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Stilpnomelane from
State Route 189 road cut, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Stilpnomelane
Formula:K4Fe482+[Si64Al8]O164(OH)52 · nH2O
Comments:"gilt-like" and encrusting quartz, calcite, datolite, and other species, according to Schooner (1961)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stilpnomelane data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Route 189 road cut, Tariffville Gorge, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1016691
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016691:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Stilpnomelane
4.3km (2.7 miles) Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
5.2km (3.3 miles) State Route 20 road cut, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
7.9km (4.9 miles) Talcott Mountain (King Phillip's Cave), Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
25.0km (15.5 miles) Lane & Son traprock quarries (Lane's Quarry), Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
48.2km (30.0 miles) Reed's Gap Quarry (New Haven Trap Rock quarry; Tilcon Durham quarry), Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
48.5km (30.2 miles) Notch Quarry (Lane Quarry; Amherst Quarry; Round Mountain Quarry), Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
57.4km (35.7 miles) O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
62.4km (38.8 miles) North Branford Quarry, North Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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