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Quartz from
Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte2 photos of Quartz associated with Baryte at this locality.
Goethite1 photo of Quartz associated with Goethite at this locality.
Limonite1 photo of Quartz associated with Limonite at this locality.
Riebeckite1 photo of Quartz associated with Riebeckite at this locality.
Amethyst1 photo of Quartz associated with Amethyst at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:37057
Long-form Identifier:1:3:37057:4
GUID (UUID V4):a717370a-258b-40cf-9f1c-ffb2490ad28a
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Diamond Hill Granite Company quarry (Catamint Hill quarry; Calumet Hill quarry), Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Diamond Hill Iron prospects, Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Diamond Hill Reservoir, Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.6km (1.0 miles) Diamond Hill Reservoir, Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Diamond Hill Granite Company quarry (Catamint Hill quarry; Calumet Hill quarry), Diamond Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
3.1km (2.0 miles) Grants Mills, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Staples Road Manganese bed, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Staples Road, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Beacon Pole Hill quarry, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) Sneech Pond copper mines (Copper Mine Hill), Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Poker Hill, Ashton, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Masslite Quarry, Plainville, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) Cumberland Hill, Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
References
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Report (volume)
SCHISTS AND ASSOCIATED GRANITES AND PORPHYRIES OF RHODE ISLAND BENJAMIN K. EMERSON JOSEPH H. PERRY WASHINGTON.............. 18 Nonoccurrence of il vaite in Rhode Island.................. 19 Inclusion of limestone............................... 24 Beds west of Providence and Pawtucket ................... 25 Cranston...............'.................... Vein quartz at Diamond Hill.............................. "Warnsutta...the granite porphyry ...................... Blue-quartz-microcline porphyry ..........................
Report (volume)
Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island o GEOLOGICAL 5. I 09 8* Ci PI O i o TJ i i I to & Ol BULLETIN...State of Rhode Island Development Council i M SURVEY I C.to 1295 Bedrock Geology of Rhode Island...1295 Prepared in cooperation with the State of Rhode Island Development Council Lithology, structure, and...geological studies in Rhode Island____._.________.-__.-_-____. Position of Rhode Island in the Appalachian...Schist___---_--_-____--__--_-_----_-_----_ Hunting Hill Greenstone_______________________________ Blackstone
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NORTHEASTERN RHODE ISLAND 286 ROCKS AND M I N E R A L S The adjacent towns of Cumberland and Lincoln...Lincoln in northeastern Rhode Island offer col­ lecting in several localities, including the Conklin Limestone...the Old Dexter quarry, Diamond Hill, the Route 114 road cut, and the Iron Hill mine. T H E T O W N S...northeast corner of Rhode Island is not so famous mineralogically as Cumberland in England; however,...both the state mineral and the state rock of Rhode Island. Much of this area coincides with the Pawtucket
Report (volume)
director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Rhode Island | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Khode Island | hy | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] Washington |...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Ehode Island | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | . Washington...meridian of 76° 30', from Tompkius County, New York, to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, by Henry S. "Williams...cents. 16. On the Higher Devonian Faunas of Ontario County, New York, by John M. Clarke. 1885. 8°. 8(5 pp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Rhode Island campus where the geological display is located. University of Rhode Island KINGSTON...KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND HOLMES WILSON 42 Nancy Drive Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864 T H E U N I V E R S I...well-known mineral sites in Rhode Island, including Diamond H i l l , a large quartz intrusion in the state's...collecting sites in Johnston, a few miles west of Providence. The collection totals over 300 specimens, virtually...aim of the collection is to represent as many Rhode Island minerals as possible and to otherwise provide
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral. However, unlike several other states, Rhode Island does not have a state gem, a state stone, or...a variety of serpentine that resembles jade are Rhode Island's official state rock and mineral. Cumberlandite...Cumberlandite became the official state rock of Rhode Island by legisla­ tive decree in 1966 (Resolution...the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations). The rock constitutes the...northeastern corner of the state, in the Town of Cumberland (Figure 1). The exposed part of the mass—termed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
collection, the work of fifty years,to the city of providence. The collection "The HoraceF. CarpenterCollection...CarpenterCollection.,' Twenty-five of the South African diamond crystals are shown. In connectionwith many of the...attractive polishedspecimelrof Madagascarrutilated quartz; a fine polished Lake Superioragate; a handsomeplate...largestof which is about 7 x 8 inches,from Strontian Island; babingtonitefrom Somerville,Mass.; cyanite,BuncombeCo...amethyst; amethyst crystals from Cumberland; fine transparent smoky quartz crystals, up to l x2rlinches in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
E R IC A GEOLOGY OF THE DIAMOND IIILL-CUMBERLAND DISTRICT IN RHODE ISLAND-M ASSACHUSETTS 1 BY CHARLES........................................... 441 Cumberland quartzite............................................................................... 4."2 Quartz diorite................................................................................. 461 Diamond Hill felsite.......................................1013 (435) 436 WARREN AND POWERS----DIAMOND H ILL—CUMBERLAND DISTRICT Page Riebeckite-iegirite granite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AMERICA NOTES ON THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF RHODE ISLAND PART II. REMAINING COUNTIES Lrovn W. FrsnBn...Oligoclase Olivine Prochlorite Phlogopite Pyroxene Quartz Amethystine Asbestiform Carnelian Flint Jaspcr...Staurolite Stilbite Zoisite BRISTOL COUNTY The major portion of Bristol County shows sedimentary rocks consisting...consisting chiefly of the Rhode Island formation of shales, con_ glomerates and sandstones. B. K. Ernerson2has...are mainly agatized quartz similar to the Diamond Hill area of Providence County. The Bristol area, in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RHODE ISLAND CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL CORN BOIL, SWAP SESSION, AND FIELD TRIP By GARDINER E. GREGORY Downloaded...were privileged ro be invited guests of the Rhode Island Mineral Hunters at their annual corn boil held...event took place at the Diamond Hill State Park in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Thirty members and their...to gray. It is found in the Quincy granite of Rhode Island and Massachusetts usually in massive form. In...mineral hunters. held each year by the Rhode ROCKS A N D Island MINERALS Downloaded by [JAMES COOK
Report (volume)
the ruby, sapphire, spinel, emerald, rutile, and quartz of gem quality have been synthesized. The best...stone has only one or two of these qualities. The diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire are considered precious...blue, rose, green, and true canary yellow in the diamond; pigeon-blood red in the ruby; cornflower blue...establishing the price of a gem stone. Such gems as the diamond and ruby are rare, in addition to being beautiful...Apatite . 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Orthoclase Quartz Topaz Corundum Diamond The numbers preceding each mineral
Book
of Saratoga in Now York, by Doct. John H. Steel. county A (Steel.') 1822." (N. G.) " New Farmer and...perfect, and abundant, sometimes in very white quartz. Beryl, large crystals in graphic granite, also...Schorl, black, masses sometimes contain fragments of quartz, and feldspar. Feldspar, sometimes white, granular...granite and gneiss, ; limestone, with Granular Quartz ; it forms a stratified ruck of considerable extent...aggregate of feldspar, beautifully laminated, and quartz of a granular structure ; some 3 inches in length
Book
1 " VE M NlN[W �IUWPS�l- ( MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND 1 #'vp ,#,V,4 I' vr Go � - PRICE $2...Sloan Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island PERHAM'S MAINE MINERAL S'toRE INC. JUNCTION...Davis Soapstone Quarry South Newfane, Vermont Adams Hill Site NEW HAMPSHIRE Center Strafford, New Hampshire...Beryl Mt. Mine Wakefield, New Hampshire Mineral Hill Mine Weeks - Ham Mine M.�SSACHUSE TTS Adams, Massachusetts...Blueberry Mt. Quarry RHODE ISLAND Cumberland State Park, Rhode Island Diamond Hill Quarry Sneech Pond Copper
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9.... 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that diamond, It is the Mohs' scale as 10, and more than twice...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vol. 13, pp. 1-46. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, no.... vol. 29, nos. 3, 4; vol. 30, nos. 1, 2. Chapel Hill, N. C, Engineering Association of the South: Proceedings...Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences: Proceedings, vol. 4, pts. 3, 4. Staten Island, N. Y....Virginia Geological Survey: County Reports, Kanawha County; Preston County; Map of... coal, oil, etc....16. Ancient auriferous gravel channels of Sierra County, California: Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Bull., no. 91
Report (volume)
Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...North Carolina.. .Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota... .Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks...Florence Bascom, Bryn Mawr. Rhode Island.... .Prof. Charles W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina.. .Dr. Earle...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;
Report (volume)
Bulletin 597 GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND BY B. K. EMERSON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING....................................... Worcester County, Mass....................................... Westboro...formation......................................... Rhode Island...............................................formation........................................... Rhode Island formation ........................................................................... Paxton quartz schist...................................... Younger
Report (issue)
bedrock map (which also showed the geology of Rhode Island) was published in 1917 by Benjamin K. Emerson...the Taconic-Berkshire, the RoweHawley, the Bronson Hill, the Nashoba, and the MilfordDedham. Their mutual...their map symbols. Thus the micaceous quartzite, quartz-mica-garnet schist, and calc-silicate unit of the...Emerson, B.K., 1917, Geology of Massachusetts and Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 597, 289 p...metavolcanic rocks older than the Proterozoic Z Rhode Island and Dedham batholiths.......... Rocks possibly
Report (volume)
........................................... Rhode Island...............................................of minerals that are widely distributed, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Albany. North Carolina_.Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill. North Dakota_.Dr. A. G. Leonard, Grand Forks. Mr...University, South Bethlehem. Rhode Island__Prof. C. W. Brown, Providence. South Carolina__.Dr. Earle Sloan...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found
Book (edition)
mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und...prong of Canoe creek, in St. Clair county, to Ha\sop creek, in Bibb county, a distance of 60 miles. Down to...to Helena, in Shelby county, the field has an average width of 5 or 6 miles. Below that point the width...miles being in the latitud" of Blocton, in Bibb county. The south ern end of this field has a greater...Jefferson county; Helena, Montevallo, and Brierfield, Shelby county; and at Blocion. Bibb county. The Warrior
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wasilla, Alaska. The black specimen is basanite (quartz). The other consists of dark red garnet and green...assortment of most interesting etched (frosted) quartz crystals. Here is a letter dated Dec. 26, 1961...desiring to obtain a specimen or two of this unusual quartz crystal are urged to rush their orders to Southwest...Murfreesboro (Pike Co.), Arkansas. Here, in the diamond mine, I found a beautiful blue barite crystal about...rock was a mixture of chlorite-feldspar with some quartz and magnetite. Sphene is ROCKS AND MINERALS not
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COLLECTING AT SNEECH POND CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND MARIANNE MONAHAN 757 West Roxbury Parkway West Roxbury...02132 Sneech Pond Copper Mine, Cumber­ land, Rhode Island, an area 40 miles south of Boston and 12 miles...of Sneech Pond, near the top of a juniper covered hill. The area was mined between 1720 and 1780 and the...R+.I22 :/ z mile Figure 1: Road Map for the Cumberland, R.I. area J U L Y / A U G U S T 1975 413 ... a water tower on the top of Cumberland Hill has exposed fresh outcrop which shows lenses of mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
beautiful specimens are found of snowy-white drusy quartz which line cavities of gray chert. California—R...consisting of about 22 minerals of which garnet and quartz seem to be the most common. Along with the sand...(microcline, orthoc'ase, albite, oligoclase, anorthite), quartz, mica (biotite, muscovite) obsidian and gold??...examination not one jasper was found—they were all common quartz stp.'ned brown by limonite. Florida—At Daytona... Daytona Beach. Georgia—Specimens of rutilated quartz (clear auartz with hair-like crystals of rutile)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Jackson, Clarke Co., Ala., we have two fine quartz specimens that had been collected for us by Ken...located in the Eureka Mining District in Yavapai County, Arizona. From this old mine we have a number of...They come from the Blue Creek Mt. Mine, Del Norte County, Calif., which I own. The ore of my mine is very..."About two years ago an extensive cut was made in a hill just south of Collinsville (Hartford Co.), Conn...collectors. The thulite is found associated with quartz and/or zoisite. Some specimens fluoresce a greyish
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fossil remains; also n e a r the Schuykill p. 178 CUMBERLAND, R. I. WILMINGTON, DEL. Prase, at the yenite...Ferruginous Quartz, red, amorphous, in detached masses, in the vicinity of "Cumberland hill", which is...is about 12 m. northerly of Providence, a n d crystallized, on Diamond hill; yellow, amorphous, a n d crystallized...into Hornstone, well characterized. Agate; on Diamond hill, some fine specimens have b e e n found p. 82...hornblende rock p. 302 (Cumberland to b e continued). CHATHAM, CONN, Rose Red Quartz; good specimens h a
 
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