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| Species: | Baryte |
| Formula: | BaSO4 |
| Comments: | White cleavages, up to two inches broad, accompanied tirodite in the spessartine lens at the Jail Hill quarry in Haddam. This was X-rayed for verification. |
| Habit: | cleavable masses |
| Colour: | white |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Baryte data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Jail Hill Road locality (Jail Hill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 828327 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:828327:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3c58b3bc-43bf-46ec-9d6c-684ced87383b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Baryte |
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| 24.8km (15.4 miles) | ⓘRocky Hill Quarry, Rocky Hill, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.0km (17.4 miles) | ⓘHart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.2km (18.2 miles) | ⓘSherrill Street quarry, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.7km (18.5 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.8km (18.5 miles) | ⓘCopper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine; Munson's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 30.3km (18.8 miles) | ⓘCross Rock Copper Mine, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.4km (19.5 miles) | ⓘJinny Hill Mine (Cheshire Barite Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.4km (20.1 miles) | ⓘArute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.6km (20.2 miles) | ⓘClark farm (Holler's Mine), Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 32.8km (20.4 miles) | ⓘFenn Road, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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