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| Species: | Schorl |
| Formula: | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Comments: | "with splendid terminations translucent of a dark brown color" Williams (circa 1945). Species ID based on black color and lack of Mg minerals in the schist. |
| Habit: | short prismatic |
| Colour: | black |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Schorl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Almandine schorl and sillimanite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1031298 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1031298:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | de19ca43-57fc-470b-b2e6-4c8e66b7242e |
| Nearest other occurrences of Schorl |
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| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘLong-lot Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘGulf Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘTimms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.4km (0.8 miles) | ⓘHill above the parsonage (unnamed feldspar quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘConnecticut Yankee atomic power plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘChrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘCivilian Conservation Corps Quarry (CCC Quarry; Smith Quarry; Turkey Hill quarry lot), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.7km (1.0 miles) | ⓘCivilian Conservation Corps prospect (CCC prospect; Cook columbite prospect), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘQuarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘTourmaline locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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