Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Grossular |
Formula: | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Formation: | Primary |
Comments: | Crystals and grains in a calc-silicate assemblage in the Plainfield Formation adjacent to the granite. |
Habit: | dodecahedral |
Colour: | dark brown |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Confirmed |
Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Quartz | β6 photos of Grossular associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Calcite | β5 photos of Grossular associated with Calcite at this locality. |
Epidote | β4 photos of Grossular associated with Epidote at this locality. |
Diopside | β4 photos of Grossular associated with Diopside at this locality. |
Scapolite | β2 photos of Grossular associated with Scapolite at this locality. |
Fluorapatite | β2 photos of Grossular associated with Fluorapatite at this locality. |
Opal-AN | β1 photo of Grossular associated with Opal-AN at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Grossular data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Stony Creek Quarry (Norcross Granite Gneiss Rock Quarries; Castellucci Quarry), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1574284 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1574284:5 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 0f15542a-6aa4-4917-8f45-6baf4e8177d9 |
Nearest other occurrences of Grossular |
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5.1km (3.2 miles) | βHungry Hill, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
24.8km (15.4 miles) | βBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
27.9km (17.4 miles) | βHazen quarry (Epidote locality), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
29.9km (18.6 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
31.5km (19.6 miles) | βAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
32.0km (19.9 miles) | βWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
32.0km (19.9 miles) | βWhite Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
32.4km (20.1 miles) | βWorth and Selden Quarries (Victoria Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
35.1km (21.8 miles) | βWoodhaven, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
35.5km (22.0 miles) | βSlocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Stony Creek Quarry, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA