| Locality type: | Farm |
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| Species: | 'Dravite-Schorl Series' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Described in Dana and Brush (1875) as "perfect dark brown crystals in mica-slate...sometimes to two inches in length and breadth." These dark brown to black crystals are sometimes referred to in old literature as dravite, though that identification is unconfirmed. Certainly somewhere in the dravite-schorl solid solution series. |
| Habit: | short prismatic, doubly-terminated by rhombohedrons |
| Colour: | dark brown to black |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Significance: | "Dana Locality" - A locality listed in 19th century editions of Dana's 'System of Mineralogy.' |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dravite-Schorl Series data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Great Ring farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1353690 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1353690:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 444be8d4-64cc-4ef3-9074-c84c61a93bed |
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Great Ring farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA