Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2 O Comments: Coatings mostly invisible unless illuminated by SW UV, rarely colored blue-green in daylight and if thick enough has a translucent, fine-grained bubbly appearance. Habit: bubbly coatings Colour: colorless to aqua Luminescent properties: green Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Confirmed Confirmation Methods: Visual (Fluorescence) Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Opal data Locality Data: Click here to view Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 991636 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:991636:4 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Opal
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Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA