| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Beryl |
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Comments: | "The crystals, which are greenish white and very thickly disseminated through the rock, are generally from one quarter to three quarters of an inch in diameter, much elongated, and often bent either by a gradual curvature or else by a slipping of the cross laminae successively towards one side, throughout the entire length of the crystal." Shepard (1837). |
| Habit: | elongated prisms |
| Colour: | greenish white |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beryl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view East Village pegmatite prospect, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 733647 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:733647:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9e9ea82b-ecd0-430a-bf8d-7d40bac28171 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Beryl |
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| 8.6km (5.4 miles) | ⓘHaynes Quarry, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.1km (5.7 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.2km (5.7 miles) | ⓘState Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘCurtis Quarry (Southford Quarry; Southford pegmatite; Southbury rose quartz quarry; Bridgeport Woodfinishing Co. Quarry; Hulls Hill), Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (5.9 miles) | ⓘState Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.0km (6.8 miles) | ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.2km (7.6 miles) | ⓘCaptain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘSouthbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.6km (8.5 miles) | ⓘTrumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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