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| Species: | Quartz var: Milky Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | large complex crystals to 10 cm or more, smaller crystals radially encrusted acicular laumontite creating coarse columns of crystals |
| Habit: | stubby prismatic, complex parallel-growth, corn cob |
| Colour: | colorless to milky |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Milky Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Diamond Ledge (West Stafford quartz locality; Stafford Springs quartz locality), Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (15 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 320566 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:320566:2 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e33aac6f-750f-4763-a3f3-178a86bfac03 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Milky Quartz |
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| 32.3km (20.0 miles) | ⓘRoncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 43.2km (26.8 miles) | ⓘCase Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 46.9km (29.2 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 48.4km (30.1 miles) | ⓘMoosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 48.9km (30.4 miles) | ⓘCanton Lead Mines (Cherry Brook lead mine; Dyer Farm zinc mine), Rattlesnake Hill, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 49.8km (31.0 miles) | ⓘQuartz locality, Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 54.2km (33.7 miles) | ⓘSalem, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 73.8km (45.9 miles) | ⓘMorris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 75.5km (46.9 miles) | ⓘLong Hill, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
| 77.3km (48.0 miles) | ⓘDiamond Hill (Ashaway Village), Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA |
| References |
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Diamond Ledge, Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA