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Opal from
Nonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Comments:Typical coating on host rock mostly only visible under SW UV.
Habit:waxy encrustations
Colour:pale blue-green
Luminescent properties:green
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visual (Fluorescence)
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nonnewaug River Industrial Park, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1010177
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1010177:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
12.5km (7.7 miles) Roxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) Blue Stone Quarry, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
12.6km (7.9 miles) Curtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Reynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.6km (12.8 miles) Sky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) Lead Mine Brook, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.0km (13.0 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.6km (14.0 miles) State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.7km (14.1 miles) Roebling Quarry, Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
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