| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Beryl |
| Formula: | Be3Al2(Si6O18) |
| Comments: | Crystals up to several inches in diameter, best crystals associated with nearly black smoky quartz and cleavelandite. |
| Habit: | stout prisms with pinacoidal terminations |
| Colour: | yellow green to pale green |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | β11 photos of Beryl associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Cleavelandite | β7 photos of Beryl associated with Cleavelandite at this locality. |
| Albite | β6 photos of Beryl associated with Albite at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β5 photos of Beryl associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Schorl | β5 photos of Beryl associated with Schorl at this locality. |
| Opal-AN | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Opal-AN at this locality. |
| Smoky Quartz | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Metatorbernite | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Metatorbernite at this locality. |
| Microcline | β1 photo of Beryl associated with Microcline at this locality. |
| Almandine-Spessartine Series | 1 photo of Beryl associated with Almandine-Spessartine Series at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Beryl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (51 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 254606 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:254606:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0090f343-a491-49c5-b0df-ad613749568f |
| Nearest other occurrences of Beryl |
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| 0.4km (0.3 miles) | βGriswold Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | βHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | βHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | βHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | βUnnamed pegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | βEureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.0km (0.6 miles) | βAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | βHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | βAppletree Lane, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | βChamberlain Lane, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA