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Garnet Group from
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

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Classification

Species:

'Garnet Group' (not an IMA approved species)

Formula:

X₃Z₂(SiO₄)₃

Comments:

"The eurite of Norwalk (525) abounds in minute but well-formed garnets." Sample 525: "Garnet. In very minute, red, transparent crystals, in eurite. Norwalk." Shepard (1837). Species is almost certainly almandine, which is the typical garnet species in Connecticut gneiss and schist.

Colour:

red

Abundance at site:

Common

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Click here to view Garnet Group data

Locality Data:

Click here to view Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

81222

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:81222:9

GUID (UUID V4):

c42ed091-2a03-4a1f-820e-e0c667015b5c

Nearest other occurrences of Garnet Group

5.2km (3.2 miles)

ⓘ Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

8.8km (5.5 miles)

ⓘ Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

9.5km (5.9 miles)

ⓘ Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

16.8km (10.4 miles)

ⓘ Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

19.5km (12.1 miles)

ⓘ Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

19.9km (12.4 miles)

ⓘ Buresch Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA

20.4km (12.7 miles)

ⓘ Baylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA

21.5km (13.4 miles)

ⓘ Casey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

22.0km (13.7 miles)

ⓘ Titicus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

28.8km (17.9 miles)

ⓘ Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

References

Shepard, Charles U. (1837), A Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. Hamlen, New Haven.

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Garnet Group from Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Garnet Group from
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA