| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | free standing, two inch pieces, many terminated, forming vugs and seams of the quartzite...clear, milky and phantom crystals (Hiller, 1968) |
| Habit: | prismatic |
| Colour: | clear to milky |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Ridgefield Silver Mine, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 770039 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:770039:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d78fd104-8635-4943-be68-8f818747c5ac |
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| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.1km (1.9 miles) | ⓘTiticus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘCasey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘWest Redding grossular locality, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.5km (4.0 miles) | ⓘRedding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘRedding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | ⓘWilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.6km (5.3 miles) | ⓘSchorl locality, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘOld Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book | | CONNECTICUT mmES MINERALS V Tourmaline Crystal from Haddam, Connecticut John Hiller, Jr. Hillers CryctaLShop...- CRYSTALS NOT PISTOLS K c^oi c3— A r CONNECTICUT MINES AND MINERALS published privately l i...Shelton, Connecticut I DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the mineral clubs of Connecticut, Continued...1971, John Hiller, Jr, 3 Peters Lane Shelton, Connecticut II CONTENTS 3. 5, l i 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11...24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Connecticut Mineral Clubs Cleaning and Trimming Oxalic Acid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | REDISCOVERED QUARTZ-SULFIDE PROSPECT By JOHN T. HILLER, JR. 194 Minerva Street, Derby, Connecticut 06418 Localities... Robert Streeter and myself went looking for a silver prospect. Fred Jones had been to it years before...before and had shown Jeff and I some of the quartz crystals he had found there. The crystals were really...terminated, forming vugs and seams of the quartzite. The silver is in combination with the sulfides, mostly galena...may never be developed because it is located in Ridgefield, Con- necticut, a town with relatively high |
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