Where to Find Quartz in Vermont
Vermont has 5 mapped collecting spots that report quartz, spread across 4 counties. The largest share sits in Grand Isle County with 2 spots. 5 of the spots are on land mapped as publicly accessible.
Every quartz spot we track in Vermont
Best spotGassettsWindsor County, VermontPublic access · Quartz, Garnet, Tourmaline +7
Best spotAdams BrookWindham County, VermontPublic access · Serpentine, Quartz, Red Agate +2
Best spotDevil's DenRutland County, VermontPublic access · Smoky Quartz, Quartz, Pyrite +1
Grand IsleGrand Isle County, VermontPublic access · Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite Concretion
South AlburgGrand Isle County, VermontPublic access · Quartz
Standout quartz spots in Vermont
Hand-picked from the full list above, with the reason each one earns a trip.
Devil's Den
Rutland County
Devil's Den, high on Mount Tabor inside the Green Mountain National Forest, is one of the finest alpine quartz-crystal sites in the northeastern United States, producing smoky quartz and occasional amethyst in pockets in schist.
Adams Brook
Windham County
Adams Brook in the far southeast corner of Vermont tumbles varicolored serpentine boulders with red, orange, and green agate and clear quartz, a distinctive mix for the state.
Gassetts
Windsor County
The Route 103 road-cuts at Gassetts slice through silvery garnet-mica schist, one of Vermont's classic metamorphic mineral localities.
Best counties for quartz in Vermont
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.
