Locality type: | Mine |
Classification |
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Species: | Goethite |
Formula: | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
Comments: | Often misclassified as limonite, or "brown hematite" in older literature. Most material is massive dull earthy ore, best specimens have stalactitic to botryoidal forms with a highly lustrous, black surface. |
Habit: | mostly earthy and massive, rarely radially fibrous masses, stalactitic, botryoidal, spherical |
Colour: | brown to dark brown nearly black, some botryoidal and lustrous specimens are iridescent |
Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Pyrolusite | ⓘ4 photos of Goethite associated with Pyrolusite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Goethite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Salisbury Mine (Brookpit; Old Hill Mine; Ore Hill Mine), Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (44 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 96445 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:96445:2 |
GUID (UUID V4): | b3917bb8-704f-48f1-9055-c3c34419e9ed |
Nearest other occurrences of Goethite |
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0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘChatfield Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
2.6km (1.6 miles) | ⓘMaltby Mine, Millerton, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA |
2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘPorter Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘDavis Mine (Forbes Mine; Hendricks Mine), Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘIndian Mine (Indian Pond Mine), Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
4.8km (3.0 miles) | ⓘCheever Mine (Mount Riga Mine), Mount Riga, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA |
5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘClarke Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
6.9km (4.3 miles) | ⓘDakin Mine, Mount Riga, Town of North East (Northeast), Dutchess County, New York, USA |
7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘScoville Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.7km (5.4 miles) | ⓘMorgan Mine, Ancram Township, Columbia County, New York, USA |
References |
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Salisbury Mine, Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA