| Locality type: | Road |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Staurolite |
| Formula: | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| Comments: | Simple prisms with chisel-tip terminations, to about 1 inch, associated with small almandine crystals. |
| Habit: | prismatic |
| Colour: | dark brown |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Almandine | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Staurolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Birch Mountain Road, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 838751 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:838751:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Staurolite |
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| 4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘDiamond Lake locality, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | ⓘBrack Gem prospect (Brack prospect), East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.6km (4.7 miles) | ⓘState Route 2 roadcut, Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘBolton Notch, Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘNathan Hall Quarry, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.1km (10.0 miles) | ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘLinkpot cut, Airline Railroad, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.4km (10.2 miles) | ⓘGreat Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 16.4km (10.2 miles) | ⓘDimension stone quarry, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.1km (11.3 miles) | ⓘLyman Viaduct at Dickinson Creek, Westchester, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
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Birch Mountain Road, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA