Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Interstate 84 Road Cuts (Route 6A Bypass), Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 123528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Interstate 84 Road Cuts (Route 6A Bypass), Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°25'4"N
Longitude: 73°17'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.417777777778,-73.290833333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Stilbite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chabazite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica Monazite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Staurolite Stilbite Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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