Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 227484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mill Rock
Pine Rock Quarry (Farnham Quarry)
Tallman Mine (Tallman's Mine)
York Hill

Latitude: 41°21'50"N
Longitude: 72°55'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.363888888889,-72.929166666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apophyllite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apophyllite Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Malachite
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199212	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	199209	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	199209,199211	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	199210,199211	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	199211	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	199209	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	199209,199212	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	199210	303
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	199209,199211,199212	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	199209,199210	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	199209,199211,199212	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	199209,199210	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	199209,199211	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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