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Locality Name:
Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA


mindat Locality ID: 133359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Crissy Hill Magnetite Locality
Norfolk Granite Quarry
Pine Mountain Magnetite Locality
Serpentinite

Latitude: 41°56'34"N
Longitude: 73°10'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.942777777778,-73.176111111111
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayFeldsparHumiteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSpinel
TalcTourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Annite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211989753419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43198972,198974,19897514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119897361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511989731516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211989753337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211989752562


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