Where to Find Quartz in Connecticut
Connecticut has 11 mapped collecting spots that report quartz, spread across 6 counties. The largest share sits in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region with 4 spots. 9 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every quartz spot we track in Connecticut
Best spotCCC QuarryLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Beryl, Aquamarine, Microcline +5
Best spotHubbard ParkSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Quartz
Hewitt Gem QuarryLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, ConnecticutPermission required · Beryl, Aquamarine, Morganite +7- Case QuarryLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, ConnecticutPermission required · Albite, Microcline, Quartz +6
East Granby QuarryCapitol Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Datolite, Aragonite, Calcite +6- Gillette QuarryLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Amazonite, Aquamarine, Beryl +4
- Old Iron MineNorthwest Hills Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite +3
- WiltonWestern Connecticut Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Galena +3
- MeridenSouth Central Connecticut Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Quartz, Amethyst, Calcite +1
- StaffordSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Iron Ore, Limonite, Quartz +1
- Aldrich ParkWestern Connecticut Planning Region, ConnecticutPublic access · Quartz
Standout quartz spots in Connecticut
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
CCC Quarry
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
The CCC Quarry, a 19th-century feldspar working near the old Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Cockaponset State Forest, is the third state-sanctioned collecting site in Connecticut.
Hubbard Park
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Hubbard Park spans roughly 1,800 acres on the Talcott Basalt of the Hanging Hills, the traprock ridge that gives central Connecticut its classic quartz and zeolite pockets.
Best counties for quartz in Connecticut
Ranked by the number of mapped quartz spots. County links open the full rockhounding page for that county.
Before you go
Read the quartz identification guide so you know what a keeper looks like in the field: Quartz in the encyclopedia.
Quartz in Connecticut FAQ
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