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Diopside from
Conklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Comments:Pseudomorphs of tremolite after diopside can reach 10 cm, usually partly etched out and having a yellowish to chalky appearance with basal parting preserved.
Habit:subhedral flattened elongated prisms (pseudomorphed by tremolite)
Colour:yellowish-white
Luminescent properties:blue-white
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tremolite3
Calcite3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Conklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:813808
Long-form Identifier:1:3:813808:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘRedwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘPfizer Company Marble Quarry, Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) ⓘMine Mountain, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘMine Mountain graphite prospect, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘColebrook Dam and Colebrook River Lake, Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) ⓘMountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
33.2km (20.6 miles) ⓘPegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) ⓘThomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
40.8km (25.4 miles) ⓘState Route 179 road cut (State Route 4 road cut Collinsville), Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
References
Moritz, Harold (n.d.) Personal Communication.
 
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