Locality type: | Road Cutting |
Classification |
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Species: | Schorl |
Formula: | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Formation: | Primary, Secondary |
Comments: | Massive material in pegmatites or in the core of color-zoned elbaite. Micro-crystals in Alpine clefts. |
Habit: | elongated prismatic |
Colour: | black |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Quartz | ⓘ5 photos of Schorl associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Albite | ⓘ4 photos of Schorl associated with Albite at this locality. |
Beryl | ⓘ2 photos of Schorl associated with Beryl at this locality. |
Chrysoberyl | ⓘ2 photos of Schorl associated with Chrysoberyl at this locality. |
Microcline | ⓘ1 photo of Schorl associated with Microcline at this locality. |
Elbaite | ⓘ1 photo of Schorl associated with Elbaite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Schorl data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 810533 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:810533:2 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 442ed356-e340-4f8b-b27d-7a73baecf1dd |
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl |
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2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘDanbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
8.3km (5.2 miles) | ⓘNewtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
10.4km (6.4 miles) | ⓘWestern Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
11.4km (7.1 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
12.3km (7.6 miles) | ⓘCaptain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
14.1km (8.8 miles) | ⓘRockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
17.4km (10.8 miles) | ⓘRedding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
18.3km (11.4 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
19.1km (11.8 miles) | ⓘTiticus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
References |
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U. S. Route 7 Expressway, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA