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
Jinchanghe Mine, Longyang District, Baoshan, Yunnan, 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 Jinchanghe Mine, Longyang District, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:864933
Long-form Identifier:1:3:864933:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘHetaoping Pb-Zn deposit, Longyang District, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
20.0km (12.4 miles) ⓘTiechang Sn deposit (Yunlong Sn deposit), Lancang river valley (Lancangjiang valley; Mekong valley), Yunlong County, Dali, Yunnan, China
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘShuixie Mine, Shuixie Cu–Co ore field, Yongping County, Dali, Yunnan, China
42.3km (26.3 miles) ⓘChangjie Cu-Co deposit, Yongping County, Dali, Yunnan, China
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘShiganghe Sn-W deposit, Yunlong County, Dali, Yunnan, China
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘDatongchang Sn-Pb-Zn deposit (Dadongchang Sn-Pb-Zn deposit), Tengchong Sn belt, Tengchong County, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
57.9km (36.0 miles) ⓘAlin Au deposit, Shuixie Cu–Co ore field, Yongping County, Dali, Yunnan, China
68.8km (42.8 miles) ⓘGudong Sn deposit, Tengchong Sn belt, Tengchong County, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
74.4km (46.2 miles) ⓘXiaolonghe Sn deposit, Tengchong Sn belt, Tengchong County, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘBaihuanao intrusion, Tengchong Sn belt, Tengchong County, Baoshan, Yunnan, China
References
Hua Huang, Changqing Zhang, Yunman Zhou, Bo Liu, Yongfu Xie, Yuntao Dong, Chunhai Yang, and Wenwei Dong (2014): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 33(1), 127-148
Liu, Xuelong, Wenchang Li, Yunman Zhou, Chengfeng Zhao, Jun Zhu, Fanglan Li, Jiyuan Wang, Qingrui Li, Zhiyi Wei, Xue Liu, Hai Wang, and Jun Fu. (2022) "Geochemical Characteristics and Zircon U-Pb Geochronology of Diabase in the Jinchanghe Mining Area, Western Yunnan, SW China: Implications for Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Baoshan Block" Minerals 12, no. 2: 176. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020176
 
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