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Locality Name:
Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 62687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Construction Site
Lord Chamberlain Nursing And Rehabilitation Center (7003 Main Street; 7003 State Route 110)
Stratford Meteorite

Latitude: 41°13'29"N
Longitude: 73°7'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.224722222222,-73.117222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparLepidocrocite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSerpentineSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelTitaniteTourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Helvine  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2198778,1987798803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211987792162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11987791588
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11987793250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119877927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119877927198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11987788173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2198778,1987797437
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1198779237
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1198778581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4119877914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119877912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211987785674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119877817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11987782349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22198778,19877939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22198778,19877961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11987782705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119877921482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11987794899


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