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Euclase from
Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Park
Classification
Species:Euclase
Formula:BeAl(SiO4)(OH)
Comments:First reported by Shepard (1842), later retracted and confirmed to be diaspore by Shepard (1851) and Dana (1851).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Euclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:131476
Long-form Identifier:1:3:131476:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Euclase
62.8km (39.0 miles) ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
References
Shepard, Charles U. (1842): On Washingtonite (a New Mineral), the Discovery of Euclase in Connecticut, and Additional Notices of the Supposed Phenakite of Goshen, and Calstron-baryte of Schoharie, N. Y. American Journal of Science: 43: 364.
Dana, James D. (1851): Mineralogical Notices: Diaspore. American Journal of Science: s. 2: 12: 215.
Shepard, Charles U. (1851): Title unknown. Proceedings of the 4th Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science: 319.
 
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