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Staurolite from
Birch Mountain Road, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road
Classification
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
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Almandine1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Staurolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Birch Mountain Road, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:838751
Long-form Identifier:1:3:838751:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Staurolite
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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