Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rocky Hill, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 230260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rocky Hill, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Interstate 91 And Interstate 291 Interchange
Rocky Hill Quarry

Latitude: 41°40'18"N
Longitude: 72°39'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.671666666667,-72.656388888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gadolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gadolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	198904	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	198904	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	198904	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	198903,198904	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	198904	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	198904	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	198904	498
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	198904	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	198904	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	198903	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	198903,198904	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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