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


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Comments:Mentioned rather ambiguously by Schooner (1961) as "evidently existed in trap-rock at a rather recent road cut in Tariffville... a rare association", with no further details.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite 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:1016692
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1016692:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
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
29.9km (18.6 miles) ⓘBaryte locality, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘState Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
34.2km (21.3 miles) ⓘGotta-Walden Prospect, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘSchoonmaker Mine, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘStrickland Quarry, Strickland pegmatite, Collins Hill, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
37.8km (23.5 miles) ⓘQuartz locality, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Schooner, Richard. (1961), The Mineralogy of Connecticut. Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
 
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