| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Schorl |
| Formula: | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Comments: | radiating crystals to several cm, often in parallel pairs, found in quartz in contact with cleavelandite. |
| Habit: | radiating acicular or stout prisms |
| Colour: | very dark brown to black |
| Luminescent properties: | none |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 5 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Muscovite | 2 |
| Albite | 1 |
| - var Cleavelandite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Schorl data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Casey Quarry (Ridgefield pegmatite), Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 656980 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:656980:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Schorl |
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| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘTiticus Mica Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.2km (4.5 miles) | ⓘFillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘRedding Glen, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.5km (6.6 miles) | ⓘSchorl locality, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.3km (7.0 miles) | ⓘWestern Connecticut State University, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 14.5km (9.0 miles) | ⓘKinkel Quarry, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 14.6km (9.1 miles) | ⓘBedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 14.9km (9.3 miles) | ⓘConsolidated Feldspar Mining Corporation's plant, Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| 15.4km (9.6 miles) | ⓘBiermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 15.6km (9.7 miles) | ⓘBaylis Quarry (Bayliss Quarry), Bedford, Westchester County, New York, USA |
| References |
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Casey Quarry, Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA