| Locality type: | Construction Site |
| Classification |
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| 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 |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Actinolite | 1 |
| Albite | 1 |
| Clinochlore | 1 |
| Data |
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| 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 Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 348044 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:348044:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Tremolite |
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| 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 |
| References |
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Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA