Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 228536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228536.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Harwinton Stibnite Locality
Lead Mine Brook
Pegmatite Quarry
Rock Brook
State Route 8 And State Route 118 Interchange

Latitude: 41°45'8"N
Longitude: 73°4'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.752222222222,-73.073333333333

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Beraunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Meta-autunite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Vivianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Beraunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heterosite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Sarcolite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Y Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arseniosiderite Beraunite Beryl Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Meta-autunite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline
Vivianite Zircon

35 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	198952	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	198950,198952	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	198952	2162
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	198952	136
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	198949,198950,198951,198952	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	198952	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	198952	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	198952	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	198952	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	198952	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	198952	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	198952	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	198952	1544
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	198952	204
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	198949,198951	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	198952	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	198952	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	198950	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	198952	129
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	198950,198952	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	198949,198952	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	198952	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	198952	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	198950,198951,198952	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	198952	206
Sarcolite ()*	None	Na₄Ca₁₂Al₈Si₁₂O₄₆(SiO₄,PO₄)(OH,H₂O)₄(CO₃,Cl)	1	198952	6
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	198950	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	198952	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	1	198952	55
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	198952	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	198952	2562
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	198952	313
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	198952	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	198952	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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