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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Ilmenite from
Ceara Mine, Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ceara Mine, Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:913824
Long-form Identifier:1:3:913824:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘLa Sultana mine - La Sultana 2ª mine (Coto minero Gomesende), Ramírás, Ourense, Galicia, Spain
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘCarris Mines, Cabril, Montalegre, Vila Real, Portugal
27.9km (17.3 miles) ⓘA Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘCovide quarry, Covide, Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘCabanas Mine, Arcozelo, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘCampo Raso Mine, Correlhã, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
50.7km (31.5 miles) ⓘSanta Marina Mine, Galiñeiro Complex, Vincios, Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
54.0km (33.5 miles) ⓘChaves meteorite, Vilarelho da Raia, Vilarelho da Raia, Chaves, Vila Real, Portugal
54.5km (33.9 miles) ⓘSerra D'Arga, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘJogadouro Mine, Carrazedo de Montenegro e Curros, Valpaços, Vila Real, Portugal
References
LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 576SnTi
 
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