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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | large complex crystals to 10 cm or more, smaller crystals radially encrusted acicular laumontite creating coarse columns of crystals |
| Habit: | stubby prismatic, complex parallel-growth, corn cob |
| Colour: | colorless to milky (typically in an outer zone) |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Laumontite | 6 |
| Goethite | 3 |
| Anhydrite | 2 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| - var Milky Quartz | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Diamond Ledge (West Stafford quartz locality; Stafford Springs quartz locality), Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (33 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 320565 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:320565:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 8.8km (5.5 miles) | ⓘBaryte locality, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘBurgundy Hill Quarry, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.1km (8.2 miles) | ⓘBecker Quarry, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.1km (8.7 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 (I-84; I-86; State Route 15; Wilbur Cross Highway), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.2km (10.1 miles) | ⓘMonson quarries (Flynt quarries), Monson, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 17.2km (10.7 miles) | ⓘRye Circle Rose Quartz Locality, East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 18.2km (11.3 miles) | ⓘCordierite locality (Bigelow Pond), Union, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.5km (12.7 miles) | ⓘSturbridge Graphite Mine (Tantiusques Mine; Winthrop Lead Mine), Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 28.8km (17.9 miles) | ⓘUS Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.1km (18.1 miles) | ⓘMansfield Hollow Dam, Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
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Diamond Ledge, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA