| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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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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| Albite | 49 |
| - var Cleavelandite | 22 |
| Quartz | 40 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Muscovite | 16 |
| Schorl | 7 |
| Spessartine | 4 |
| Columbite-(Fe) | 2 |
| Zircon | 2 |
| Opal | 1 |
| - var Opal-AN | 1 |
| Metatorbernite | 1 |
| Microcline | 1 |
| Almandine-Spessartine Series | 1 |
| Fluorapatite | 1 |
| 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 (52 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 254606 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:254606:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Beryl |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSimpson prospect #1, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘGriswold Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘPegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘEureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘAndrews Quarry (old Hale Quarry; Grandfather Andrews Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘChamberlain Lane, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
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Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA