| Locality type: | Hill |
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| Species: | Beryl var: Aquamarine |
| Comments: | Typically elongated prisms only a few mm across, but very clear if in quartz. |
| Habit: | elongated prisms |
| Colour: | blue |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aquamarine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Quarry Hill (Brainerd Quarries; Shailor Quarries), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 665428 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:665428:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Aquamarine |
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| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘGillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘNemo's Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 3.5km (2.2 miles) | ⓘCivilian Conservation Corps Quarry (CCC Quarry; Smith Quarry; Turkey Hill quarry lot), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.1km (2.5 miles) | ⓘHewitt Gem Quarry (Herb's Gem Quarry; Sawmill Quarry), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘLong Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.6km (3.5 miles) | ⓘSlocum prospect, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.2km (7.0 miles) | ⓘRiverside Quarry (Western Quarry), White Rock Mining District, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘHale-Walker prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘPegmatite prospects, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.5km (8.4 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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Quarry Hill, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA