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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Massive except as micro-crystals in thin alpine clefts with adularia, anatase, synchysite-(Y). Minor constituent in altered ultramafic rock, but major component of the pegmatite. |
| Habit: | anhedral, druses of stubby prisms |
| Colour: | smoky to colorlesss |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Vivianite | β4 photos of Quartz associated with Vivianite at this locality. |
| Triphylite | β3 photos of Quartz associated with Triphylite at this locality. |
| Albite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Rockbridgeite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Rockbridgeite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Synchysite-(Y) | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Synchysite-(Y) at this locality. |
| Anatase | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Anatase at this locality. |
| Adularia | β1 photo of Quartz associated with Adularia at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 860432 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:860432:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 062c1c2e-217f-4e12-bfdf-7affd09e88b7 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 2.6km (1.6 miles) | βPegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | βSouth Main Street construction site, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.9km (3.0 miles) | βTorrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.2km (3.3 miles) | βTown Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.4km (3.4 miles) | βState Route 118 Bantam River bridge, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | βRock Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.2km (3.9 miles) | βLitchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | βTorringford, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | βThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | βMountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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