Locality type: | Prospect |
Classification |
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Species: | Beryl |
Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
Comments: | Most of the beryl is in crystals 0.1 and 0.4 inch in diameter and less than 1 inch long, but crystals as much as 2 inches in diameter and 4 inches long are present. (Cameron, 1954) |
Habit: | elongated prisms |
Colour: | green to yellow-green |
Abundance at site: | Common |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Albite | β2 photos of Beryl associated with Albite at this locality. |
Quartz | β2 photos of Beryl associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Muscovite | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
Schorl | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Schorl at this locality. |
Cleavelandite | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beryl data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130194 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130194:6 |
GUID (UUID V4): | 52fb2fd7-cdb4-4ead-9c33-1d5f00123c66 |
Nearest other occurrences of Beryl |
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0.6km (0.4 miles) | βHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
0.6km (0.4 miles) | βSimpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
0.6km (0.4 miles) | βGriswold Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
0.9km (0.5 miles) | βUnnamed pegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
1.0km (0.6 miles) | βEureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
1.0km (0.6 miles) | βHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
1.3km (0.8 miles) | βChamberlain Lane, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
1.6km (1.0 miles) | βAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
1.7km (1.1 miles) | βHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
2.0km (1.3 miles) | βAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA