| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Dolomite |
| Formula: | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Habit: | massive |
| Colour: | tan |
| Quality for species: | Rock forming mineral/non-crystalline/little interest for collectors.(##) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Dolomite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Silliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 944538 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:944538:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Dolomite |
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| 9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘBaldwin Quarry (Milford Quarry), Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.3km (5.8 miles) | ⓘFoxon quarry, Foxon, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (5.9 miles) | ⓘHigh Street and Interstate 95 interchange, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘSilver mine, Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.0km (11.2 miles) | ⓘHaynes Materials Quarry, Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 20.0km (12.4 miles) | ⓘState Route 25 road cuts, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.2km (13.2 miles) | ⓘOld Mine Plaza construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.0km (23.6 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 39.4km (24.5 miles) | ⓘHart's Lead Mine, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 40.1km (24.9 miles) | ⓘState Routes 9 and 372 interchange, Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| References |
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Deasy, Ryan, Robert P. Wintsch, Bryan Wathen, Ryan McAlteer, David Bish and Romain Meyer. (2015), Tectonic Slivers of Oceanic Terranes(s)?: Sheeted Dikes and Sheared Gabbros in south-central Connecticut: Field Trip A1 in Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 107th Meeting of the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, Martha S. Gilmore and Phillip G. Resor editors. |
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