| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Hematite |
| Formula: | Fe2O3 |
| Comments: | As tiny flakes or hemispheres, commonly crystallized preferentially along the edges of scalenohedral calcite crystals and on and within their terminal areas. |
| Habit: | botryoidal |
| Colour: | maroon |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Calcite | β12 photos of Hematite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Fluorite | β11 photos of Hematite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Quartz | β10 photos of Hematite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Amethyst | β5 photos of Hematite associated with Amethyst at this locality. |
| Stilpnomelane | β4 photos of Hematite associated with Stilpnomelane at this locality. |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | β1 photo of Hematite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Hematite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Reed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 925930 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:925930:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d6c8270f-12df-4354-9287-85b2668096ee |
| Nearest other occurrences of Hematite |
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| 11.0km (6.8 miles) | βQuartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.3 miles) | βPillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.2km (8.8 miles) | βTallman Mine (Tallman's Mine), Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.8km (9.8 miles) | βFarm River Rock Quarry, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.1km (10.0 miles) | βYork Hill, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.1km (10.0 miles) | βForest Ridge Road, Higganum, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.5km (10.2 miles) | βInterstate 691 and State Route 10 Interchange, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 17.7km (11.0 miles) | βHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.1km (11.2 miles) | βStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.6km (11.6 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Reed's Gap Quarry, Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA