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Classification |
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Species: | Quartz |
Formula: | SiO2 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Calcite | 194 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Hematite | 112 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality. |
Prehnite | 53 photos of Quartz associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
Goethite | 50 photos of Quartz associated with Goethite at this locality. |
Baryte | 48 photos of Quartz associated with Baryte at this locality. |
Chalcopyrite | 39 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
Datolite | 35 photos of Quartz associated with Datolite at this locality. |
Albite | 32 photos of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality. |
Anhydrite | 22 photos of Quartz associated with Anhydrite at this locality. |
Dolomite | 20 photos of Quartz associated with Dolomite at this locality. |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 994864 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:994864:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | bbc81048-aff3-4ec2-97e3-c71bfdc6eeb5 |
Localities for Quartz in this Region |
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Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Hart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Hawthorne Drive, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 189 road cut, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Hurley Hill, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Bridgehampton crossing development, Taine Mountain, Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Taine Mountain Road construction site, Taine Mountain, Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Whigville Mine, Whigville, Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Collinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Knapp Prospect, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Ratlum Mountain, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Canton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 20 road cut, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 4 road cut, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Tomasso Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Blumenthal prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Brack Gem prospect (Brack prospect), East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
East Glastonbury Quarry (Curtis Quarry), East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Hale's Quarry, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Knob Hill Quarry, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Paxton Way, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Chamberlain Lane, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Dayton Road prospect #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Dayton Road prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Dayton Road prospect #4, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Eureka Quarry #1, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Eureka Quarry #2, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Eureka Quarry #3, Eureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Gas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Griswold Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Howe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Howe Quarry #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Howe Quarry #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Husband Quarry #1, Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Husband Quarry #2, Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Husband Quarry #3, Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Husband Quarry #4, Husband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
John C. Wiarda Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Roaring Brook Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Simpson prospect #1, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Simpson prospect #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Simpson prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #1, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #2, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #3, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #4, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #5, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #6, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospect #7, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Unnamed pegmatite quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Spinelli prospect (Spinelli quarry), Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Diamond Ledges, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
West Granby, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Trinity Ridge, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Arute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Sherrill Street quarry, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 9 & State Route 71 Interchange, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
135 Fenn Road, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In), Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Balf Quarry, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Fenn Road, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
The Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Journey Road quarry, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Plainville Trap Rock Quarry (Tilcon New Britain Quarry), Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
State Route 372 construction site, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Trap Rock quarry, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Rocky Hill Quarry, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Clark farm (Holler's Mine), Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Interstate 91 and Interstate 291 interchange, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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| | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Minerals of the Trap Rock Ridges of the Connecticut Valley with Emphasis on Reed's Gap Quarry near Durham...Durham Reed's Gap quarry, near Durham, Connecticut. Photo courtesy Tilcon-Tomasso. 232 ROCKS AND MINERALS...A M M. B R U N E T Roxbury Road Washington, Connecticut 06793 Connecticut's trap rock ridges have produced...as calcite, prehnite, and several varieties of quartz. Through the kindness of Mr. Angelo Tomasso and...Ashland Oil Company, owners of quarries in the Connecticut Valley, we were able to make a rough survey in | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | time. A 15-cm specimen may be the largest from Connecticut. CollECtiNg samaRskitE at thE histoRiC spiNElli...spiNElli pRospECt, glastoNbuRy, haRtFoRd CouNty, CoNNECtiCut. A. J. Albini1 and H. moritz2. 1 86 hillcrest...oN plaNERitE FRom mauldiN mouNtaiN, moNtgomERy CouNty, aRkaNsas. T. A. Brown1, S. L. Hanson1, and A....small Spinelli pegmatite in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, is famous for crystals of a samarskitegroup...largely composed of pink microcline, albite, smoky quartz, and muscovite, with scattered samarskite-group | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | c u t 06443 Microminerals of Connecticut For a small state, Connecticut offers a goodly array of micromineral...golden-brown needles embedded in pale amethystine quartz. Neal readily identified the crystals (from Route...yedlinite. To return to the subject of this article, Connecticut is divid ed geologically into three areas: the...(Altamura 1995). T h e micromineral treasures of Connecticut thus fall into three groups: ( 1 ) metamorphic...belt of world-famous peg matites along the Connecticut R i v e r in the Eastern Highlands, and ( 3 ) | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported from Russia. Pseudomorphs of chalcedony...fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the...heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often form the matrix...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from...century at the Lane quarries at Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; fine specimens were also found | | | Report (issue) | fi'/e 7S --5V3 KEY TO INDEX MAP Hartford 2° Sheet 1. Goldsmith, Richard, 1967, Bedrock geology of the...the New London quadrangle /" \Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-574. '~~~i:24, 000. Goldsmith...Surficial geology of the New London quadrangle, Connecticut-New York: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-176...geology of the Niantic quadrangle, New London County,^Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-575...Surficial geology of the Niantic quadrangle, Connecticut: U.S. Geol. Survey Geol. Quad. Map GQ-329. 1:24 | | | Book (edition) | gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Hartfi rd, and Deerfield rift basins, northeastern USA Peter C. van de Kamp a,*, Bernard E. Leake b,c "..." 1750 CabernetLane, St. Helena, CA 94574-1604, USA b Department of Geology andApplied Geology, The University...Triassic-Jurassic Newark Supergroup in the Newark, Hartford, and Deerfield rift basins are immature feldspathic...the Portland and East Berlin Formations of the Hartford Basin and analcime-rich shales (up to 52% normative...closed-basin periods in the Newark and Hartford rift basins of the northeastern USA in the Upper Triassic and Lower | | | Report (volume) | SURVEY ISTo. 117 A GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF CONNECTICUT WASH I NO TON &OVEKIV3IENT PRINTING OFFICE 1894...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Connecticut | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | S A | geographic dictionary | of | Connecticut | by | Henry 3 Gannett | [Vignette] | £ Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | Connecticut | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...of the Triassic Rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Newberry. 1888. 4°. xiv, 152 | | Friedman, J.D., Conrad, J.E., McKee, E.H., Mutschler, F.E., Zartman, R.E. (1994) Possible Mesozoic age of Ellenville Zn-Pb-Cu(Ag) deposit, Shawangunk Mountains, New York. Mineralium Deposita, 29 (6) doi:10.1007/bf00193508 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Denver, Colorado 80225, USA 2 US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA 3 US Geological Survey...94025, USA 4 Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington 99004, USA 5 US Geological...Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA Received: 8 October 1993/Accepted: 17 June 1994 Abstract...techniques for K-bearing liquid inclusions in main-stage quartz from the Ellenville deposit additionally suggest...(lat. 41~ The Ellenville (Ulster) mine in Ulster County, New York, n o w situated within the limits of | | | Report (issue) | Australia; painite from Burma; perhamite from Oxford County, Maine; the brand-new species bobdownsite from...smoky quartz from a place called the Lakeview Lode II mine, Stevens Ranch, Lake George, Park County, Colorado...Lode II mine, Stevens Ranch, Lake George, Park County, Colorado. Barnett Fine Minerals specimen and photo...secret place said to be somewhere in Windham County, Connecticut. Amethyst specimens from the occurrence,...in the Wrentham-Burrillville amethyst belt, Connecticut.” However, I note that Wrentham is in Massachusetts | | | Report (issue) | some very pretty quartz, calcite and quartz/calcite specimens from Lowville, Lewis County, New York—an occurrence...(past two years) producer of some of the finest quartz specimens from New York State…The specific location...public…Not only have fine Herkimer diamond-like quartz specimens been found [but] exceptional calcites...including parallel growth, scepters (both in the quartz and calcite), phantoms, interesting inclusions...nice to look at. The quartz specimen shown here features hydrocarbonincluded quartz crystals flanked by | | | Show/Event (guide) | Gouvemeur, NY; Quartz (Japan-Law twin), Ellenville Lead mine, Ellenville, NY; Quartz, Bower Powers farm...farm, Pierrepont, NY; Hematite, Quartz, Chub Lake Prospect, Hailesboro, NY; Fluor-apatite, Calcite; Rose...historic Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - A. J. Albini & H. Moritz. 2:30 Chernikovite...warwickite, and dissakisite-(Ce) from New York State, USA - M. V. Luoulescu. R. Rowe, D. G. Bailey, & M. Hawkins...Onondaga County, NY - S. C. Chamberlain. D. G. Bailey, & R. Lyons. 3:00 The Lowville quartz occurrence | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | 36849-5305 C h a l c o c i t e BRISTOL, HARTFORD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT This classic chalcocite is representative...intergrown twins produced from the Bristol, Connecticut, copper mine in the mid-1800s. The 8 by 6 by...nineteenth century from the mine in Bristol, Connecticut, A m e r i c a n chalcocite would be known almost...Connoisseur's Choice is a fine B r i s tol, Connecticut, chalcocite (see fig.). Chalcocite is a dense...finely intergrown or admixed pyrite, bornite, and/or quartz. 2 Chalcocite occurs principally as a supergene | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Jeffrey Scovil photo. July/August: Calcite, Gallatin County, Mon tana. American Museum of Natural Histo ry...September/October: Chalcocite, Flambeau mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wiscon sin. F. John Barlow specimen, Malcolm...November/December: Chalcocite, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jim Minette specimen, Jeffrey Scovil... Geology of Connecticut, 358-69 Anatase, Arkansas, 159; Colorado, 128, 183; Connecticut, 421; Urals,...Potash Sulphur Springs, 154-70 Arsenopyrite, Connecticut, 128; Wisconsin, 338 Art, see Robinson, S. Ayers | | | Journal (issue) | Finger) and LKA Emeralds, Hiddenite, Alexander County, NC Go On Public Exhibit in New York City. Emeralds............................................ 3 Connecticut ...................................................................................... 5 Rose quartz locality pegmatite ..............................Himalaya pegmatite, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California. Within a narrow pegmatite small anhe-...Claim (Pala View claim), Pala District, San Diego County, California. Jahns and Wright (1951, p.42) only | | | Report (volume) | Deposits of minerals of wide distribution, such as quartz and calcite, have been omitted, except those that...Colorado.........Prof. R. D. George, Boulder. Connecticut..... .Prof. William N. Rice, Middletown. Prof...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | species (green diamond) or an unusual habit (faden quartz). Rarity may also apply to a mineral species whose...well as in contact-metamorphic deposits and in quartz veins in pegmatites. Bornite may alter to chalcocite...localities in the United States: Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Butte has been called “the richest hill...crystalline Figure 1. Bornite with dolomite and quartz, 10 × 15 cm, from Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Province...left). Bornite with quartz and pyrite, 11 × 9 × 4 cm, from Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. Montana Tech | | | Report (volume) | covering early Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland...offshore early Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | E. Cedar, Globe, Ariz., sent in a massive smoky quartz specimen coated with tiny, lustrous, brown vanadinite...south Gila County, is in central Arizona. ARKANSAS —• "I am sending you some unusual quartz crystals....Little Rock, in central Pulaski County, is in central Arkansas. CONNECTICUT—Mrs. Cecil B. Hoisington, Richmond...which consists of white platy barite, tiny smoky quartz xls, tiny xl masses of brassy yellow chalcopyrite...label. Newington, in central Hartford County, is in central Connecticut. MAINE—A few months ago we received | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Haddingtonshire: powellife, 158 Argyllshire Craignure, Mull: quartz pseudomorphous after tridymite, 138 KentaUen: appinite...and Trooper Lake, Glamorgan Township, Halliburton County: nepheline, 114 Munro mine: chrysotfle, 467 QUEBEC...forsterite, 730 United States Amelia County, Virginia: albite, 581 Bedford County, Virginia: chevkinite, perrierite...chevkinite, 42 Dona Ana County, New Mexico: aphrosiderite, 404 Eldorado County, Colorado: rhodophyL lite...467 Goose Creek, Virginia: diabantite, 404 Hartford County, Maryland: sheridanite, 404 Hiawassee, Georgia: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | minor amounts of pyrite and occasionally a few quartz crystals. The veins are lined with calcite, the...occasionally been found in Triassic shale in the Connecticut Valley, I think that this may be the first occurrence...note: Rocky Hill is in southern Hartford County in central Connecticut. r Choice Minerals A z u r i | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | metagreywackes containing the assemblages quartz-prehnite-chlorite or quartz-albite-pumpellyite-chlorite, or both...associated with a wide variety of zeolites, calcite, and quartz-have been collected for almost two centuries from...80 in Passaic County, New Jersey. It also occurs in the Roncari quarry, Hartford County, and at Cheshire...Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, and in the Hampden quarry, Hampden County, Massachusetts. It has...respectively, and at the Cornwall iron mine, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It has been found in individual | | | Report (volume) | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davie County Basin............................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecticut Valley Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hartford Basin........................................................................ 22 4. Hartford basin, Connecticut and Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . ...Present stratigraphic nomenclature of the Davie County and Dan River-Danville basins .............. 3 | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | It is also found in pegmatites and associated quartz veins from which relatively large crystals have...to 15 cm long with staurolite in quartz at Windham, Cumberland County, Maine. Blue-bladed crystals to...to 2.5 cm long occur at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, and, historically, kyanite crystals that...in quartz at Ratlum Mountain, Hartford County, and at Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Kyanite...Figure 1. An attractive 7.3-cm kyanite crystal on quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Marcus Grossmann |
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Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA