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Schorl from
Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Western Connecticut State College, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:976945
Long-form Identifier:1:3:976945:8
GUID (UUID V4):9a17cb2d-2d1d-4ae7-a633-5403b613c016
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
10.1km (6.3 miles) Danbury beryl prospect, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) Titicus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Casey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.6km (7.9 miles) Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries) and tourmaline ledge, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) Redding Glen (Redding Ridge), Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.9km (9.2 miles) Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNECTICUT Mineral Locality Index Although many sites in Connecticut are no longer open to collectors...collectors, it is nevertheless known as " a small state that is big on mineralization." MARCELLE H. WEBER 1172...1172 West L a k e Avenue Guilford, Connecticut 06437-1342 E A R L E C. SULLIVAN 17 R o c k y R i d g...g e D r i v e T r u m b u l l , Connecticut 06611-5326 T his locality index is meant to serve as a guide...collectors. More often than not, collecting in Connecticut is no longer per­ mitted. Many of the localities
Journal (issue)
Jr. Chainnan, Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belrnont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor...Lynn, Massachusetts Fred Fortess Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science Delbert L. Oswald Carnegie...William Pinch Rochester, New York Bruce K. Goodwin College of William and Mary Claude L. Schapers Granada...Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York at Buffalo W. Cullen Sherwood...Hackensack, New Jersey Dwayne D. Stone Marietta College Susan Tufts U.S. Geological Survey Carl Krotki
Journal (issue)
Jr. Chairman, Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor...Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles and Science Delbert L. Oswald Carnegie...William Pinch Rochester, New York Bruce K. Goodwin College of William and Mary Claude L. Schapers Granada...Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York at Buffalo W. Cullen Sherwood...Hackensack, Neiv Jersey Dwayne D. Stone Marietta College Susan Tufts U.S. Geological Survey Carl Krotki
Journal (issue)
Jr. Chairman, Science Division, Belmont Abbey College Belmont, North Carolina Richard Mitchell Professor...Ly nn, Massachusetts Fred Fort~ Philadelphia College of Tex tiles and Science Delbert L. Oswald Carnegie...William Pinch Rochester, New York Bruce K. Goodwin College of William and Mary Claude L. Schapers Granada...Shaub Northampton, Massachusetts Vandall T. King State University of New York at Buffalo W. Cullen Sherwood...Hackensack, Neiv Jersey Dwayne D. Stone Marietta College Susan Tufts U.S. Geological Survey Carl Krotki
 
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