| Locality type: | Road |
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| Species: | Hematite |
| Formula: | Fe2O3 |
| Comments: | Rosettes to 2 cm in fractures in amphibolite. |
| Habit: | granular to rosettes |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hematite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Town Farm Road, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 870081 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:870081:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6e88bc4d-ca31-4c36-955d-b9efcd7460bf |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hematite |
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| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | ⓘTorrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 22.9km (14.2 miles) | ⓘHighridge Road, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.9km (16.1 miles) | ⓘNew England Mining Company Quarry (Roebling Mine; Hewitt's Mine), Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.5km (16.5 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 27.4km (17.0 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.5km (18.3 miles) | ⓘState Route 372 construction site, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.9km (18.6 miles) | ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.4km (18.9 miles) | ⓘState Route 4 road cut, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.0km (19.3 miles) | ⓘFarmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.6km (19.6 miles) | ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineral Localities.) Connecticut Hematite Mr. William Brunet of Washington, Connecticut, sent a note on an...specimen found in Litchfield in the fall of 1983. It contains tabular specular hematite crystals; small...species from the town (including West Farms) but does not mention specular hematite. The site is about...about 300 meters northeast of Town Farm Road, 3 kilometers from Route 202 leading from Litch field to Torrington...Raymond Lasmanis at the Robertson pit in Mason County. The sprays get up to 5 S E P T E M B E R / O C |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | William Brunet, Roxbury Road, Washington, Connecticut 06793. The area of Litchfield County immediately north...north of the Litchfield town center contains a number of occurrences of fine minerals. The country bounded...bounded by Town Farm Road on the west and the high road to Torrington on the northeast is generally underlain...tain masses of hematite with small crystals of white apatite and epidote. In the hematite, two "iron roses"...chalcocite. T H R E E OCCURRENCES OF SPECULAR HEMATITE I N S T . L A W R E N C E C O U N T Y , N E W |
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