| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Many forms such as crystal geode linings, white chalky looking replacements of chalcedony, drusy crystals encrusting "water level" calcite wafers, epimorphs and pseudomorphs after anhydrite, isolated crystals to 3 cm. |
| Habit: | druses lining geodes, prismatic, fine-granular, massive |
| Colour: | coloress to white |
| 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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| Calcite | ⓘ36 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Anhydrite | ⓘ29 photos of Quartz associated with Anhydrite at this locality. |
| Chalcedony | ⓘ29 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcedony at this locality. |
| Prehnite | ⓘ24 photos of Quartz associated with Prehnite at this locality. |
| Pumpellyite Group | ⓘ15 photos of Quartz associated with Pumpellyite Group at this locality. |
| Heulandite-Ca | ⓘ14 photos of Quartz associated with Heulandite-Ca at this locality. |
| Laumontite | ⓘ7 photos of Quartz associated with Laumontite at this locality. |
| Chabazite-Ca | ⓘ6 photos of Quartz associated with Chabazite-Ca at this locality. |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | ⓘ4 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality. |
| Stilpnomelane | ⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Stilpnomelane at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (25 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 297076 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:297076:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 211d0341-112d-4e5f-9cdf-4198cfc84cd5 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘSouthbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘOrenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.8km (3.6 miles) | ⓘNonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘPetrified wood locality, South Britain, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.5km (4.0 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quartz prospect, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.3km (4.5 miles) | ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.3km (4.5 miles) | ⓘWoodbury pegmatite quarry (Judson Quarry), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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O & G Southbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA