| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Almandine |
| Formula: | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | Component of Shepard and Robert's Lodes, garnets in these layers have a compositions about midway between almandine and grossular, with also a spessartine component. |
| Habit: | subhedral grains |
| Colour: | pale rose |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Ion Microprobe |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Staurolite | ⓘ1 photo of Almandine associated with Staurolite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Almandine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 102048 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:102048:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | f1710577-23a7-4f76-b466-fda763891388 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Almandine |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘClark Hill prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘNathan Hall Quarry (Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 1 (State Forest #1 Quarry; Clark Hill Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.8km (1.8 miles) | ⓘGarnet prospect, Middle Haddam, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.3km (2.0 miles) | ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘPelton's Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘUnnamed stone quarries, Hog Hill, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.8km (2.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘMarkham Mica Quarry, Hog Hill, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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