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Smoky Quartz from
Rockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Smoky Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Comments:As a constituent of the gneiss and in numerous small veins.
Habit:anhedral
Colour:smoky
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smoky Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132123
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132123:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Smoky Quartz
11.7km (7.2 miles) Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Curtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
19.6km (12.2 miles) Morris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
23.3km (14.5 miles) Tuckahoe and Patterson Marble Company Quarry, Town of Patterson, Putnam County, New York, USA
23.4km (14.6 miles) Reynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
24.4km (15.1 miles) Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
26.5km (16.4 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) South Main Street construction site, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.8km (19.2 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
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