| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Amethyst |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | In fault veins usually as plates of parallel crystals grading to colorless quartz. In gas vesicles in basalt. |
| Habit: | short prismatic to prismless |
| Colour: | purple |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37837 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37837:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9bf566ed-434f-4480-9606-6a802cd00913 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst |
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| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘHart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘPlainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘThe Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘ2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.5km (4.1 miles) | ⓘState Route 372 construction site, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | ⓘClark farm (Holler's Mine), Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.8km (4.8 miles) | ⓘHawthorne Drive, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘBalf Quarry, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.5km (5.3 miles) | ⓘFarmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.8km (6.7 miles) | ⓘMeriden Trap Rock Quarry (Lane's Quarry), Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA