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Quartz from
O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Chalcedony

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Chalcedony

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Chalcedony

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Amethyst

O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Prehnite2
Stilbite Subgroup1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:101984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:101984:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘOrenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘWoodbury pegmatite quarry (Judson Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘSawteeth Ridge, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘFlanders Road (Brushy Hill), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘQuartz prospect, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
Tschernich, Rudy W. (1992) Zeolites of the World. Geoscience Press, Inc. 567pp.
 
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