Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dyke Park

Latitude: 41°2'8"N
Longitude: 73°32'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.035555555556,-73.538055555556

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.

Atacamite	Baryte	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Vesuvianite

Almandine ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Nantokite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Talc ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Baryte Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Vesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	198776	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	198776	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	198776	11547
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	198776	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	198776	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	198776	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	198776	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	198776	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl	1	198776	35
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	198776	454
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	198776	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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