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Tourmaline from
Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


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Tourmaline, etc.

Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
07827960017371563956323.jpg
Tourmaline, etc.

Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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Tourmaline, etc.

Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Comments:Thin, needle-like, translucent brown crystals associated with epidote in the adjacent metadiabase.
Habit:acicular
Colour:dark brown
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epidote4
Chlorite Group3
Quartz3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:716363
Long-form Identifier:1:3:716363:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘPotter Quarry, Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘOld Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
25.4km (15.8 miles) ⓘCurtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘState Route 8 exit 29, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘCaptain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.3km (18.9 miles) ⓘProgress Lane construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
36.3km (22.6 miles) ⓘFillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘGreen's Farm locality (Roxbury garnet mine; Roxbury Falls garnet mine; Garnet Hill), Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘBlue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication.
 
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