| Locality type: | Road |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Habit: | rhombohedral, scalenohedral |
| Colour: | white, pale yellow |
| Luminescent properties: | magenta/pink to red, best under MW, SW similar but usually weaker |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 14 |
| - var Amethyst | 5 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Hematite | 3 |
| Goethite | 2 |
| Anhydrite | 2 |
| Prehnite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (5 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 350160 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:350160:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.2km (1.3 miles) | ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | ⓘO & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 8.6km (5.3 miles) | ⓘSandy Hook gold mine (Blackwell's mine), Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.3km (6.4 miles) | ⓘInterstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.7km (7.2 miles) | ⓘRockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 11.8km (7.3 miles) | ⓘRoxbury Iron Mine, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.0km (8.0 miles) | ⓘStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.3km (8.3 miles) | ⓘSky Ridge railroad cut, Hawleyville, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 13.6km (8.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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Bates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA