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Quartz from
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscovite5 photos of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Dumortierite3 photos of Quartz associated with Dumortierite at this locality.
Albiteā“˜3 photos of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality.
Zirconā“˜2 photos of Quartz associated with Zircon at this locality.
Actinolite1 photo of Quartz associated with Actinolite at this locality.
Diopside1 photo of Quartz associated with Diopside at this locality.
Chlorite Group1 photo of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Ilmeniteā“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Ilmenite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:80966
Long-form Identifier:1:3:80966:9
GUID (UUID V4):b19af244-5cbf-47c4-9fe0-1e694e465a9b
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Interstate 84 and US Route 202 interchange, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.0 miles) ā“˜Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ā“˜North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) ā“˜Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.9km (3.1 miles) ā“˜Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ā“˜Interstate 84 and US Route 202 interchange, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Danbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ā“˜Cook Quarry on Harry Wiley Farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) ā“˜U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) ā“˜West Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer perĀ­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
Book (edition)
THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * Ā«-ā€¢ r ** K* ysf^ :' ā€¢'ā€™S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...BY THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP*...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.............
Report (volume)
SURVEY ISTo. 117 A GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF CONNECTICUT WASH I NO TON &OVEKIV3IENT PRINTING OFFICE 1894...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Connecticut | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | S A | geographic dictionary | of | Connecticut | by | Henry 3 Gannett | [Vignette] | Ā£ Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Connecticut | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...of the Triassic Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Newberry. 1888. 4Ā°. xiv, 152
Journal (issue)
The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. The Danburite P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642...BE OUR ANNUAL SEMINAR AT CHUCKS STEAK HOUSE IN DANBURY CT ON SUNDAY JAN. 10 see the December Danburite...will coordinate a collecting trip to Arkansas for quartz crystals. This trip will take place from October...found. You should be able to fill buckets with quartz. Let me know if you might be able to go on this...tours of ā€˜The First Stateā€™ places in New Castle County to the Liberty Bell in Philly, a vast array of
Journal (issue)
The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. The Danburite P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642...BE OUR ANNUAL SEMINAR AT CHUCKS STEAK HOUSE IN DANBURY CT ON SUNDAY JAN. 10 see the December Danburite...will coordinate a collecting trip to Arkansas for quartz crystals. This trip will take place from October...found. You should be able to fill buckets with quartz. Let me know if you might be able to go on this...tours of ā€˜The First Stateā€™ places in New Castle County to the Liberty Bell in Philly, a vast array of
Journal (issue)
Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds............................................ 3 Connecticut ...................................................................................... 5 Rose quartz locality pegmatite ..............................Himalaya pegmatite, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California. Within a narrow pegmatite small anhe-...Claim (Pala View claim), Pala District, San Diego County, California. Jahns and Wright (1951, p.42) only
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Branchville, Fairfield County, Connecticut A CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITY E D W A R D J. MARCIN 244 Eadon...7 1 0 The mineral locality at Branchville, Connecticut, was iniĀ­ tially opened in 1876 by a Mr. A ....considĀ­ ered this the best deposit in the state of Connecticut.) Mr. Fillow was evidently an observant man and...the year Reverend J . Dickenson of Redding. Connecticut, a mineral collector, sent a fairly large quantity...Geology The Branchville quarry is in an albitc-quartz-muscovite pegmatite dike. ( A pegmatite is a type
Journal (issue)
Danburite The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 FEBRUARY...588-0026 John Schroder, 5 Gillotti Road, New Fairfield CT 06812 (203) 746-2216 Rick Sinclair, 275 South...at 8:13 pm at the Mill Ridge Elementary School, Danbury, CT. The meeting began with the door prizes and...the beautifully formed collectible minerals like quartz feldspar and mica come from The www site referenced...the premiere mineralogical events in the Eastern USA. This yearly event is the source of many of the recorded
Report (issue)
Bedrock geology of the New London quadrangle /" \Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-574. '~~~i:24...Surficial geology of the New London quadrangle, Connecticut-New York: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-176...geology of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County,^Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-575...Surficial geology of the Niantic quadrangle, Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-329. 1:24...bedrock geology of the Old Lyme quadrangle: Connecticut Geol. and Nat. History Survey Quad. Rept. 21
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chondrodite TILLY FOSTER MINE, BREWSTER AREA PUTNAM COUNTY, NEW YORK F ew minerals are commonly or uniquely...with New York. The Herkimer ā€œdiamondā€ variety of quartz certainly comes to mind, as do spinel from Amity...specimens from the Tilly Foster iron mine, Putnam County, New York, can be seen in many American and foreign...limestone at Coles Brook in Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It is also known from the Bolton...Bolton or Whitcomb quarry at Bolton, Worcester County, where it occurs in densely packed, yellowbrown, rounded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
secured from the South Central Bell Telephone. CONNECTICUT The Stamford Museum Mineralogical Society, Stamford...Branchville Pegmatite ......... The Danbury Mineralogical Society, Danbury, heard Fred Jones discuss Agates...scheduled to Fonda, N. Y. to collect the well known quartz crystals. DELAWARE Mrs. James E. Miller, a member...silver working at a club meeting. GEORGIA The Cobb County Gem and Mineral Club, Marietta, made a field trip...materials from the Chattachoochee River for opalized quartz, jasper, marcasite, fossils, petrified wood ROCKS
Journal (issue)
Danburite The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 APRIL... Jewelry & Fossil Show sponsored by the Orange County Mineral Society. Museum Village, Rt. 17M; Monroe...swap at the CT Mining and Mineral Museum at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Assoc. in Kent CT Jack says...Sometimes camping is possible. March 15, 2009...Orange County Mineral Society...Wurtzboro, NY...Lower tailings...location April 19, 2009...Orange County Mineral Society...Montague, N.J... Quartz crystals and clusters (rewarding
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
11th International Swap and Show of the Jefferson County Rock and Mineral Club will be held at the Fairgrounds...collectĀ­ ing on the site. August 9-10, 1975-Fulton County Mineral Qub will hold its 15th Annual Swapping...Recreational Center, Queeny County Park, off Weidman Rd., in St. Louis County, Mo. Show is being co-sponsored...co-sponsored by the St. Louis County Dept. of Parks and Recreation. Show Chairman: William R. Stewart, 3815...Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 September 7, 197 5-Connecticut Valley Mineral Club will sponsor its 6th Annual
Journal (issue)
Danburite The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 JANUARY...588-0026 John Schroder, 5 Gillotti Road, New Fairfield CT 06812 (203) 746-2216 Rick Sinclair, 275 South...veins that produce minerals like turquoise, smoky quartz and feldspar pseudomorphs called ā€œPigā€™s Eggsā€ by...Brunswick, NJ January DMS mineral exhibit at the Danbury Public Library ā€“ year 3 of our educational exhibit...program - Flourescent Minerals February program - Connecticut pegmatites DMS donated $800 to CMMMS at CAMA
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 ā€¢^^ VESUVIANITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
grayish-green chalcedony and dark red jasper (all quartz ā€” therefore the composition is silicon dioxide)...and aurichalcite at Theba. "Theba is in Maricopa County on Route 80, 5 miles S / W of Gila Bend and the...country for dumortierite is near Dehesa, San Diego County, California, where beautiful specimens, violet...Lowry AFB 30, Colorado. ROCKS AND MINERALS CONNECTICUT ā€” The following item was sent in by Al Browne...limited scale, a simple pegmatite near BranchviUe (Fairfield Co.), Conn. To reach the spot follow the old maps
Journal (issue)
The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. The Danburite P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642...mineral specimens for science some where in Connecticut in 1978 The June Meeting will be the first Thursday...is not---always a problem with cryptocrystalline quartz), and how it differs from agate, chert and rhyolite...preparing for the Arkansas quartz trip in October which is open to all clubs in Connecticut. A number of quarries...these days are filled with pockets of sparkling quartz crystals. Page 2 The Danburite for June 2010
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Newlin, Pennsylvania; Upper Merryall and Haddam, Connecticut; Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from...Lode pegmatite near the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Common in the pegmatites of Yavapai...Augustin Peak, Organ Mountains, New Mexico; in Connecticut, and Pennsylvania; and especially in San Diego...Mountain in the Crested Butte region of Gunnison County, Colorado, in good gem crystals. ANDRADITE, calcium-iron...Andradite has been found at Middletown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and at other localities in Delaware
Journal (issue)
The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 December 2013...meeting will be at the Danbury Museum & Historical Society 43 Main Street, Danbury CT Best Wishes for Health...cart to lug all the items from your car to the Danbury Historical Society where we hold our meetings....we save some bucks by not holding them at the Danbury Historical Society, and it's closer for some of...speaker for JANUARY.... Our new meeting place, the Danbury Historical Society & Museum, has an extensive website
Journal (issue)
The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 December 2013...meeting will be at the Danbury Museum & Historical Society 43 Main Street, Danbury CT Best Wishes for Health...cart to lug all the items from your car to the Danbury Historical Society where we hold our meetings....we save some bucks by not holding them at the Danbury Historical Society, and it's closer for some of...speaker for JANUARY.... Our new meeting place, the Danbury Historical Society & Museum, has an extensive website
Journal (issue)
Danburite The Danbury Mineralogical Society , Inc. P.O Box 2642, Danbury, Connecticut 06810-2642 OCTOBER...THE BROADVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL 72 Hospital Avenue, Danbury CT 06810 DMS WEBSITE http://www.danburymineralogicalsociety...mineral club members intending to go on the Arkansas Quartz Dig must contact Jack Pawloski by Oct. 1, 2010...be at the 3 Brothers Diner 242 White Street, Danbury between Locust Ave and Meadow Street. It is about...the Gaston Gem, Mineral & Faceters Club. Gaston County Park, Dallas, NC 8-9: West Springfield, MA: Business-to-business
Journal (issue)
Fluorite Crystals with Galena Crystals, Socorro County, N. Mex. A very fine selection in stock. Crystals...00, 2x2 $1.50, 2x3 $2.25. Chalcopyrite Xls on Quartz, XIs Concepcion Del Oro, Zacatecas, Mex. Brassy...crystals of ,/j" to j/2" size perched on translucent quartz crystals. Choice cabinet display pieces. 1x2 .75... smoky quartz, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, lace agate, rose quartz, quartz (dyed), green quartz, aventurine...JUNE, 1965 CONTENTS THE DANBURITE LOCALITY AT DANBURY, CONNā€”Ronald E. Januzzi THE HISTORY AND MINERAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Danbury Mineral and Gem Show October 22nd and 23rd, 1966 at B.P.O. Elks, 346 Main St., Danbury, Conn...shipping. Thumbnail specimens received are: hematoid quartz, Valencia, Spain; goet686 hite pseudomorph after...silversmithing, stones, etc. Have you got either siderite, quartz, barite, sericite, in your collection? Peter's...in this new department. Connecticut ā€” John Hiller, 37 Dunhill Dr., Fairfield, Conn. 06430. ā€” Can give...localities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. North
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA JULY-AUGUST,1946 THE BRANCHVILLE, CONNECTICUT, Nos. 7 and 8 PEGMATITE* VrNcBNr E. Snarxrx...inward: border zone, muscovite-quartz zone, perthite zone, and quartz core. In the second stage, replacement...replacement bodies composed of cleavelandite-quartz, cleavelandite, and cleavelandite-spodumene were developed...microcline-perthite zone was replaced by cleavelandite and quartz. The third stage consisted of supergene alteration...unusual pegmatite in the village of Branchville, Connecticut, has long been a renowned locality for manganesephosphates
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Kalamazoo GeoĀ­ logical and Mineral Society. County Center Building, Kalamazoo Fairgrounds, KalamaĀ­...Mississauga, Ontario. Show ChairĀ­ the Franklin County Mineral Club, GreenĀ­ man: Joe Pearce, Apt. 5, 305V4...Comts with hindy hex rubbtr drum. Asssmblld rtady to usa. Mod. RBT 3 ā€” 1 Barral. Ship Wt 5 Lbs. ā€” $24.90....Chicagoland Gems and Minerals Association. DuPage County Fair Grounds, Wheaton, Illinois. Publicity ChairĀ­...conjunction with the Silver Dollar Fair, Butte County FairĀ­ grounds, Chico, California. Show ChairĀ­ man:
 
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