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Hematite from
Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Comments:Small blebs and encrustations on quartz.
Habit:blebs, flakes to rosettes
Colour:dark red
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz11
Goethite4
Anhydrite4
Calcite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:350161
Long-form Identifier:1:3:350161:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘSandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘArsenic and nickel mine (Nickel Mine Brook), Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Bill Barrett collection
 
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