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Chlorite Group from
Interstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Road Cutting
Classification
Species:'Chlorite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Ilmenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chlorite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Interstate 84 road cuts (Route 6A bypass), Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:656964
Long-form Identifier:1:3:656964:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chlorite Group
6.5km (4.1 miles) Great Ring farm, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
8.7km (5.4 miles) Biermann Quarries (Bethel quarries; Codfish Hill Quarry), Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) Ilmenite locality, Bridgewater, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
9.4km (5.9 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Berry Road kyanite locality, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) O & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) Little Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) O & G Woodbury Traprock Quarry (Orenaug Quarry; O & G No. 1 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) Barrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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