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Scorodite from
Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


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Scorodite

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
03674120017367103178146.jpg
Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
06430930017362855302799.jpg
Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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Scorodite, etc.

Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scorodite
Formula:Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O
Comments:"in botryoidal crusts that are almost sub-translucent" associated with arsenolite (Januzzi 1976); "Common as pale-green masses resulting from the decomposition of arsenopyrite" (Schairer 1931) Very rare violet-pink microcrystals embedded in matrix.
Habit:botryoidal crusts, pyramidal microcrystals
Colour:pale-green, violet-pink
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4
Biotite2
Almandine1
Erythrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scorodite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:102009
Long-form Identifier:1:3:102009:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Scorodite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘState Forest Quarry No. 2, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘState Farm Quarry (Road Metal Quarry), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
49.8km (31.0 miles) ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
59.6km (37.0 miles) ⓘBooth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
97.4km (60.5 miles) ⓘPutnam County Mining Corp. Mine, Pine Pond, Town of Kent, Putnam County, New York, USA
References
Schairer (1931) David Busha collection
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.p.230
 
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