Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Middlefield, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 230965
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230965.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middlefield, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black Pond
Camptonite Dike
Wadsworth Falls

Latitude: 41°31'46"N
Longitude: 72°43'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.529444444444,-72.728055555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Calcite	Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Calcite Natrolite None Prehnite Pyroxene Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Prehnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	199140	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	199140	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	199139,199140	27770
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	199140	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	199140	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	199142	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199142	1898

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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