| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Almandine |
| Formula: | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Pocket crystals with finely striated faces can reach over 7 cm. Compositionally zoned, with up to about 0.2 mole fraction grossular, 0.15 mole fraction pyrope, and 0.05 mole fraction spessartine - more toward the crystals' cores. |
| Habit: | trapezohedral |
| Colour: | red to maroon |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Magnesite | ⓘ9 photos of Almandine associated with Magnesite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ5 photos of Almandine associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ3 photos of Almandine associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | ⓘ1 photo of Almandine associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
| Muscovite | ⓘ1 photo of Almandine associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Titanite | ⓘ1 photo of Almandine associated with Titanite at this locality. |
| Hornblende Root Name Group | 1 photo of Almandine associated with Hornblende Root Name Group at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Almandine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 97382 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:97382:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 80672000-cab3-48de-b57c-57f8aebcfce7 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Almandine |
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| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘBurgundy Hill Quarry, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘState Route 31 and Dockerel Road intersection, Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 25.5km (15.8 miles) | ⓘBirch Mountain Road, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.9km (16.7 miles) | ⓘDiamond Lake locality, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.3km (19.5 miles) | ⓘSpinelli prospect (Spinelli quarry), Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 35.4km (22.0 miles) | ⓘNike prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.5km (22.7 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 36.8km (22.8 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.0km (23.0 miles) | ⓘGas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 37.1km (23.0 miles) | ⓘUnnamed pegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Becker Quarry, West Willington, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA