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
Răzoare, Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș County, Romania


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorl1
Beryl1
Microcline1
Muscovite1
Clino-ferro-suenoite1
Pyrrhotite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Răzoare, Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:932357
Long-form Identifier:1:3:932357:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘTrestia, Cernești, Maramureș County, Romania
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘȘurdești, Șurdești village, Șișești, Maramureș County, Romania
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘButeasa (Butacza; Butyasza; Bucsonfalva), Șomcuta Mare, Maramureș County, Romania
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘDănești, Dănești village, Șișești, Maramureș County, Romania
21.2km (13.2 miles) ⓘMăgurici Cave, Răstoci, Ileanda, Sălaj County, Romania
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘSuior Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘBoldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘCavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘRoata Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘNo. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
References
Udubasa, G., Hartopanu, P., Ilinca, G. (1996). The Regionally metamorphosed Fe-Mn Ore Deposit at Razoare, Preluca Mts., Romania. Romanian Journal of Mineralogy, 77, 3-20.
Szakáll, S., Fehér, B., Kristály, F., & Zajzon, N. (2013). Mineralogical mosaics from Carpathian–Pannonian region I. Földtani Közlony, 143(2), 177-188.
Hirtopanu, Paulina and Udabasa, Gheorghe (2015): Minerals from Răzoare Mn-Fe deposit, Preluca Mountains, East Carpathians, Romania: New data. Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, 88, 11-28.
HÎRTOPANU, Paulina; UDUBAȘA, Sorin; DUMITRAȘ, Delia; GHEORGHE, Daniela (2025) The Arsenides, Sulfarsenides, and Tellurides Associated with the RĂZOARE Fe-Mn Deposit, Preluca Mountains, Romania. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 20 (2). 427-440
 
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