Quartz from
Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Quartz | |
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Formation: | Primary | |
| Comments: | An essential rock-forming component in all zones of the pegmatite, mostly massive. Forms part of an attractive mix with lepidolite/cleavelandite/elbaite. Crystals are very rare, Schooner (1958) and (1961) notes that cavities in albite occasionally yielded crystals up to six inches long. | |
| Habit: | massive, elongated prismatic | |
| Colour: | colorless, milky, lightly smoky | |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Confirmed | |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified | |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||
| Tantalite-(Mn) | β2 photos of Quartz associated with Tantalite-(Mn) at this locality. | |
| Muscovite | β2 photos of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality. | |
| Lepidolite | β2 photos of Quartz associated with Lepidolite at this locality. | |
| Bertrandite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Bertrandite at this locality. | |
| Albite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality. | |
| Elbaite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Elbaite at this locality. | |
| Beryl | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Beryl at this locality. | |
| Cleavelandite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 156071 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:156071:8 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | fe3097f8-c48f-4acb-9a70-e62ded86900a | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz | ||
| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | βAnderson No. 2 Mica Mine, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | βBailey prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | βEnegren Mica Mine (Power Mica Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | βRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | βUnnamed amphibole-tourmaline-magnetite locality, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | βHurd State Park quarries, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | βWorth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | βKnudsen prospects, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | βHalberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | βFeldspar quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
| References | ||
