Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Elbaite Formula: Na(Li1.5 Al1.5 )Al6 (Si6 O18 )(BO3 )3 (OH)3 (OH) Comments: Crystals abundant but not terminated or gemmy. Typically acicular aggregates in pegmatite matrix, penetrating muscovite books, or as fine-grained crystals coating beryl. Also as thin overgrowths on schorl. Habit: acicular Colour: green, watermellon, pale blue and pink Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 17 Albite 14 - var Cleavelandite 5 Muscovite 13 - var Schernikite 2 Beryl 5 Calciomicrolite 4 Schorl 4 Cassiterite 2 Microcline 1 Fluorapatite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Elbaite data Locality Data: Click here to view Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (11 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 60874 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:60874:1 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Elbaite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘ White Rocks Quarry (Consolidated Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘ Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘ Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘ Halberg Quarries (Eureka Quarry; Cook Quarry; Gem Stone Quarry), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘ Walden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 8.2km (5.1 miles) ⓘ Anderson No. 1 Mica Mine, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘ Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 9.6km (6.0 miles) ⓘ Hollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA 10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘ Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘ Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Elbaite Riverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Riverside Quarry, White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA