Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Talcott Mountain, Avon, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talcott Mountain, Avon, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
State Route 44 Road Cut

Latitude: 41°47'29"N
Longitude: 72°48'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.791388888889,-72.8025

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.

Calcite	Gadolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite

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 C Ca Cu H O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Gadolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	198806	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	198806	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	198806	498
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	198806	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	198806	1898

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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