Locality type: | Quarry |
Classification |
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Species: | Sphalerite |
Formula: | ZnS |
Habit: | cleavable masses |
Colour: | very dark brown to black |
Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
Abundance at site: | Rare |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Malachite | β3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Malachite at this locality. |
Quartz | β3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Muscovite | β3 photos of Sphalerite associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite 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: | 131867 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:131867:8 |
GUID (UUID V4): | aa429491-05b3-46f3-8061-d0dfa5721f56 |
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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0.3km (0.2 miles) | βHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.3km (2.7 miles) | βSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
4.4km (2.7 miles) | βStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
5.7km (3.5 miles) | βKnob Hill Quarry, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
7.2km (4.5 miles) | βGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
7.4km (4.6 miles) | βPaxton Way, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
7.5km (4.6 miles) | βState Forest Quarry No. 2 (State Forest #2 Mica Mine; Carini Quarry), Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
8.1km (5.0 miles) | βMiddletown lead mines (Middletown Mine), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
8.3km (5.1 miles) | βState Farm Quarry (Road Metal Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
8.6km (5.3 miles) | βWhite Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
References |
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Andrews Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA