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Sphalerite from
State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Comments:massive dark-colored veins, crystals (micros) show two generations or growth - 1) dark brown complex aggregates and 2) lighter-colored single crystals. Associated with quartz, galena, adularia, fluorite.
Habit:complex aggregates, modified tetrahedrons
Colour:black, dark brown, yellow-brown, greenish brown, yellow
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz38
Galena9
Fluorite4
Dolomite3
Pyrite3
K Feldspar3
- var Adularia3
Siderite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (19 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:414789
Long-form Identifier:1:3:414789:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
3.7km (2.3 miles) Old Mine Park (Old Tungsten Mine), Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Old Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.3km (5.2 miles) Lane's Mine (Lane's Lead and Silver Mine; Elm Street), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.6km (5.4 miles) Booth's Mine (Booth's Bismuth Mine; Booth-Hurd's Bismuth Mine), Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.9km (5.6 miles) Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110), Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.9km (8.0 miles) Bassett Mine, Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) Stevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
18.5km (11.5 miles) Wilton Silver Mine, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
19.4km (12.0 miles) Silver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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