Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Quartz |
Formula: | SiO2 |
Comments: | Massive-coarse-grained component of the pegmatites, and fine-grained component of host schist. |
Habit: | massive |
Colour: | gray |
Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Vespa stone quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1011687 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1011687:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 1abe5065-b16a-4cee-ad07-00d486921358 |
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘ"Foothold Cleft", Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
1.2km (0.8 miles) | ⓘBishop Hill Schorl Locality, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
2.5km (1.6 miles) | ⓘBecker Quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
3.6km (2.3 miles) | ⓘMarkham Mica Quarry, Hog Hill, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
3.8km (2.3 miles) | ⓘClark Hill prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘReeb Mica Quarry, Hog Hill, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| | 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 per 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 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...of the most promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South...of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line and east of Route 17...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north...roads, mine roads, and pipeline right-of-ways. Quarry Names The exact identification of the quarries |
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