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Cordierite from
East Main Street construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:Mg2Al4Si5O18
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view East Main Street construction site, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:843293
Long-form Identifier:1:3:843293:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cordierite
31.4km (19.5 miles) Schoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
31.4km (19.5 miles) Strickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
33.1km (20.6 miles) Case Quarry No. 1, Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) Hungry Hill mineral occurrence, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
34.7km (21.5 miles) Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
35.9km (22.3 miles) Amphibole-tourmaline-magnetite locality, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.1km (23.0 miles) Thulite locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.4km (23.2 miles) Chrysoberyl locality, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.6km (23.4 miles) Timms Hill (Tim's Hill; Iolite Hill), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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