Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Quartz |
Formula: | SiO2 |
Formation: | Primary |
Comments: | Primarily as a rock-forming component of the host pegmatite, but crystals in cavities can be very large - >30 cm. |
Habit: | short to elongated prismatic with rhombohedral terminations. Many loose quartz crystals have distorted shapes resulting from recrystallized overgrowths on quartz fragments caused by pocket shattering during crystallization. |
Colour: | milky to smoky |
Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
Abundance at site: | Very common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Albite | ⓘ3 photos of Quartz associated with Albite at this locality. |
Muscovite | ⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
Cleavelandite | ⓘ1 photo of Quartz associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Morris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (19 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 37865 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:37865:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 372efe3c-2957-433b-a432-8b2155f9667f |
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘWaterbury Road quarry, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘState Routes 8 and 222 interchange, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
7.5km (4.7 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam pegmatite, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.3km (5.2 miles) | ⓘWatertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.5km (5.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 118 Bantam River bridge, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.8km (5.5 miles) | ⓘLitchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
9.4km (5.9 miles) | ⓘFlanders Road (Brushy Hill), Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
9.6km (6.0 miles) | ⓘState Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Morris Dam Quarry, Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA