Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Newington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 105522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newington, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
135 Fenn Road
2368-2384 Berlin Turnpike (Former Hartford Drive-In)
Balf Quarry
Fenn Road
The Woodlands

Latitude: 41°42'14"N
Longitude: 72°44'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.703888888889,-72.734444444444

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.

Amorphous	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gadolinite	Heulandite
Malachite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Gadolinite Heulandite
Malachite Mordenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	198892	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	198895	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	198894,198895	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	198894	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	2	198892,198893	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	198894,198895	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	198892,198893,198894,198895	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	198892,198894,198895	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	3	198892,198893,198895	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	198895	9895
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	2	198892,198893	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	198892	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	198891,198892,198895	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	198895	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	198893	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	198892	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	198894,198895	12537
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	198892	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	198892	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	198892,198893	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	198892,198893	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	198891,198892,198893,198894,198895	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	198891,198894,198895	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	198892,198893	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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