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Quartz from
Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA


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Quartz

Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Quartz

Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Quartz

Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:almost always massive
Colour:colorless, smoky
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Extremely common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Schorlβ“˜2 photos of Quartz associated with Schorl at this locality.
Ilmeniteβ“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Ilmenite at this locality.
Feldspar Groupβ“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rollstone Hill Quarries, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:164097
Long-form Identifier:1:3:164097:7
GUID (UUID V4):8cb0fb21-e339-4b00-ba8a-14ec636cde9f
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.3km (1.4 miles) β“˜Pine Hill, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) β“˜South Street construction site, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) β“˜Monoosnoc Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) β“˜Route 13 area, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) β“˜Long Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) β“˜PJ Keating Quarry (Lunenburg Quarry), Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) β“˜Jungle Road area, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) β“˜Barker Hill Quarry (Rusk Quarry; Townsend Quarry), Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
14.3km (8.9 miles) β“˜Blood Town Forest, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
14.4km (8.9 miles) β“˜Lancaster chiastolite localities, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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