| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz var: Smoky Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Massive-coarse-grained component of the pegmatites, and fine-grained component of host schist. |
| Habit: | massive |
| Colour: | gray |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Beryl | ⓘ1 photo of Smoky Quartz associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Microcline | ⓘ1 photo of Smoky Quartz associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Smoky Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Vespa stone quarry, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 903520 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:903520:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d2909d50-20a5-4335-8d00-b2f4ed8aac5e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Smoky Quartz |
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| 4.0km (2.5 miles) | ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | ⓘWorth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.0km (3.7 miles) | ⓘAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.9km (4.9 miles) | ⓘThe Feldspar Corp. Quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.0km (5.0 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.2km (5.1 miles) | ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...of the most promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South...of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line and east of Route 17...the Simpson quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north...roads, mine roads, and pipeline right-of-ways. Quarry Names The exact identification of the quarries |
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