Locality type: Construction Site Classification Species: Fluorite Formula: CaF2 Comments: Excellent octahedral crystals transparent to translucent, in faults and veins, usually in groups, associated with calcite. Crystals can reach 5.8 cm on an edge. Also excellent purple cubic crystals to 2.5 cm. Rarely found as dodecahedrons, although dodecahedral faces are commonly found on some octahedral and cubic crystals. Very rarely found as tetrahexahedrons. Habit: octahedral, cubic, dodecahedral, tetrahexahedral Colour: colorless, pale to emerald green, dark purple to light purple (violet) Luminescent properties: purple Quality for species: Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) Abundance at site: Common Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Calcite 50 Quartz 21 Albite 19 Clinochlore 10 Bavenite 8 Pyrite 7 Muscovite 6 Gypsum 5 K Feldspar 4 - var Adularia 4 Topaz 3 Talc 1 Anatase 1 Aragonite 1 Titanite 1 Ilmenite 1 Bertrandite 1 Goethite 1 Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Fluorite data Locality Data: Click here to view Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Photo Gallery View Gallery (86 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 347311 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:347311:5 GUID (UUID V4 ): 0 Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
0.4km (0.2 miles) ⓘ Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘ State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘ State Route 111 road cuts, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘ Corporate Drive road cut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘ Corporate Drive, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘ Porter Hill Road roadcut, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘ State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘ New England Materials quarry, Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘ Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA 23.1km (14.3 miles) ⓘ North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA References Search for references including Fluorite Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA