| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Smoky Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Primarily as a rock-forming component of the host pegmatite, but crystals in cavities can be very large - >30 cm. |
| Habit: | short to elongated prismatic with rhombohedral terminations. Many loose quartz crystals have distorted shapes resulting from recrystallized overgrowths on quartz fragments caused by pocket shattering during crystallization. |
| Colour: | gray to brown |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | β13 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Fluorapatite | β5 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Fluorapatite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β4 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Microcline | β3 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Cleavelandite | β3 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Garnet Group | 3 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Garnet Group at this locality. |
| Schorl | β2 photos of Smoky Quartz associated with Schorl at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Smoky Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Morris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (54 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37866 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37866:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 67c92feb-403a-49f1-9565-acf14b72fb54 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Smoky Quartz |
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| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | βReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | βThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | βSouth Main Street construction site, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.3km (8.9 miles) | βTorrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.2km (9.4 miles) | βO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.6km (12.2 miles) | βRockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.7km (12.9 miles) | βBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.2km (15.0 miles) | βCornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.1km (15.6 miles) | βCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.3km (15.7 miles) | βHuckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA