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Chalcedony from
Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Chalcedony associated with Quartz at this locality.
Smoky Quartz1 photo of Chalcedony associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:831385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:831385:0
GUID (UUID V4):28c9d496-49db-4e28-8921-68a2003d0030
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
12.5km (7.7 miles) Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.7km (9.2 miles) Torringford, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) State Route 9 & State Route 71 Interchange, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) West Granby, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
22.8km (14.2 miles) Hart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
24.6km (15.3 miles) Interstate 91 and Interstate 291 interchange, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
24.7km (15.3 miles) Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
29.3km (18.2 miles) Meriden Trap Rock Quarry (Lane's Quarry), Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (volume)
that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
as: concretions, Barite and Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate...known for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd....Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara...wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford and Harrisonchalcedony (some blue)
Book
Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois...pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, flint, jasp-agate, jasper, quartzite...especially valuing the deep red carnelian variety of chalcedony. Although the Sumerians used almost all the common...color; assigned to Gad), agate (perhaps green · chalcedony or "chrysoprase"; Foreword xvi i assigned...[agate-jasper, i.e., our "jasp-agate"], cerachates [chalcedony], smaragdachates [green agate], haemachates [red
Book
rivers f o r epidote, unakite, blue quartz, agate, chalcedony, petrified wood and other gemstones. Photograph...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and...visited the well known old Rutherford mine in Amelia County, Virginia, and found bright spessartine garnets...green gem spodumene, was discovered in Alexander County, North Carolina, in 1880 and named for one of its...Hidden. The rose-pink rhodo­ lite garnet of Macon County was discovered in the late 19th century and named
Report (volume)
..... Eldorado County, by E. C. Eckel. ................................ Merced County.......................... Bartow County.................................................. Polk County...................93 Northampton*County.............'................................. . 96 Lehigh County.................104 Carbon County..................................................... 108 Dauphin County..............116 Blount County.. ................................................... 115 Monroe County...........
 
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