| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Crystals to 1 cm, commonly colored green or red by chlorite or hematite inclusions. Also commonly penetrated by goethite fibers. |
| Habit: | very short prismatic or quartzoid, commonly doubly-terminated |
| Colour: | colorless to white |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Goethite | 34 |
| Calcite | 31 |
| Hematite | 21 |
| Quartz | 2 |
| - var Amethyst | 2 |
| Anhydrite | 2 |
| Chlorite Group | 2 |
| Chalcopyrite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37852 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37852:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘMcLay Avenue, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘFair Haven, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘFoxon quarry, Foxon, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘHigh Street and Interstate 95 interchange, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.0km (3.7 miles) | ⓘFarm River Rock Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.2km (3.9 miles) | ⓘMill Rock, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘNorth Branford Quarry, North Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.9km (5.6 miles) | ⓘAllingtown Hill, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.8km (6.1 miles) | ⓘLambert's Mine (Maltby Lakes Mine), West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.4km (6.4 miles) | ⓘStony Creek Quarry (Norcross Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries; Castellucci Quarry), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA