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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Calcite from
Butcherknife Canyon, Ash Fork, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Canyon
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Butcherknife Canyon, Ash Fork, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:991914
Long-form Identifier:1:3:991914:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
16.0km (10.0 miles) ⓘAsh Fork, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
63.3km (39.3 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
63.7km (39.6 miles) ⓘUnited Verde Extension Mine (Little Daisy group of claims), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘYaeger Mine (Yeager Mine; Yaeger Canyon Mine; Queen Bee Mine; Old Incline; Grey Copper shaft; Patented claims 1450), Hickey Mountain, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
67.5km (41.9 miles) ⓘJerome-Del Monte shaft (Jerome Del Monte group; Patented claims 3776), Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
68.3km (42.4 miles) ⓘJohnson and Hayden deposit, Frazier Wells, Johnson & Hayden Mining District (Peach Springs Mining District), Coconino County, Arizona, USA
68.5km (42.6 miles) ⓘBoston-Arizona Mine, Iron Springs, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
69.1km (42.9 miles) ⓘShea Mine (Shea property), Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
69.2km (43.0 miles) ⓘGrand Island Mine (Grand Island property), Jerome, Verde Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
70.4km (43.7 miles) ⓘShylock Mine, Black Hills Mining District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
References
Wilson, E.D. & G.H. Roseveare (1949), Arizona Nonmetallics, A Summary of Past Production and Present Operations, 2nd. Edition (revised), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 155: 48.
 
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