| Locality type: | Hill |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Crystals to 15 cm |
| Habit: | Stubby prismatic "corn cob" habit, or parallel-growth typically with only terminations showing |
| Colour: | Milky, smoky to amethystine. |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Limonite | 5 |
| Pyrite | 5 |
| Quartz | 4 |
| - var Chalcedony | 4 |
| Muscovite | 3 |
| Pyromorphite | 3 |
| Grossular | 3 |
| Diopside | 3 |
| Manganese Oxides | 2 |
| - var Manganese Dendrites | 2 |
| Microcline | 2 |
| Galena | 2 |
| Almandine | 2 |
| Schorl | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (13 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 754564 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:754564:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘCollinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘCanton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.0km (3.7 miles) | ⓘKnapp Prospect, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.8km (5.5 miles) | ⓘRatlum Mountain, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.4km (5.8 miles) | ⓘRobin Drive, Ratlum Mountain, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.4km (6.4 miles) | ⓘBristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘState Route 4 road cut, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.5km (7.7 miles) | ⓘFarmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.6km (8.5 miles) | ⓘTomasso Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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Huckleberry Hill, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA