Ballard Green Quartz Occurrence, Owings Mills, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ballard Green Quartz Occurrence | Dome (Lost) |
| Owings Mills | - not defined - |
| Baltimore Co. | County |
| Maryland | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 23' 32'' North , 76° 48' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Dome (Lost) - last checked 2019
Deposit first discovered:
2014
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Randallstown | 32,430 (2011) | 3.0km |
| Owings Mills | 30,622 (2011) | 3.8km |
| Garrison | 8,823 (2011) | 4.3km |
| Milford Mill | 29,042 (2011) | 5.9km |
| Pikesville | 30,764 (2011) | 7.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Mineral Society | Baltimore, Maryland | 20km |
| Chesapeake Gem & Mineral Society | Baltimore, Maryland | 20km |
| Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore, Inc. | Baltimore, Maryland | 20km |
| Central Maryland Rock and Mineral Collectors Exchange | Elkridge, Maryland | 22km |
| Gem, Lapidary, and Mineral Society of Montgomery County, MD., Inc. | Rockville, Maryland | 45km |
During housing construction beginning in the spring and summer of 2014 "tens of thousands of quartz crystal specimens" where found.
"In the early spring of 2014, the removal of trees from the site uncovered huge quartz boulders bearing numerous milky quartz crystals. By late spring, construction crews had removed enough earth to level the entire area, piling the dirt into a mound about 30 yards long, 8 yards wide, and 5 yards high. From these mounds, collectors uncovered plates of quartz bearing multiple crystals measuring to well over an inch. Most of these crystals were milky, some of them clear. Encrustations of dried clay were present on many of the specimens. A different mode of collecting began to evolve around the Fourth of July.
Richard Hoff was there the day that Jim Hooper, President of the Baltimore Mineral Society, wandered a few yards south from the dirt mound and found a single doubly-terminated quartz crystal measuring about an inch and a half. It was embedded in a two foot embankment where a road would later be cut. Almost immediately, Hoff and the other collectors who were present began digging a short distance from the embankment and eventually found more crystals. They dubbed the hole that produced them as βthe Hooper pocket.β From the Mineral Bliss article "A Major Quartz Crystal Find in Baltimore County,Maryland" Used with permission from Jake Slagle. Please see link for the full Mineral Bliss article by Jake Slagle.
The site is now covered with a housing development and is private property.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β 'Feldspar Group' Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Goethite Formula: Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β 'Mica Group' Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Quartz var. Amethyst Formula: SiO2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Quartz var. Milky Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Quartz var. Rock Crystal Formula: SiO2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
| β Quartz var. Smoky Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Stuart Herring |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Goethite | 4.00. | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Rock Crystal | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Sceptre Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Smoky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| β | 'Mica Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| O | β Quartz var. Smoky Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Quartz var. Rock Crystal | SiO2 |
| O | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | β Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz var. Amethyst | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz var. Smoky Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz var. Rock Crystal | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
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