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


mindat Locality ID: 193450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newtown, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Captain Cook's Quarry (Purdy Station Quarry)
Cook Quarry On Harry Wiley Farm
Grace Feldspar Mine
Great Ring Farm
Hawleyville
Interstate 84 Road Cuts (Route 6A Bypass)
Sandy Hook

Latitude: 41°24'8"N
Longitude: 73°18'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.402222222222,-73.311111111111

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 Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylCalciteChabaziteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaMonaziteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStauroliteStilbiteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4198748,198750,198753,1987548803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211987542162
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21198748606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811987484286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2198754,19875627770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1198754310
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811987531756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311987541797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611987544135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11987538173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2198753,1987542740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119875624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119875614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311987545433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411987541507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11987541271
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2198748,1987504924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1198754945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22198753,19875417380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11987541236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11987532349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1198753363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211987541898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22198754,19875639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25198748,198750,198753,198754,19875661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22198753,1987545614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11987482705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511987541516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311987481214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119875621482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1198754978
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1198754268
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2198753,1987544899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11987485251



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