| Locality type: | Park |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | As a major, but massive, component of the cross-cutting topaz-quartz-fluorite veins. One nearly pure quartz veins was mined as the "Champion Lode" around 1900. An accessory component of the amphibolite, particularly where altered and along the contact with the marble, where it hosts scheelite and ferberite. Component of the pegmatites. |
| Habit: | massive, drusy crystals rare |
| Colour: | colorless to white, smoky |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Scheelite | β38 photos of Quartz associated with Scheelite at this locality. |
| Ferberite | β29 photos of Quartz associated with Ferberite at this locality. |
| Topaz | β20 photos of Quartz associated with Topaz at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β16 photos of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Actinolite | β9 photos of Quartz associated with Actinolite at this locality. |
| Clinozoisite | β8 photos of Quartz associated with Clinozoisite at this locality. |
| Clinochlore | β4 photos of Quartz associated with Clinochlore at this locality. |
| Fluorite | β4 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Margarite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Margarite at this locality. |
| Albite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (11 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131502 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131502:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3999823c-3966-497a-9f7b-775f1ef7c48a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | βOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | βCorporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | βCorporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | βState Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | βPorter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.7km (1.6 miles) | βPoquonock River outcrops, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.7km (2.3 miles) | βState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | βLane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.4km (4.0 miles) | βLane's Copper Mine (Fan Hill Road), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.5km (4.7 miles) | βNew England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Old Mine Park, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA