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Tremolite from
Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Tremolite
Formula:◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Formation:Primary
Comments:Masses of tiny, needle-like crystals
Habit:subhedral elongate prismatic
Colour:white to colorless
Luminescent properties:yellow-orange under SW UV
Quality for species:Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##)
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Actinolite1
Albite1
Clinochlore1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tremolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:348044
Long-form Identifier:1:3:348044:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite
0.4km (0.3 miles) State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.8km (7.9 miles) Stevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Baldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
19.2km (12.0 miles) Barrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.5km (13.3 miles) Agstone Company Limestone Quarry, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.0km (13.7 miles) Danburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
35.2km (21.9 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
36.9km (22.9 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
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