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Quartz from
Grafton Quarry, Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grafton Quarry, Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:66775
Long-form Identifier:1:3:66775:3
GUID (UUID V4):c7500188-052c-45a0-9d6b-72a34c0f298f
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
10.3km (6.4 miles) Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Interstate highway 91 exit 5, Westminster, Windham County, Vermont, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Carlton Quarry, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Glebe Mountain, Londonderry, Windham County, Vermont, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) Chickering Mine, Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) US highway 5 road cut, Putney, Windham County, Vermont, USA
19.6km (12.1 miles) Gassetts, Chester, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and arch of the Palermo mine, North Groton, Grafton County. Rob Lawrence photo, courtesy Bob Whitmore...2015 LOCATIONS BY COUNTY Belknap County Alton area: arsenopyrite, galena, quartz (crystals), sillimanite...(lodestone), nepheline, quartz (amethyst). Laconia area: psilomelane, quartz (crystals), sphalerite,...occurrence is particularly noteworthy for Carroll County Albany, Blackberry Crossing (includes the Moose...(microcrystals), genthelvite* (microcrystals), microcline, quartz* (smoky, crystals), siderite, siderophyllite, zinnwaldite
Report (issue)
Sherbrooke-Lewiston I°x2° Quadrangles; Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont by Walter J. Bawiec^ Open-File Report 84-752...quadrangles which occur in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont and the Charlotte 2° quadrangle which occurs in...Commodity name and code, year of production, producing county, production amount, and production value. I. Commodity...circled, production of this commodity comes from county which intersects the Sherbrooke-Lewiston 1° x 2°...production that commodity. Producing county - Each record was collected on a county basis when possible. Otherwise
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 1929-1930 SEVENTEENTH OF THIS SERIES GEORGE H...H. PERKINS State Geologist STAFF OF THE VERMONT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1929-1930 GEORGE H. PEinuNs, State...University of Vermont. ELBRIDGE C. JACOBS, Assistant CONTENTS Geologist, University of Vermont. CHARLES...PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VERMONT, G. H. PERKINS ..................... THE aEOLOGY OF VERMONT OCHER DEPOSITS,...107 MOUNT MONADNOCK III VERMONT, J. E. Worr ................... LIST OF VERMONT MINERALS, G. H. PERKINS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GRAND, ISLE: L Jirrwowwux/ lot* llMt UK* U'A VERMONT Mineral Locality Index VANDALL T. K I N G P.O....Massachusetts 01776 MASSACHUSETTS Figure J. Vermont political divisions map; adapted from U.S. Geological...of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS he state of Vermont is relatively small,...ry in the world is in Rochester (Windsor Co.), Vermont. Min­ eral products mined "as is" for their final...microscopic rutile is also a commonly associated mineral. Quartz and calcite veins cutting the slate are the only
Report (issue)
•...•...••. 14 The Belvidere Mountain asbestos quarry, locality 9 ... ~ •................. 14 Locality.....•..••••.••......••.• 15 The VVaterville talc quarry, locality 22 •.......••..••........•.•.•. 15 The...• . . • • • . . 25 The Rochester verde antique quarry, locality 73. . . • • . . • . . . • . • • • . ....................... 28 The Hammondsville talc quarry, locality 117.......................... 28 Locality...124........................... 28 The Vermont Talc Co. , quarry, locality 126........................
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Report (issue)
Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Vermont ............ 89 Table 17 Uranium occurrences in...Uranium occurrences in non-sedimentary rocks of Vermont................................*».....95 Figure...Mountains, New York; and the southern Green Mountains, Vermont. During the Jurassic, the1 White Mountain plutonic...deposit occurs as a thin seam in graphitic Cleburne County. The property is, about 11.2 SINE phyllite which...Location No. Source of information Fairfield County. Short distance northeast of East Village, on a
Book (volume)
Jersey Nev,, York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Wisconsin s:t" UJ ~ :::> ..J 0 > .... UJ...Identification Made Easy Gemstone Press • Woodstock, Vermont Tlie TreflS11re H1111ter's Gem & Mi11eralGuides...exclusively i.n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County, North Carolina, to be true hiddenite. Preface...available. Check out the listings for Ruggles Mine (Grafton, NH); Harding Mine (Dixon, NM); Poland Mining Camps...ME); Perhams (West Paris, ME); and Gem Mountain Quarry Trips (Spruce Pine, NC). Knowing What You 're
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one member. Cedar Bluff is in central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit located...of sawing are present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral...found in the sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are:...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)...(chalcedony pseudo-morph after coral) from Hamilton County, Florida near the famous Suwannee River. This coral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALÓGICA!. SOCIETY'S 4-DAY COLLECTING TRIP TO VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE By W . Downloaded by [University...correspondence and exchange of minerals with a collector in Vermont. As the exchanges showed that worthwhile mineral...suggestion was made to our members and also to the Vermont correspondent that a Society trip be made to northern...correspondent, Russell H. Leitch, of Springfield, Vermont, wrote that he would be pleased to guide us to...31st., when we were led to the Ruggles mine at Grafton Center, N . H. Permission had been granted, as
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Texas............Dr. William B. Phillips, Austin. Vermont..........Prof. George H. Perkins, Burlington. Virginia...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Report (issue)
36 REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATE GEOLOGIST Brick Clays As pointed out by the writer,' there are in the...Deposits and Clay Industry of Vermont; 15th Rpt. Vt. State Geol. (1925-26). VERMONT 1935-1936 I TWENTIETH...GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AND GEOLOGY OF VERMONT 193 5-1936 I TWENTIETH OF THIS SERIES I ELBRIDGE...JACOBS F.G.S.A. State Geologist RELIEF MAP OF VERMONT Vermont Mineral Industries The mineral industries...necessary to repeat them here. Marble Production Vermont continues to he the greatest producer of marble
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Vermont’s State Gem, Mineral, Rock & Fossil The Vermont state gem, mineral, and rock were adopted by the...mineral clubs of Vermont and geologists of Middlebury College and the University of Vermont, and cosponsored...cosponsored by Vermont State Representatives Michael Obuchowski and Sean Campbell. The state fossil was adopted...most famous locality for Vermont grossular is the Belvidere asbestos quarry in Lowell. Here gem grossular...Bancroft, a specimen of grossular from the Belvidere quarry is pictured and described as the finest example
Report (volume)
the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...Fluorite Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each...of silica (quartz, 7 on Moh's scale) particles, a gem stone should be harder than quartz. Some minerals...react to heat are: violet quartz (amethyst) changing to orange brown, smoky quartz to yellow, pale-green...sapphire, star sapphire, star ruby, rutile, and quartz are gem stones that have been successfully synthesized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
anilite seems restricted to quartz-rich portions of thin carbonate-quartz-sulfide veinlets, is intimately...wires of native silver associated with chalcocite, quartz, and minor barite. During examination of this material...Anilite, 1.2 mm, from the Baltic mine, Houghton county, Michigan. Dan Behnke specimen and photomicrograph...1.2 mm, from the Wolverine no. 2 mine, Houghton county, Michigan. Tom Buchholz specimen, Dan Behnke photomicrograph...CLASSIC DANBURITE LOCALITY NEAR RUSSELL, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW COLLECTING AND NEW RESEARCH. S.
Report (issue)
STATE GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT 1933-1934 I NINETEENTH OF THIS SERIES I ELBRIDGE...REPORT OF THE VERMONT STATF GEOLOGIST 1933- 1934 ColREcTIox ShEET Page 12 \VELLS-LAM SON QUARRY COMPANY,...STATE GEOLOGIST ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF VERMONT 1933-1934 I NINETEENTH OF THIS SERIES I ELBRIDGE...PRESS PRINTING CO., BURLINGTON. 'IT. a STATE OF VERMONT CONTENTS OFFICE OF STATE GEOLOGIST BURLINGTON...Wilson, Governor of Vermont, Sir: In accordance with Act 405 of the General Laws of Vermont, I present herewith
Report (edition)
5 cm tall; gem weighs 2 carats. From the Havey Quarry, Poland, MaifJ. e. Photo copyright 1995 by Wendell...tourmaline (elbaite) on quartz crystals, 24 x JO mm;Jrom the Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine. Mined...much information on collecting sites in Oxford County. Numerous other collectors of Maine minerals also...Supplemental labels were added where necessary to show quarry sites, road names, and other useful landmarks....those which are still open. The words "mine" and "quarry" are often used interchangeably in discussing mineral
Report (volume)
............................................. Vermont..................................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...4B^ Diamond M Tourmaline ^P Ruby. Sapphire O Quartz crystal ^J^ Garnet __ Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla...with respect to one another. gem minerals The quartz gems, such as amethyst, form crystal prisms with...another at 60 degrees and intersected by a fourth Quartz and vertical axis at right angles to the other...other, light) FELDSPAR TWINS I J PHENACITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS ffrl (^h /&> ^& \b^ ^ VESUVIANITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2, Crescent City, Calif. ARKANSAS—"The Coleman quartz crystal mine is located 14 miles north of Hot Springs...locations—they also offer for sale a very great selection of quartz xls at very reasonable prices. COLORADO—"I am...admission fee on a dirt road which compared to some old quarry roads is a super highway! The x,!s are found in...bornite have been found in gabbro at the old Hubbard quarry in Wilmington (New Castle Co.), Del. FLORIDA—"I...been found in the Appalachian Minerals Company quarry near Monticello (Jasper Co.), Ga. IDAHO—"I am enclosing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bloodstone (quartz). Bloodstone is green quartz (plasma) dotted or spotted with red quartz (jasper). It...eastern minerals. "Am sending you a sample of two quartz xls coated with siderite and calcite xls. Small...specimens! One was a slender, 3 inch dark smoky quartz xl encrusted with lustrous, brown drusy siderite...siderite xls. The other was a 21/, inch smoky quartz xl, two faces of which were coated by dark gray drusy...'Arizona Gem Fields'. Near Indian Pass, Imperial County, Calif., and then deep in the Muggins Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm long), Beebe Hall, McCain Valley, San Diego County, California. Cal and Kerith Graeber specimen; Jeffrey...crystals that are rooted in the microcline-plagioclase-quartz wall zone Downloaded by [] at 04:12 15 May 2015...project into the white quartz core. The portion of beryl enclosed by the quartz core is often sharply...suFounded by graphic granite.) Typically, smoky quartz, albite, muscovite, and microcline line the cavity...Aquamarine (6.7 cm long), Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado. Martin Zinn specimen; Jeffrey Scovil
Report (issue)
River 7.5 x 15-minute quadrangle, Windham and Windsor Counties, Vermont By Nicholas M. Ratcliffe1 and Thomas...patchy carbonaceous, garnet-chlorite-plagioclase-quartz ± biotite ± epidote ± carbonate schist and phyllite...to 5-m-thick beds of biotite-chlorite-muscovite-quartz-plagioclase± carbonate ± garnet granofels and grits...granofels. Coarse interlocking plagioclase and quartz grains may be relict, and detrital. Individual...light-gray-weathering, dark-gray, muscovitechlorite-plagioclase-quartz quartzite. Occurs within schist member (DSw) as
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Golding's Feldspar Quarry, near Bay Point Landing, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine ....................... G. B. Willes Quarry, near Cathance Station, Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine ................... Bastin, pp. 49-59 Mt. Mica, Paris, Oxford County, Maine .............................. Witt Hill...Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine ................................... Landes, pp. 360-398 Hibbs Quarry, Hebron...Hebron, Oxford County, Maine ........................ Bastin, pp. 73-74 'Palermo Mine, near North Groton
 
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