Ahras Province, Algeria
References
Fermor 2011: Ore Deposits in an Evolving Earth
Abidi, Riadh; Slim-Shimi, Najet; Marignac, Christian; Hatira, Nouri; Gasquet, Dominique; Renac, Christophe; Soumarin, Alirisa; Gleeson, Sarah (2012) The origin of sulfate mineralization and the nature of the BaSO4–SrSO4 solid-solution series in the Ain Allega and El Aguiba ore deposits, Northern Tunisia. Ore Geology Reviews, 48. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.03.003
 
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