Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Hematite Formula: Fe2 O3 Comments: Mostly as rusty-red coatings (to several mm) on datolite, prehnite, calcite and quartz, commonly on selective faces. As tiny blebs or as specular to rusty-red rosettes to several mm. As inclusions delineating phantoms or imparting a red color to the entire host crystal. Botryoidal to mammillary masses. Habit: coatings, botryoidal aggregates, rosettes Colour: specular to rusty-red, orange, black Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Abundance at site: Very common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 126 - var Amethyst 4 - var Smoky Quartz 2 - var Chalcedony 1 Calcite 78 Datolite 16 Goethite 11 Prehnite 8 Fluorapophyllite-(K) 5 Stilpnomelane 5 Chalcopyrite 3 Babingtonite 2 Pyrite 2 Stilbite Subgroup 1 Pumpellyite Group 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Hematite data Locality Data: Click here to view Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (9 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 349623 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:349623:7 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
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Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA