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Rutile from
Pfizer Company Marble Quarry, Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Formation:Secondary
Comments:Januzzi noted crystals and twinned crystals associated with quartz in a vein.
White adularia, rhombohedral dolomite, and a few black needle rutile crystals from a cleft in the Stockbridge Formation, found in a boulder of rip-rap off-site.
Habit:acicular
Colour:black
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Dolomite3
K Feldspar2
- var Adularia2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pfizer Company Marble Quarry, Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132339:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘRedwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘChester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
40.0km (24.8 miles) ⓘOld Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘWright Mine, Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘState Routes 8 and 222 interchange, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘReynolds Bridge, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
46.0km (28.6 miles) ⓘQuartz prospects, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
49.3km (30.6 miles) ⓘRockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
50.3km (31.3 miles) ⓘState Route 8 interchange 34 (formerly 37), Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
References
Januzzi, Ron E., Seaman, David M. (1976) Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State and Pegmatite Minerals of the World. The Mineralogical Press, Danbury, Connecticut, USA.
 
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