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Hematite from
State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:Microcrystals on quartz or datolite in gas vesicles in basalt.
Habit:Tabular to granular.
Colour:Specular black to red.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Adulariaβ“˜9 photos of Hematite associated with Adularia at this locality.
Datoliteβ“˜4 photos of Hematite associated with Datolite at this locality.
Anhydriteβ“˜4 photos of Hematite associated with Anhydrite at this locality.
Quartzβ“˜1 photo of Hematite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Byssoliteβ“˜1 photo of Hematite associated with Byssolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:922240
Long-form Identifier:1:3:922240:3
GUID (UUID V4):df6709bd-ccd7-44e7-a7bf-62ae5f91a15e
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
6.1km (3.8 miles) β“˜The Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
6.5km (4.1 miles) β“˜State Route 372 construction site, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) β“˜Clark farm (Holler's Mine), Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) β“˜State Route 4 road cut, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) β“˜Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) β“˜Quartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) β“˜Pillow lava locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) β“˜Interstate 691 and State Route 10 Interchange, Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
16.4km (10.2 miles) β“˜Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) β“˜Highridge Road, Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
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