Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | 'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species) |
Formula: | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Comments: | Small, poorly formed crystals, species uncertain - either almandine or spessartine, more likely the former based on XRF of other pegmatitic garnets. |
Habit: | anhedral |
Colour: | reddish orange |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Garnet Group data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view The Feldspar Corp. Quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 670401 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:670401:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 2ef466ee-ce00-4152-802d-d24ed743b5d7 |
Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group |
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0.4km (0.3 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
5.0km (3.1 miles) | ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
5.9km (3.7 miles) | ⓘHalberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘGotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
10.0km (6.2 miles) | ⓘHill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
10.4km (6.4 miles) | ⓘSandy Hill, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘArnold Granite Quarry (General Brainerd Quarry; Great Hill Quarry; Hazelton Quarry; Haddam Quarry; Brookes Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
12.3km (7.6 miles) | ⓘGulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘRoaring Brook Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
12.6km (7.8 miles) | ⓘLong Hill Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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| Kogel, Jessica Elzea, Trivedi, Nikhil C., Barker, James M., Krukowski, Stanley T. - Eds. (2006) Industrial Minerals and Rocks (7th ed.) Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, CO. | Book (edition) | © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved. Electronic edition...edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights reserved...Electronic edition published 2009. © 2006 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. All rights...for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127...763-3132 www.smenet.org Copyright © 2006 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Eletronic edition |
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