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McLay Avenue, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USAi
Regional Level Types
McLay AvenueConstruction Site (Built Over)
East HavenTown
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 18' 6'' North , 72° 51' 53'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Construction Site (Built Over)
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
East Haven29,257 (2017)2.9km
Branford29,438 (2017)4.9km
Branford Center5,819 (2017)5.0km
New Haven130,322 (2017)5.3km
West Haven54,927 (2017)7.7km
Nearest Clubs:
Local clubs are the best way to get access to collecting localities
ClubLocationDistance
New Haven Mineral ClubNew Haven, Connecticut5km
Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central ConnecticutMeriden, Connecticut27km
Bristol Gem & Mineral ClubBristol, Connecticut42km
Long Island Mineral & Geology SocietyJamesport, New York46km
Mindat Locality ID:
235083
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:235083:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Residential road construction in 1987 blasted into diabase (one of the many dikes of the Fair Haven dike swarm) just north of the Cinque Quarry and displaying similar mineralogy. Much of the diabase is brecciated. All exposures are covered.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


5 valid minerals.

* - Minerals that have never been found, but their existence is inferred in some way (e.g. from pseudomorphs)

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Detailed Mineral List:

Anhydrite
Formula: CaSO4
Habit: Tabular
Description: Subparallel rectagular molds in calcite/quartz that formed over early anhydrite crystals that later naturally dissolved.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Habit: scalenohedral
Colour: white to orange
Description: Micro-crystals in small pockets.
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Habit: acicular
Colour: golden-brown
Description: Radiating sprays of acicular, translucent, micro crystals penetrating smoky quartz crystals.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Colour: dark red
Description: Coatings and small blebs on micro crystals of calcite and quartz.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Habit: bipyramidal with very short or no prism.
Colour: colorless
Description: Micro-crystals in small pockets, typically penetrated by acicular goethite.
Quartz var. Amethyst
Formula: SiO2
Colour: purple
Description: Micro-crystals in small pockets.
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Habit: bipyramidal with very short or no prism.
Colour: light brown to black
Description: Micro-crystals in small pockets, typically penetrated by acicular goethite.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz
var. Amethyst
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anhydrite ?7.AD.30CaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O AnhydriteCaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O HematiteFe2O3
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S AnhydriteCaSO4
CaCalcium
Ca AnhydriteCaSO4
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3

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