Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Almandine Formula: Fe3 2+ Al2 (SiO4 )3 Comments: An accessory in the pegmatites, also abundant subhedral metacrysts of garnet in the schist adjacent to the contacts with pegmatite. Januzzi (1959) reports finding in one isolated pegmatite mass, scores of two types of garnet crystals having both distinct dodecahedral and trapezohedral forms. Ewell (1937) writes: "The garnets were extra large, some weighing one pound each." Habit: trapezohedral and rhombic dodecahedral Colour: maroon to nearly black Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Quartz 7 Muscovite 6 Albite 3 Uraninite 2 Zircon 2 Beryl 1 Uranophane 1 Gummite 1 Meta-autunite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Almandine data Locality Data: Click here to view Roebling Quarry, Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (13 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 646586 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:646586:5 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
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Roebling Quarry, Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA