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Fluorite from
State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:In cross-cutting hydrothermal vein, with albite, clinochlore, quartz, pyrite.
Habit:massive
Colour:gray
Luminescent properties:blue-green
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1009795
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1009795:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.4km (0.2 miles) State Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Corporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) Porter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) New England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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