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Schorl from
Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Smoky Quartz1 photo of Schorl associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Connecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:665438
Long-form Identifier:1:3:665438:2
GUID (UUID V4):97f6f122-2069-456f-858b-0437184671d7
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
1.0km (0.6 miles) Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Long-lot Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Almandine schorl and sillimanite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) Hill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) Gulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Mt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Tourmaline locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...H. WEBER 1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y...y R i d g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities...effort has been made to list a l l localities in Connecticut, a small state that is big on mineralization
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
c u t 06443 Microminerals of Connecticut For a small state, Connecticut offers a goodly array of micromineral...yedlinite. To return to the subject of this article, Connecticut is divid­ ed geologically into three areas: the...(Altamura 1995). T h e micromineral treasures of Connecticut thus fall into three groups: ( 1 ) metamorphic...belt of world-famous peg­ matites along the Connecticut R i v e r in the Eastern Highlands, and ( 3 )...best known Connecticut collecting sites is Thomaston D a m , Thomaston, Litchfield County. Specimens
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assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...smokestack-gas emissions from oil and coal burning power plants and chemical plants (Hayhurst, 1978). The...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...quartz) in a contact zone with basalt near Gweedore, County Donegal (Greg and Lettsom, 1858). Analcime is found
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assemblages have been mapped in exposed basaltic rock in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and eastern Iceland....seawater followed faults along the eastern coast of County Antrim and was the fluid in the cavities that produced...smokestack-gas emissions from oil and coal burning power plants and chemical plants (Hayhurst, 1978). The...with cube faces from the Magheramore Quarry, Lame, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, U.K.; SEM photo by Donald...quartz) in a contact zone with basalt near Gweedore, County Donegal (Greg and Lettsom, 1858). Analcime is found
 
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