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Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USAi
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PlacePopulation
West Torrington36,000 (2017)
Torrington34,906 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
49558
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:49558:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Wolcottville


Torrington is a city (formerly a mill town) on the upper reaches of the Naugatuck River that was initially known as Wolcottville. It was first incorporated in 1740 and was the birthplace of the state's brass industry starting around 1835. It is the largest city in Litchfield County and the birthplace of abolitionist John Brown, who's infamous 1859 Harper's Ferry raiders included John Cook, son of Haddam, Connecticut mineral collector/dealer Nathaniel Cook.

The geology of Torrington includes very complexly faulted and folded metamorphic rocks. The oldest and most resistant rocks are Late Proterozoic (Grenville age) gneisses, part of the Laurentian crust, that occupy a V-shaped area opening to the north, with the apex near downtown. The east side follows State Route 8, and the west side trending NW to Drakeville and beyond. These rocks are the southern terminus of the Berkshire Massif. Allochthonous Cambrian Manhattan and Hoosic Schists flank the Proterozoic Gneisses to the W and E, respectively. In the southwest part of town, around West Torrington, is a complex of small Ordovician intrusives including the Litchfield Norite, which contain grains of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite (equivalent to a similar complex at Prospect Mountain in Litchfield), and felsic gneiss that overlap the Cameron's Line thrust fault. South of these plutons and the thrust fault is an area of Cambro-Ordovician Rowe Schist and amphibolite, and Ratlum Mountain Schist, that extends southward into NE Litchfield. These schists host many large porphyroblastic minerals such as almandine, kyanite, staurolite, albite and ilmenite. Regional, presumably Mesozoic-age, high-angle normal faults cut these metamorphic rocks. A NW-SE trending fault follows the West branch of the Naugatuck River and a NE-SW trending fault follows the Still River and state Route 8, the two faults intersecting just W of downtown and more or less topographically defining the S end of the Berkshire Massif.

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

31 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5(T8O22)W2
Anatase
Formula: TiO2
Habit: tabular
Colour: dark blue to dark blue-green edge-on but with blue, yellow to brownish zones face-on
Description: Microcrystals in thin Alpine clefts.
Annite
Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Colour: black
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Bloodstone'
Formula: SiO2
Colour: shades of red
Description: Found as loose rocks in glacial till.
Bornite ?
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Description: Partial microcrystal aggregate in an Alpine cleft with a blue iridescent tarnish.
References:
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
'Chrysoprase'
Colour: apple green
Description: Found as loose rocks in glacial till.
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Description: Occurring as 2mm crystals in massive diopside.
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
'Fergusonite' ?
References:
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Description: Sharp blue crystals that were damaged upon discovery. Yellow fluorescence.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Habit: elongated tabular
Colour: white
Fluorescence: pale blue-white under SW UV light
Description: Microcrystals arranged in spherical to fan-shaped aggregates in thin Alpine clefts.
Heulandite-Ca
Formula: (Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Habit: coffin-shaped
Colour: pale yellow-white
Description: Microcrystals in thin Alpine clefts.
'Heulandite Subgroup'
Formula: (Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
'K Feldspar'
'K Feldspar var. Adularia'
Formula: KAlSi3O8
Habit: Pseudorhombic
Colour: white to pale pink
Description: Microcrystals in Alpine clefts.
Kyanite
Formula: Al2(SiO4)O
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Microcline
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Description: In banded rocks with agate, found loose in glacial till.
Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Habit: short prismatic
Colour: milky to light smoky
Description: Mostly as rock-forming grains in schist, granofels and pegmatites, but also as microcrystals in thin Alpine clefts and crystals to a couple of cm in miarolitic cavities in pegmatite.
Quartz var. Agate
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Carnelian
Formula: SiO2
Description: Found as loose rocks in glacial till.
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Sard
Formula: SiO2
Colour: deep red, bluish red, and yellow
Description: Found as loose rocks in glacial till.
Quartz var. Sardonyx
Formula: SiO2
Colour: deep red, bluish red, and yellow
Description: Found as loose rocks in glacial till.
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
'Scapolite'
Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Habit: elongated prismatic
Colour: black
Description: Crystals to around 10 cm in pegmatites, particularly near the walls.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Habit: complex tetrahedral
Colour: orange to yellow-brown
Description: Microcrystals and thin veins associated with thin Alpine clefts.
Staurolite
Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Habit: elongated prismatic
Colour: dark brown
Description: Elongated porphyroblastic crystals to several cm.
'Stilbite Subgroup'
Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
'Synchysite Group'
Habit: tabular hexagonal
Colour: chalky white
Description: Microcrystalline aggregates in thin Alpine clefts.
Szomolnokite
Formula: FeSO4 · H2O
Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Titanite
Formula: CaTiO(SiO4)
Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Description: Sharp green blades. None terminated
Violarite
Formula: Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Habit: acicular with square cross-section
Colour: pale yellow
Description: Microcrystals in thin Alpine clefts.
References:

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite ?2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Pentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Violarite2.DA.05Fe2+Ni3+2S4
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Sardonyx4.DA.05SiO2
var. Sard4.DA.05SiO2
var. Carnelian4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Anatase4.DD.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Szomolnokite7.CB.05FeSO4 · H2O
Wulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Group 9 - Silicates
Kyanite9.AF.15Al2(SiO4)O
Staurolite9.AF.30Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Titanite9.AG.15CaTiO(SiO4)
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Annite9.EC.20KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Microcline9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Heulandite-Ca9.GE.05(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Unclassified
'K Feldspar
var. Adularia'
-KAlSi3O8
'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5(T8O22)W2
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Chrysoprase'-
'Chlorite Group'-
'Heulandite Subgroup'-(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
'Stilbite Subgroup'-M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
'Bloodstone'-SiO2
'Scapolite'-
'K Feldspar'-
'Fergusonite' ?-
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A
'Synchysite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
H StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
H Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
H SzomolnokiteFeSO4 · H2O
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
H Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
BBoron
B SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5(T8O22)W2
O AnataseTiO2
O AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O HematiteFe2O3
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
O KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
O Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
O SzomolnokiteFeSO4 · H2O
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
O TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
O WulfenitePb(MoO4)
O Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
O Quartz var. SardonyxSiO2
O Quartz var. SardSiO2
O BloodstoneSiO2
O Quartz var. CarnelianSiO2
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Na SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Na Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Al KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Al MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Al StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Al Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Al Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Si KyaniteAl2(SiO4)O
Si MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Si Stilbite SubgroupM6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Si TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Si Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Si Quartz var. SardonyxSiO2
Si Quartz var. SardSiO2
Si BloodstoneSiO2
Si Quartz var. CarnelianSiO2
PPhosphorus
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
S SzomolnokiteFeSO4 · H2O
S ViolariteFe2+Ni23+S4
KPotassium
K K Feldspar var. AdulariaKAlSi3O8
K AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
K MicroclineK(AlSi3O8)
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca Heulandite Subgroup(Na/Ca/K)5-6[Al8-9 Si27-28 O72] · nH2O
Ca TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Ca Heulandite-Ca(Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72 · 26H2O
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
TiTitanium
Ti AnataseTiO2
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Ti TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe AnniteKFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Fe StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Fe SzomolnokiteFeSO4 · H2O
Fe ViolariteFe2+Ni23+S4
NiNickel
Ni Pentlandite(NixFey)Σ9S8
Ni ViolariteFe2+Ni23+S4
CuCopper
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn SphaleriteZnS
MoMolybdenum
Mo WulfenitePb(MoO4)
PbLead
Pb WulfenitePb(MoO4)

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