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Quartz from
Route 11 road cuts, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Formation:Primary
Comments:Typically parallel growth crystals 1-2 cm long, quartzoids to 1.5 cm, scepter overgrowths to 9 cm.
Habit:elongated prismatic with rhombohedral terminations, quartzoid, scepter overgrowths
Colour:colorless to white, smoky, purple
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz12
- var Amethyst7
- var Agate5
Molybdenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Route 11 road cuts, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:729161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:729161:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.0km (0.6 miles) Getty Granite Quarry, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Renz Quarry, Salem, New London County, Connecticut, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) Charter Oak Federal Credit Union construction site, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA
12.5km (7.7 miles) Hadlyme, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) Joshua Rock Quarry, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) Flatrock Quarry (Flat Rock Quarry; Crystal Mall), Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) Goos Quarry, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, USA
16.3km (10.1 miles) Sillimanite type locality, Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Falls of the Yantic River, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) Mt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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