| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Melanterite |
| Formula: | Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O |
| Comments: | Zodac (1941) was referring to the Hale Quarry as the Andrews Quarry so this report is erroneous. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Melanterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Andrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 147360 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:147360:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | ce7acbf9-3284-4de9-b234-6ba35586fb2d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Melanterite |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.5km (4.6 miles) | ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.5km (7.1 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘSlocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘSulfur Spring (Sulphur Spring), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.6km (13.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 9 rock cuts, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 39.6km (24.6 miles) | ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 62.1km (38.6 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine (Shepaug Iron Company Mine; Shepaug Spathic Iron and Steel Company Mine), Mine Hill (Ore Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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