| Locality type: | River |
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| Species: | Corundum |
| Formula: | Al2O3 |
| Comments: | "occurs in small crystals with bucholzite [sillimanite] and edwardsite [monazite], at the falls of the Yantic in Norwich." Shepard, 1837. |
| Colour: | sapphire-blue |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Corundum data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Falls of the Yantic River, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 768198 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:768198:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d3740059-584f-461b-967d-2365e3311a94 |
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| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘNorwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| 48.5km (30.2 miles) | ⓘWest Thompson Dam, West Thompson, Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, USA |
| 64.7km (40.2 miles) | ⓘState Route 372 construction site, Plainville, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 94.4km (58.7 miles) | ⓘLitchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 96.6km (60.0 miles) | ⓘPelham asbestos mine, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Report (issue) | | The Geologic Occurrence Of Monazite GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 530 The Geologic Occurrence...Occurrence Of Monazite By WILLIAM C. OVERSTREET GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 530 of the distribution...distribution of monazite and of the geologic A review controls affecting the amount of thorium in monazite...OFFICE, WASHINGTON 1967 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. GS 67-191 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S |
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