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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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K Feldspar from
Wandongshan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'K Feldspar' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view K Feldspar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wandongshan Mine, Beiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:875730
Long-form Identifier:1:3:875730:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of K Feldspar
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘBeiya Au-Cu ore field, Heqing County, Dali, Yunnan, China
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘBeiya Area, Dali, Yunnan, China
74.5km (46.3 miles) ⓘLuandongshan ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
74.8km (46.5 miles) ⓘBaoxingchang ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
75.2km (46.7 miles) ⓘJinchangqing ore block, Machangqing Mine, Machangqing Cu-Mo-Au ore field (Baoxingchang Cu-Mo-Au ore field), Midu County, Dali, Yunnan, China
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘJinding Zn-Pb-Ag deposit (Lanping Mine), Lanping County, Nujiang, Yunnan, China
References
WANG, Zixuan, Yuanchuan ZHENG, Bo XU, Zengqian HOU, Aiping ZHANG, Yang SHEN, Rui MA, Changda WU, and Peiyan XU. "Hydrous juvenile lower crust at the western Yangtze Craton margin as the main source of the Beiya porphyry‐skarn Au deposit." Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition.
Xingwang Xu, Xinping Cai, Baolin Zhang, Guanghe Liang, Shijun Du, and Jie Wang (2007): Mineral Deposits 26(3), 249-264
 
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