| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Hematite |
| Formula: | Fe2O3 |
| Comments: | As microscopic crystals to a few mm. More abundant as red coatings on and within thick layers of parallel calcite crystals in large faults. |
| Habit: | isolated plates or tufts, coatings |
| Colour: | specular to red |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | ⓘ14 photos of Hematite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Amethyst | ⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Datolite | ⓘ1 photo of Hematite associated with Datolite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hematite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 838189 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:838189:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 22cbe60d-ba8c-4002-9801-142fe7674853 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hematite |
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| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.0km (1.8 miles) | ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.3km (4.5 miles) | ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.6km (6.6 miles) | ⓘSandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.1km (7.5 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.5km (10.2 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.0km (13.0 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.0km (14.3 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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O & G Southbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA