| Locality type: | Road Cutting |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Dolomite |
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Formation: | Primary, Secondary |
| Comments: | Mostly rock forming mineral in the Stockbridge Marble. Microcrystals found with quartz in Alpine clefts. |
| Habit: | rhombohedral |
| Colour: | white |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 3 |
| Opal | 2 |
| - var Opal-AN | 2 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dolomite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 810509 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:810509:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite |
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| 6.7km (4.2 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 7.9km (4.9 miles) | ⓘDanburite type locality, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 22.5km (14.0 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.4km (16.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 29.1km (18.1 miles) | ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 31.1km (19.3 miles) | ⓘMahopac Mines, Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| 31.4km (19.5 miles) | ⓘHaynes Materials Quarry, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.0km (23.6 miles) | ⓘSilliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.4km (23.8 miles) | ⓘBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
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U. S. Route 7 Expressway, Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA