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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Opal from
Dubring quarry, Wittichenau, Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dubring quarry, Wittichenau, Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:96898
Long-form Identifier:1:3:96898:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘOßling Quarry, Oßling, Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘGröditz, Weißenberg, Bautzen District, Saxony, Germany
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘEmmerichswalde, Neißeaue, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘSteinberg basanite quarry, Ostritz, Görlitz District, Saxony, Germany
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘFluorite deposit, Jílové, Děčín District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
66.8km (41.5 miles) ⓘPustý Vrch, Folknáře, Děčín, Děčín District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
67.7km (42.1 miles) ⓘŠpičák u Krásného Lesa, Petrovice, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
73.1km (45.4 miles) ⓘTin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
75.3km (46.8 miles) ⓘRadešín hill, Radešín, Chuderov, Ústí nad Labem District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
79.0km (49.1 miles) ⓘVrchoslav fluorite deposit, Vrchoslav, Krupka, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
References
Wittern, Artur (2001) Mineralfundorte und ihre Minerale in Deutschland (1st ed.) Schweizerbart, Stuttgart.
 
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