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Rose Quartz from
East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rose Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:“rose-red quartz” (Hitchcock, 1823), "good specimens have been obtained" (Robinson, 1825), probably as glacial erratics, which can still be found around town.
Habit:massive
Colour:pink
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rose Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:763390
Long-form Identifier:1:3:763390:4
GUID (UUID V4):ef18b8e8-64f1-44dc-a2b6-ab267b3a6d19
Nearest other occurrences of Rose Quartz
6.4km (4.0 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
15.3km (9.5 miles) Great Hill Pond Brook pegmatite, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) Tollgate Quarry (Tollgate Mine; Bidwell Quarry; China-stone Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
16.5km (10.3 miles) Nathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) State Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
18.8km (11.7 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) Hale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) Andrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
23.9km (14.8 miles) Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
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Book (edition)
THE MINERAL LOCALITIES OF CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK * «-• r ** K* ysf^ :' •'’S >- n...250 SPECIES iBooks by Ronald Everett Januzzi CONNECTICUT MINERALS ON PARADE NEW YORK STATE MINERALS ON...THE MINERALOGICAL PRESS 83 Elm Street Danbury. Connecticut IIOIPW MINERALS ON PARAt>E F.tMSTltIP* THREE...to enrich our knowledge of the mineralogy of Connecticut: James Dwight Dana Samuel L. Penfield Edward...Minerals from the Principal Localities in Western Connecticut and Southeastern New York State.............
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the Greeks and Romans used Found at Icratches quartz; lustre shining. Science, philosophers having discovered...(PHYSALITE.) PYROPHYSALITE. They are con- and the Rose of Sharon. and many other chaste show that the account...poets inspecific gravity of 3.40; scratched by quartz; . I and the cause and manner of transferrmg this...flower garden, one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs...Mentzer's Gap, Pa. Found at Litchfield, Ct.; FETID QUARTZ. lustre ; and fetid oeor when . struck; translucent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the Greeks and Romans used Found at Icratches quartz; lustre shining. Science, philosophers having discovered...(PHYSALITE.) PYROPHYSALITE. They are con- and the Rose of Sharon. and many other chaste show that the account...poets inspecific gravity of 3.40; scratched by quartz; . I and the cause and manner of transferrmg this...flower garden, one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs...Mentzer's Gap, Pa. Found at Litchfield, Ct.; FETID QUARTZ. lustre ; and fetid oeor when . struck; translucent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the Greeks and Romans used Found at Icratches quartz; lustre shining. Science, philosophers having discovered...(PHYSALITE.) PYROPHYSALITE. They are con- and the Rose of Sharon. and many other chaste show that the account...poets inspecific gravity of 3.40; scratched by quartz; . I and the cause and manner of transferrmg this...flower garden, one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs...Mentzer's Gap, Pa. Found at Litchfield, Ct.; FETID QUARTZ. lustre ; and fetid oeor when . struck; translucent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the Greeks and Romans used Found at Icratches quartz; lustre shining. Science, philosophers having discovered...(PHYSALITE.) PYROPHYSALITE. They are con- and the Rose of Sharon. and many other chaste show that the account...poets inspecific gravity of 3.40; scratched by quartz; . I and the cause and manner of transferrmg this...flower garden, one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs...Mentzer's Gap, Pa. Found at Litchfield, Ct.; FETID QUARTZ. lustre ; and fetid oeor when . struck; translucent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the Greeks and Romans used Found at Icratches quartz; lustre shining. Science, philosophers having discovered...(PHYSALITE.) PYROPHYSALITE. They are con- and the Rose of Sharon. and many other chaste show that the account...poets inspecific gravity of 3.40; scratched by quartz; . I and the cause and manner of transferrmg this...flower garden, one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs...Mentzer's Gap, Pa. Found at Litchfield, Ct.; FETID QUARTZ. lustre ; and fetid oeor when . struck; translucent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
that the Greeks and Romans used Found at Icratches quartz; lustre shining. Science, philosophers having discovered...(PHYSALITE.) PYROPHYSALITE. They are con- and the Rose of Sharon. and many other chaste show that the account...poets inspecific gravity of 3.40; scratched by quartz; . I and the cause and manner of transferrmg this...flower garden, one thing is c:-ertain CRYSTALLIZED QUARTZ. (ROCK CRYSTAL.) ther. That the nerves of the lungs...Mentzer's Gap, Pa. Found at Litchfield, Ct.; FETID QUARTZ. lustre ; and fetid oeor when . struck; translucent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the J. C. Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ninety members, friends and guests...prize for her own display of Easton minerals at the East Penn Science Fair, Allentown Central Catholic High...the J. C. Showalter Quarry, Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mr. J. C. Showalter made history...AND MINERALS 396 dolomite and clear and milky quartz crystals. Mr. Orner of Cornwall made the best find...to Stilwell's Quarry, Union Colrain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1952. This was a joint trip
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...of Iron. (C.) , CAMDEN. Bog Iron ore. (J. P.) EAST ANDOVER. Sulphate of Iron, efflorescent, and abundant
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. In the preparation...pure ore. Ore, 202. ; Oxyd, 73. XI Containing quartz aa Quartzose. a principal ingredient. Radiated...Consisting Siliceous. of, or con- taining silex, or quartz. Silky, 56. A Silurian. term applied to the...(feldspar) will be easily distinguished from others (quartz) that have a glassy appearance. It is a popular...of these gems of nature's workmanship. mineral quartz sometimes occurs in crystals consisting of two
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut (QE372. 18^7 EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY PREFACE...Oxydating flame, 68. XI Quartzose. Containing quartz as a principal ingredient. Radiated, 53. Rake-vein...Siliceous. Consisting of, or con- taining silex, or quartz. Silky, 56. A term applied to the fossiliferous...(feldspar) will be easily distinguished from others (quartz) that have a glassy appearance. It is a popular...these gems of nature's workmanship. The mineral quartz sometimes occurs in crystals consisting of two
Book (edition)
by J. H. New BENHAM, Haven, Ct Court of Connecticut iff EARTH PREFACE. IN the preparation of...55. To gradually pass Quartzose. Containing quartz as a principal ingredient. Radiated, 53. Rake-vein...Siliceous. Consisting of, or con- taining silex, or quartz. Silky, 56. A Silurian. term applied fossiliferous...distinguished from others ticles {feldspar) (quartz) that have a glassy appearance. It is a popular...these gems of nature's workmanship. The mineral quartz sometimes occurs in crystals consisting of two
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut BENHAM * SON, PHCtTEBS. PREFACE TO THE FIRST...pure ore. Ore, 202. ; Oxyd, 73. XI Containing quartz Quartzose. a principal ingredient. Radiated, 53...Silicate, 74. Consisting of, taining silex, or quartz. Silky, 56. Siliceous. A Silurian. fossiliferous...(feldspar) will be easily distinguished from others (quartz) that have a glassy appearance. It is a popular...these gems of nature's workmanship. The mineral quartz sometimes occurs in crystals consisting of two
Book (edition)
oxygen. Oxydating flame, 68. Q.uartzose. Containing quartz as a principal ingredient. Radiated, 53. Rake-vein...Siliceous. Consisting of, or con• taining silex, or quartz. Silky, 56. Silurian. A term applied to the fossiliferous...(feldspar) will be easily distinguished from others ( quartz) that have a glassy appearance. It is a popular...these gems of 11ature's workmanship. The mineral quartz sometimes occurs in crystals consisting of two...but opaque crystals occur a foot or more long. Quartz crystals attain at times extraordinary dimensions
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY , NEW YORK 量1...Pyrophysalite, Novaculite, 206 Pyroxene , 131 Quartz, 110 avanturine, Obsidian , Olivine, Onyx, Oolite...radiated, 101 99 100 ferruginous, fetid, granular, rose, smoky, oxide of iron , oxide of titanium , oxide...is entirely igno rant, and that these are common quartz,common limestone, or carbonate of lime, and iron...a darker colour. The most obvious properties of quartz are a splintery fracture, a vitreous, or glassy
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY , NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENT...191 Pyropę, 140 Pyrophysalite, 206 Pyroxene , 191 Quartz., 110 16, 68 17, 104 avanturine, common , ferruginous...Pearl-stone, 312 301 314 294 293 milky , radiated, rose , smoky, spongiform , stalactical, yellow , violet...is entirely igno rant, and that these are common quartz, common limestone, or carbonate of lime, and iron...a darker colour. The most obvious properties of quartz are a splintery fracture, a vitreous, or glassy
Book (edition)
SILICA III. l. AND SILICATES. SILICA. 253 Quartz Opal 259 2. SILICATES. General Remarks.- 262...sometimes called a quartzoid, because it occurs in quartz. (3) Twelve-sided double pyramids. Two planes of...rhombohedrons. They are combined in Figs. 20, 21, forms of quartz. Ehombohedrons vary greatly in the length of the...hemihedrism and common in crystals of tetarto- quartz, and when existing, the crystals are said to... CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. 56 Some examples are given under quartz. Some systems. rhombohedral species, as dolomite
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. 3 STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY, NEW YORK 4...Pyrites, 194 common , 140 Pyrophysalite, 131 Quartz, 110 avanturine, 16, 68 common, 17, 104 ferruginous...298 granular, green , irised , milky, radiated , rose , smoky, spongiform , stalactical, yellow , violet...is entirely igno rant, and that these are common quartz,common limestone, or carbonate of lime, and iron...a darker colour. The most obvious properties of quartz are a splintery fracture, a vitreous, or glassy
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut STEREOTYPED BY P. F. RIPLEY , NEW YORK ca... 159 153 140 Pyrophysalite, 206 Pyroxene, 131 Quartz, 110 avanturine, 16, 68 17, 104 fire, precious...common, ferruginous, fetid , granular, radiated, rose, smoky, 312 301 spongiform , 314 stalactical, 294...is entirely igno rant, and that these are common quartz, common limestone, or carbonate of lime, and iron...a darker colour. The most obvious properties of quartz are a splintery fracture, a vitreous, or glassy
Book (edition)
the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut 3 STEREOTYPED BY F. F. RIPLEY, NEW YORK QE365...Pyrope, 140 Pyrophysalite, 206 Pyroxene , 131 Quartz, Onyx, 110 Dolite, Opal, 16, 68 17, 104 common...102 102 98 irised, milky, LOI radiated, 100 rose , 99 103 102 101 smoky, spongiform , stalactical...entirely igno. rant, and that these are common quartz, common limestone, or carbonate of lime, and iron...a darker colour. The most obvious properties of quartz are a splintery fracture, a vitreous, or glassy
Book
AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins in a variety of metamorphic...Litchfield, where a mass of white quartz on a ridge had once been mined for quartz, and large ilmenite masses...ilmenite crystals to 7 .5 cm in matrix of massive quartz from these dumps-adding that, in his judgment,...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...5 cm (Grice and Gault, 1981). CONNECTICUT Litchfield, Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals
Book (edition)
und rechnenden Krystallographie. Tubingen, 1873. Rose-Sadebeck. Elemente der Krystallographie. 3d ed....point to a yard or more in diameA single crystal of quartz, now at Milan, is three and a quarter feet long...of quartz near the Tiefen Glacier, in Switzerland, discovered in has afforded 1867, smoky quartz crystals...the term crystal was applied only to crystals of quartz (f. 1), which the ancient philosophers believed...of Mohs and Haidinger maiin Regular of Weiss and Rose Cubic of Dufrenoy, Miller, Des Cloizeaux Monometric
Book (edition)
F1nery·furnace. A. fu·mace used in the conyersion of east iron 1n to bar iron. Filiform, [Lat~Jilum, a tbread_...INDEX OF TERMS. • .ll Q.ua.rtzose. Containing quartz u Also, by miners, a. dis-• a pri1noipal ingredient...Siliceous Consisting of, or .contaming mle:i, or quartz. Silky. 56. . Silurian. .A term applied, to the...(feldspar) will be easily distinguished from others ( quartz) that have n glassy appearance. _ It is a popular...these gems of 11ature's workmanship. The mineral quartz some1 imes occurs in crystals consisting,of two
Book (edition)
by the Bureau of Land Management, in state and county parks and forests, and in private parks as well...often has empty camping sites and is only 130 miles east of crowded Yellowstone. Other National Park Service...more campers are: Grand Canyon National Monument, east of Lake Mead; the North Rim of Grand Canyon National...of such trails as the Appalachian Trail in the East, the Pacific Crest Trail in the West, and the Bruce...dreamed up this trail along the backbone of the East. It incorporates such previous trails as Vermont’s
Book (edition)
LIBRARY Connecticut Agricultural College Vol. Class No. Cost 1^ . £. Ji^o JLcL^^M^ RRITL 5490191T...Krystallographie. Kopp. Von Lang. Qucnstedt. 1873. Rose-Sadeheclc. Elemcnte der Krystallographie. 3d ed...point to a yard or more in diameA single crystal of quartz, now at Milan, is three and a quarter feet long-...of quartz near the Tiefen Glacier, in Switzerland, discovered in 18fi7, has afforded smoky quartz crystals...the term crystal was applied only to crystals of quartz (f. 1), which the ancient philosophers believed
 
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