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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Plagioclase from
Ajax Gold Mine, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ajax Gold Mine, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:943780
Long-form Identifier:1:3:943780:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘCrown Gold Mine, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘJimberlana Intrusion, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘNorth Royal Pit, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘPioneer JH prospect, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘScotia Central Gold Mine, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
51.4km (31.9 miles) ⓘChalice Gold Mine, Higginsville Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
59.4km (36.9 miles) ⓘRedross Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
71.3km (44.3 miles) ⓘWannaway Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
82.8km (51.4 miles) ⓘGarnet Ice Quarry, Fraser Range, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
95.8km (59.5 miles) ⓘKing deposit, Fraser Range, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
McCuaig, T.C. (1997), The Genesis and Evolution of Lode Gold Mineralisation and Mafic Host Lithologies in the Late-Archean Norseman Terrane Yilgarn Block Western Australia, (thesis) University of Saskketchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1997 & Mueller, A.G (2011), Petrogenesis of Amphibole-Biotite-Calcite-Plagioclase Alteration and Laminated Gold-Silver Quartz Veins in Four Archean Shear Zones of the Norseman District Western Australia, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Feb 2011, 29(3) pp388-417
Mueller, A.G. (2011), Petrogenesis of Amphibolite-Biotite-Calcite-Plagioclase Alteration and Laminated Gold-Silver Quartz Veins in Four Archean Shear Zones of the Norseman District Western Australia, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2011: 29(3) pp388-417
 
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