Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Becker Quarry (Becker's Quarry), West Willington, Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°52'19"N
Longitude: 72°16'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.871944444444,-72.273333333333

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

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

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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