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Quartz from
Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kyanite1 photo of Quartz associated with Kyanite at this locality.
Muscovite1 photo of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1005739
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1005739:9
GUID (UUID V4):1e38de60-bfad-48b4-b76d-507e96a9e16d
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Blanchard farm, Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.1km (3.2 miles) Rockland, Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
9.9km (6.1 miles) Durfee Hill Gold mine, Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Jackson Granite quarry, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
13.1km (8.1 miles) Sterling, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
14.1km (8.7 miles) Quartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Amethyst locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) Dayville, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Wauregan Quarry, Wauregan, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
16.2km (10.0 miles) Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) Interstate 295 / US Route 6 road cuts, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Oligoclase Olivine Prochlorite Phlogopite Pyroxene Quartz Amethystine Asbestiform Carnelian Flint Jaspcr...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...are mainly agatized quartz similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in
Report (volume)
director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Rhode Island | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Khode Island | hy | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] Washington |...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Ehode Island | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | . Washington...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkius County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 8(5 pp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AN OVERVIEW Rhode Island MINERALS & COLLECTORS F. WILLIAM MILLER Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford...A L SPECIES and many varieties occur within Rhode Island. Part of this abundance is attributable to the...Northern Zone, including Providence County and the northern towns of Kent County, 2) the Middle Zone, including...towns of Washington County, and 3) the Southern Zone consisting of Washington County and southwestern Newport...Newport County. The greatest number of species and varieties appear in the Northern Zone. Miller attributes
Report (volume)
Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...-___--_Older gneissic rocks of northwestern Rhode Island.____________ Nipsachuck Gneiss-------------
Journal (issue)
slow speed 24" diameters for sawing huge Brazilian Quartz crystals were used. "Streamliners" carry an unconditional...... 462 NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND. By Willard Stone Winslotv, fr. ..............amounts of chalcopyrite, epidote, moly'bdenite, quartz, and titanite. Transvaalite, an impure hydrous...10 ao, NOTES ON SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES IN RHODE ISLAND 1g llt :cl 1y & id of rd ;t- ! DO ire...like to hear about localities for minerals in Rhode Island. From time to time • very interesting articles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
another rock. Of course, his proximity to the famous quartz mines of Hot Springs was also a stimulant. When...great-grandchildren. Sal was born 27 July 1928 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Christina (Regine) and Serafino...Smithfield, Rhode Island, for fiftyone years. He was an active member of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters...visiting elementary and middle schools in northern Rhode Island to speak about rocks and minerals, he hosted...1960 by Cecile Foster and Louis “Louie” Rosa, two of the founding members of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ALASKA — In the May-June 1963, page 254, R&M, Kalgin Island was described — it is located in the Cook Inlet...Inlet, Alaska. From the beach on Kalgin Island we have a number of pebbles (tumbled stones) that were sent...the pebbles we found red jasper, brownish quartz, milky quartz, whitish chalcedony, black basanite, gray...property, which includes the above beach, on Kalgin Island. What a wonderful set-up for the Carlsons. They...slender black xls of rutile in a massive smoky quartz which is stained green by green malachite. COLORADO
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
purple, and grey. These géodes are found in Pike County, Ala., which is about 50 miles north of Montgomery...Montgomery. I have found them scattered all over the county, but they are especially abundant just south of...rattlebox. ARIZONA—Flat doubly terminated loose smoky quartz xls coated by dark brown drusy dolomite which in...made several trips to Magnet Cove (Hot Springs County) which is about 15 miles east of Hot Springs on...p ) . 6. Black brookite xls on milky and smoky quartz. 7. Massive, grayish barite. 8. Black limonite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Jackson, Clarke Co., Ala., we have two fine quartz specimens that had been collected for us by Ken...located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very...collectors. The thulite is found associated with quartz and/or zoisite. Some specimens fluoresce a greyish...motor freight or pickup truck. Can also supply quartz crystals (clear and smoky), also beryl, columbite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during Permo-Triassic extension, SE New England, USA K. O ' H A R A Department o f Geological Sciences...Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA ABSTRACT C0,-bearing fluid inclusions in strongly...the Hope Valley Shear zone of Connecticut and Rhode Island are of mixed composition (Xco2=0.1; 7 wt% NaCl...Precambrian (Avalonian) gneisses from western Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut within the Hope Valley...Tectonic setting The Avalonian gneisses of western Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut are overlain to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tinge, and some pinkish bands. Colorless drusy quartz encrusts some of the chert. The find was made on...to Catalina Island, an island resort 22 miles s.w. of Long Beach, Calif. Catalina Island (also known...Santa Catalina) is 23 miles long and 10 wide. The island is known for minerals and Mr. Shalevetz was good...local name for a mineral found in abundance on the island and said to consist of jasper and limestone. Two...stalactitic mass. Collected off the east end of the island. Opal (Cacholong). Chalky white crust on a gray
Journal (issue)
British Columbia. Gold, visible, in pure white quartz. Representative specimens priced for the average...rare bismuth mineral associated with cosalite and quartz with visible gold, specimens about 1 ¾x2" to 1xl...Harrison ........................ 46 COLLECTING IN RHODE ISLAND. By lf7illard Stone lf7inslow, fr. 51 MORE ABOUT...ADVERTISE IN ROCKS A N D MINERALS. By 1'1ark i\1. Foster .......................................... 60 INVISIBLE...MINERALS In this issue of Rocks and Minerals, Mark M. Foster, America's most noted opal miner and one of our
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Investigation of Gilley Fluorspar Deposits in Cherokee County, Alabama, by James F. O'Neill. It is interesting... 50 miles northeast of Birmingham, in Cherokee County, located in West 1/2, West V2 of Section 16, Township...fluoresces blue (through the quartz) under the Mineralight; in addition the quartz crystal has a colorless...pegmatite district lies across the Park-Fremont County line in south-central Co'crado, a few miles northwest... N . J., donated to R & M two quartz specimens—groups of milky quartz and rock crystals—both coming from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are interesting specimens. Centreville is in Bibb County, in the central part of Alabama. Near Odenville...community of about 1,200 in southeastern Pinal County which probably will become a ghost town when the...MINERALS. Bulletin number is 973-E. The title is "Quartz crystal deposits of western Arkansas," by A. E... Washington 25, D. C. It deals mostly with the quartz crystal deposits of western Arkansas throughout...fine specimens of calcite, marcasite and sometimes quartz. I will be unable to find out about this locality
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported from Russia. Pseudomorphs of chalcedony...fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the...heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often form the matrix...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from...century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found
Report (volume)
SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston.......................'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta...the granite porphyry ...................... Blue-quartz-microcline porphyry ..........................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pale smoky crystals, from the Center, Cherokee County, Ala., locality and that they are very good. This...Madison County. "Beryl: as light golden crystals, fractured but gemmy, from near Hissop, Coosa County." Arizona—A...Las Vegas, Nev., publicity director of the Clark County Gem Collectors, carried the following paragraph...locality is the south shore of Lake Mead, Mohave County, Ariz. Another letter from Mr. Drury contained...(petrified wood) are found 3 miles west of Piggott, Clay County, Ark. California—A new California mineral is perovskite
Report (issue)
Formation at the entrance to Mitchell Caverns in the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area (NPS/EMILY JOHNSON)...47 Figure 11. Sponges in crinoidal limestone, Providence Mountains (NPS/EMILY JOHNSON). ................tabulate coral in the Monte Cristo Formation of the Providence Mountains (NPS/SOFIA ANDESKIE). ...............limestone float washing out from the eastern Providence Mountains (NPS/EMILY JOHNSON). ................specimens in limestone found in float in the Providence Mountains. ..................... 51 Figure 15
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Womble) Quartz (clear crystals) CRYSTAL SPRINGS Quartz Crystals DELANEY, Madison Co. Quartz, (clear crystals)...GARLAND COUNTY Quartz Crystals HOT SPRINGS, Garland Co. Malachite HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT Quartz Xls LAWRENCE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
another rock. Of course, his proximity to the famous quartz mines of Hot Springs was also a stimulant. When...great-grandchildren. Sal was born 27 July 1928 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Christina (Regine) and Serafino...Smithfield, Rhode Island, for fiftyone years. He was an active member of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters...visiting elementary and middle schools in northern Rhode Island to speak about rocks and minerals, he hosted...1960 by Cecile Foster and Louis “Louie” Rosa, two of the founding members of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters
Report (volume)
........................................... Rhode Island...............................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...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;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
first phyllite we ever saw from sers" area, Sonoma County, Calif. It was noted by M. Vonsen in CALIF. JOUR... ranging in in a road cut situated in Randolph County, size from 2 to 4 millimeters. Sometimes it Ala...calcite matrix and often in small open fissures with quartz and calcite." miles south of Anniston." "I must...about 20' x 20' that was literally filled with quartz crystals, side walls, floor and ceiling, a really...of the specimens has the calcite included in the quartz. "Another specimen (rock crystal) I found in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wasilla, Alaska. The black specimen is basanite (quartz). The other consists of dark red garnet and green...assortment of most interesting etched (frosted) quartz crystals. Here is a letter dated Dec. 26, 1961...desiring to obtain a specimen or two of this unusual quartz crystal are urged to rush their orders to Southwest...rock was a mixture of chlorite-feldspar with some quartz and magnetite. Sphene is ROCKS AND MINERALS not...specific gravity and stated they weighed out as quartz. How ever, on the saw and grinding wheel they appear
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens exhibited was Mr. Trainer's pseudomorph of quartz and epidote after large garnet crystals. Meeting...meeting on "Crystal Quartz in the Eastern United States." The crystallography of quartz was reviewed with...She then described the manner of occurrence of quartz crystals at Ellenrille, N. Y., Herkimer and Montgomery...Brown university then spoke on "The origin of Rhode Island Minerals.,' There are three major rock types...localities described included: South Foster, the Manton Ave. quarry in Providence, the Harris and Dexter quarries
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the last issue appeared a short item relative to quartz crystals (milky and rock crystal) found at Hans...378 is undoubtedly the Hahns Peak area in Routt County, northern Colorado. It is not usually especially...moonstone from Stephens County, which are unusually good ; also, rutilated rose quartz from the property of...near the new waterworks dam at Mountain Ciy, Rabun County, Ga. He has a yellow cabochon of unusual beauty...Rabun County. The prize of the lot is opalescent rose quartz from the Kell mica mine in Rabun County. This
 
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