| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Crystals in alpine clefts can reach a few inches. Hundreds of samples came from an approximately 1 meter cavity. |
| Habit: | subparallel prismatic aggregates |
| Colour: | milky |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Stilbite Subgroup | 16 |
| K Feldspar | 7 |
| - var Adularia | 7 |
| Chlorite Group | 2 |
| Hornblende Root Name Group | 1 |
| Titanite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Barrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 436272 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:436272:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 2.8km (1.8 miles) | ⓘState Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘHaynes Quarry, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.0km (4.4 miles) | ⓘPotter Quarry, Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.4km (4.6 miles) | ⓘHaynes Materials Quarry, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.2km (5.7 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.2km (6.3 miles) | ⓘO and G quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘState Route 8 exit 29, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.0km (6.8 miles) | ⓘEast Village pegmatite prospect, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Barrett Brothers Quarry, Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA