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Zircon from
Roebling Quarry, Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Comments:Accessory in the pegmatites.
Colour:brown
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Uraninite2
Almandine2
Meta-autunite1
Muscovite1
Quartz1
Uranophane1
Gummite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Roebling Quarry, Upper Merryall, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:767888
Long-form Identifier:1:3:767888:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
12.5km (7.7 miles) Rockside Quarry, Mine Hill, Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
23.0km (14.3 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
28.8km (17.9 miles) State Routes 8 and 118 interchange, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
29.5km (18.3 miles) Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.8km (19.1 miles) Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
31.0km (19.3 miles) Old Quarry Nature Center, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
31.5km (19.6 miles) Curtis Quarry, Southford, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
32.1km (19.9 miles) Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
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