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Calcite from
State Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Construction Site
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chabazite-Ca1
Heulandite-Ca1
Laumontite1
Albite1
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view State Route 67 construction site, Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:941303
Long-form Identifier:1:3:941303:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘBarrett Brothers Quarry (D and J Quarry), Beacon Falls, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘStevenson Mine (Burke's Copper Mine), Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘMesa Drive roadcuts, Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘLittle Laurel Lime Park, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘHaynes Materials Quarry, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘO and G quarry # 3, Prospect, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
12.3km (7.7 miles) ⓘHeritage Village, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘO & G Southbury Quarry (Silliman Quarry; O & G No. 2 Quarry), Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) ⓘBates' Rock Road, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘBarcla Quarry (Clark-Barrone Quarry), Woodbridge, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
References
Personally collected by Mike Polletta
 
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