| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Vesuvianite |
| Formula: | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 |
| Comments: | With other calc-silicate minerals in a vein in the gneissic wall rock. Found by Schooner in 1953 and 1954. Confirmed by an x-ray diffraction test made by Mary E. Mrose of the U. S. Geological Survey. The largest specimen was six inches in length and half as wide. |
| Habit: | columnar aggregates of striated elongate crystals |
| Colour: | light brown |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | XRD |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Vesuvianite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 130214 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:130214:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7a0254d5-c4ea-45f8-8429-8649971c5932 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Vesuvianite |
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| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘHazen quarry (Epidote locality), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘWhite Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.1km (6.3 miles) | ⓘWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.0km (8.1 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 24.9km (15.5 miles) | ⓘHungry Hill, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 39.1km (24.3 miles) | ⓘWoodhaven, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 76.3km (47.4 miles) | ⓘBethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 98.9km (61.5 miles) | ⓘStamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA