Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Quartz |
Formula: | SiO2 |
Comments: | banded columnar masses lining pockets in breccia grade into amethyst, individual elongated crystals up to 17 cm |
Habit: | stubby parallel crystals or individual elongated prisms |
Colour: | colorless to milky white to lightly smoky |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Pyromorphite | β12 photos of Quartz associated with Pyromorphite at this locality. |
Wulfenite | β9 photos of Quartz associated with Wulfenite at this locality. |
Galena | β5 photos of Quartz associated with Galena at this locality. |
Sphalerite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
Amethyst | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
Smoky Quartz | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
Chalcopyrite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Canton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 718755 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:718755:1 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 01543ac2-f2ae-40d3-b880-2d782006dcc8 |
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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2.8km (1.8 miles) | βCollinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
2.9km (1.8 miles) | βHuckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
3.2km (2.0 miles) | βKnapp Prospect, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
3.3km (2.1 miles) | βState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
6.0km (3.7 miles) | βRatlum Mountain, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
10.3km (6.4 miles) | βBarkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
13.0km (8.1 miles) | βBristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
14.0km (8.7 miles) | βTorringford, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
14.6km (9.1 miles) | βWest Granby, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
14.6km (9.1 miles) | βTariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Canton Lead Mines, Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA