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Quartz from
Amethyst locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Habit:elongated prismatic, some with scepter overgrowths
Colour:colorless to milky
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2
- var Amethyst2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Amethyst locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016863
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016863:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.2km (0.1 miles) Quartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Wauregan Quarry, Wauregan, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) Dayville, Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) Nipmuck quarry, Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
17.7km (11.0 miles) Jackson Granite quarry, Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
17.9km (11.1 miles) Rockland, Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Mount Tom road cut, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) Durfee Hill Gold mine, Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
25.5km (15.9 miles) West Thompson Dam, West Thompson, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
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