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Magnetite from
East Rock, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Formation:Primary
Comments:brilliant octahedrons, scattered sometimes thickly, sometimes sparsely, over the surface of the rock; it uniformly underlies the garnet where they occur together (Dana, 1877).
Habit:octahedral
Colour:black
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Rock, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:224952
Long-form Identifier:1:3:224952:0
GUID (UUID V4):54314fe0-5573-4f1d-acef-3898d81e4d43
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
6.4km (4.0 miles) Silliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Stony Creek Quarry (Norcross Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries; Castellucci Quarry), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) Baldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Rockland Preserve, Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
26.7km (16.6 miles) Camptonite dike, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
27.6km (17.1 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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