| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
| Comments: | Transparent floater pseudocubic quartz crystals to 2 cm. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cookeite | 13 |
| Albite | 12 |
| - var Zygadite | 2 |
| Schorl | 5 |
| Almandine | 4 |
| Quartz | 4 |
| - var Pseudocubic Quartz | 2 |
| - var Milky Quartz | 2 |
| Montmorillonite | 3 |
| Fluorapatite | 3 |
| Muscovite | 3 |
| Cassiterite | 3 |
| Elbaite | 2 |
| Spodumene | 1 |
| Beryl | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (11 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 9358 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:9358:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Quartz |
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| 0.1km (0.1 miles) | ⓘWaisanen Quarry (Tamminen-Waisanen Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘMorgan Quarry (Morgan Pit; Upper Noyes Mountain Quarry; Upper Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘNoyes Mountain Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 0.9km (0.5 miles) | ⓘNoyes Mountain outcrops, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘDiamond Ledge Locality, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘMustonen Ledge prospect, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘWitt Hill Chrysoberyl locality, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | ⓘNubble Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘOutback prospect (Gross prospect), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
| 1.2km (0.8 miles) | ⓘHayes Ledge Quarries (East and West), Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
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Tamminen Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA