| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Amethyst |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Formation: | Secondary |
| Comments: | Lightly colored scepter overgrowths in faulted gneiss. |
| Habit: | scepter overgrowths |
| Colour: | pale purple |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Amethyst data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Rockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 132124 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:132124:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 94dd3bee-8850-4fdd-ae57-387556fabefd |
| Nearest other occurrences of Amethyst |
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| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘOrenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.2 miles) | ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.9km (7.4 miles) | ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.0km (8.7 miles) | ⓘSouthbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.8km (25.9 miles) | ⓘClark farm (Holler's Mine), Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.4km (26.4 miles) | ⓘHubbard Park Quartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.8km (26.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 372 construction site, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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