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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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Talc from
Fiddler's Green deposit (Farmer property), Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fiddler's Green deposit (Farmer property), Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:945066
Long-form Identifier:1:3:945066:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
6.7km (4.1 miles) ⓘLucky Marion Mine (Shepard), Greenwood, Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘThree Queens Mine (Four Acres Mine), Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘO'Brien Mine (S-Bend Mine), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘShelley Mine (Wolf Mine; Shelly Mine; Shelley Wolf Mine), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
15.7km (9.8 miles) ⓘMcCurdy Mine [2], Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘRising Sun Mine, Colfax, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘBrust Mine (Gold Hill; Asbestos), Spanish Flat, Spanish Flat Mining District, East Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘCambrian Mine, Four Corners, Deer Valley Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘWall property (Wall property patented; Well property), Cape Horn, Colfax Mining District (Illinois Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) ⓘBig Sandy Mine (James Marshall), Kelsey, Kelsey Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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