| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Drusy crystals line voids in faulted altered basalt, generally isolated or clustered Herkimer-type crystals to a few cm found rooted on the druse or with barite and dolomite, etc., scattered in fault veins. Also as parallel-growth plates of short crystals in the veins, or as Cumberland habit crystal aggregates in gas vesicles in basalt. Also massive and highly etched when associated with bitumen in the veins. |
| Habit: | Short prismatic Herkimer-style crystals, as parallel growth aggregates, drusy, Cumberland habit |
| Colour: | colorless to white |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Baryte | β5 photos of Quartz associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Siderite | β4 photos of Quartz associated with Siderite at this locality. |
| Dolomite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality. |
| Calcite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Goethite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
| Galena | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Galena at this locality. |
| Hematite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (12 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 22281 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:22281:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 50f0b46b-0a0e-4f50-aebe-e58ef055d8a8 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | βSherrill Street quarry, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | βHart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | βArute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.8km (3.0 miles) | βJourney Road quarry, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | βPlainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | βTrap Rock quarry, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.3km (3.3 miles) | β135 Fenn Road, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | βFenn Road, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | βThe Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | β2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA