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Milky Quartz from
Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:Major rock forming component of the pegmatites, especially the core zones.
Habit:massive
Colour:milky white
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Milky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:164534
Long-form Identifier:1:3:164534:7
GUID (UUID V4):f5cd5ce3-b3bc-4e2d-aff8-749073f25233
Nearest other occurrences of Milky Quartz
3.8km (2.4 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA
36.3km (22.5 miles) Canton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
37.2km (23.1 miles) Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) Diamond Ledge (West Stafford quartz locality; Stafford Springs quartz locality), Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
47.5km (29.5 miles) Morris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) Arsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
58.4km (36.3 miles) Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
60.7km (37.7 miles) Quartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
69.8km (43.4 miles) Diamond Hill (Ashaway Village), Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
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.........................................80 Connecticut .............................................................................458 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................are capitalized while rocks have been left lower case. This is the 5th printing and each time updates...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites
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.........................................80 Connecticut .............................................................................460 Appendix B - Quartz Family Gemstones ................................are capitalized while rocks have been left lower case. This is the 5th printing and each time updates...rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...includes granites, schists (mica, garnet, graphite, quartz), and gneisses, as well as numerous granite pegmatites
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.........................................94 Connecticut ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ................................................................................49 Arkansas County Map ..........................................
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Colorado; colorless scheelite (19.66 ct), Kern County, California; octagonal step cut violetish pink...Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from San Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...campaign would produce results, or, in the worst case, eliminate barren areas from further consideration...Cantlin, Ellis, [D; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gem Center USA, EI Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill O. Murphy
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Vivid blue matched benitoite gems from Sai, Benito County, California, consisting of 52 benitoites and 75...campaign would produce results, or, in the worst case, eliminate barren areas from further consideration...Cantlin, Ellis, ID; Jeannette B. Carillo, Gen1 Center USA, El Paso, TX; Gary Christopher, The Prospectors Cache...Resources, Vancouver, BC; Barbara L. Muntyan, Ouray County Historical Society, Ouray, CO; Merrill 0. Murphy...Geology, Missoula, MT; Carl Scott, Scott's Red Rose Quartz, Custer, SD; Sharon Skalko, The Amber Co., North
 
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