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Quartz from
Diamond Ledge (West Stafford quartz locality; Stafford Springs quartz locality), Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
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
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Laumontite6
Goethite3
Anhydrite2
Quartz1
- var Milky Quartz1
Data
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 GalleryView Gallery (33 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:320565
Long-form Identifier:1:3:320565:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
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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