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Dolomite from
The Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA


Classification
Species:Dolomite
Formula:CaMg(CO3)2
Comments:In fault veins with quartz, barite, bitumen, calcite, sulfides.
Habit:Rhombohedral
Colour:white, brownish, pink
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Chalcopyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dolomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view The Woodlands, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:760748
Long-form Identifier:1:3:760748:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite
1.2km (0.8 miles) State Route 9 & State Route 71 Interchange, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Arute Field, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
6.1km (3.8 miles) State Route 9 - Ellis Street and State Route 72 interchanges (State Route 72 roadcut), New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) Hart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) State Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) State Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) Higley Mine, Simsbury Mines, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
31.2km (19.4 miles) Gillette Quarry (J-J Mine; Haddam Neck Quarry), Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
32.0km (19.9 miles) Hazen quarry (Epidote locality), Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
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