| Locality type: | Construction Site |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Schorl |
| Formula: | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Comments: | Doubly-terminated crystals up to 3cm with nice luster, none were recovered from site. |
| Habit: | Doubly-terminated prisms |
| Colour: | black |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Schorl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Nonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 850714 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:850714:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 36d7a52e-e6e7-4770-9577-d33519e3a0ae |
| Nearest other occurrences of Schorl |
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| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘWatertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘUnnamed quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘRockside Quarry (Mine Hill Quarry), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.3km (7.6 miles) | ⓘWashington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.6km (7.9 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.9km (8.0 miles) | ⓘMorris Dam Quarry (East Morris Dam), Morris, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.0km (10.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.2km (11.3 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.9km (11.7 miles) | ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.3km (12.0 miles) | ⓘNewtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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