Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 237173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
West Willington

Latitude: 41°52'19"N
Longitude: 72°16'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.871944444444,-72.273055555556

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Staurolite Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	199345	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	199345	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	199345	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	199345	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	199345	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	199345	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199345	327
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	199345	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	199345	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	199345	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	199345	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	199345	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	199345	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	199345	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	199345	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	199345	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	199345	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	199345	6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	199345	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	199345	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	199345	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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