| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Schorl |
| Formula: | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Comments: | Very common accessory in the wall zone, some places forming a solid mass of crystals. |
| Habit: | subhedral |
| Colour: | black |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | β8 photos of Schorl associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Beryl | β7 photos of Schorl associated with Beryl at this locality. |
| Quartz | β6 photos of Schorl associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Microlite Group | β3 photos of Schorl associated with Microlite Group at this locality. |
| Columbite-(Fe) | β2 photos of Schorl associated with Columbite-(Fe) at this locality. |
| Heliodor | β1 photo of Schorl associated with Heliodor at this locality. |
| Bismuthinite | β1 photo of Schorl associated with Bismuthinite at this locality. |
| Bismutite | β1 photo of Schorl associated with Bismutite at this locality. |
| Bismite | β1 photo of Schorl associated with Bismite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Schorl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Slocum prospect, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 131733 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131733:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0afe9a09-f087-477a-abd7-4fb4325e5fb2 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Schorl |
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| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | βMt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | βEnegren Mica Mine (Power Mica Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.5km (2.8 miles) | βAnderson No. 2 Mica Mine, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.6km (2.8 miles) | βAnderson No. 1 Mica Mine (Swanson Mine; Swanson Lithia Mine; Old Lithia Mine; Chatham Lithia Mine), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.1km (3.1 miles) | βRock Landing Quarry (Capt. Rohrback Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.1km (3.2 miles) | βHalberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.4km (3.4 miles) | βBishop Hill Schorl Locality, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.5km (3.4 miles) | βUnnamed stone quarries, Hog Hill, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.5km (3.4 miles) | βGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.6km (3.5 miles) | βQuarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Dayton Road District SOUTH GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT JOHN H. BETTS 215 West 98 Street, Apt. 2F New...of the most promising forgotten locations in Connecticut is an area of old pegmatite quarries in South...of Portland, Connecticut, just north of the Portland-South Glastonbury town line and east of Route 17...quarry on the south, the Hollister quarry on the east, and the Howe No. 4 quarry on the north. This district...Hollister prospect 3. Hale q u a r r y 4. Case prospeel 6. Bordonaro prospeel 6. Gotta Waldcn prospect 7. Strickland |  | | Report (issue) | | ___ _ Geology of the pegmatite districts of Connecticut ___ _ Geology of the Middletown district ___________...Androscoggin County ______________________ _ Berry feldspar quarry __________________ _ Cumberland County ___..._______________________ _ Oxford County ____________________________ _ Barrett beryl prospect __________________ _...Brown-Thurston beryl prospect __________ _ Bumpus feldspar quarry ________________ _ Donahue mica prospect _________________...and prospects-Continued Maine-Continued Oxford County-Continued George Elliot mica mine ________________ |
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Slocum prospect, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA