Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

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Gypsum : Ca[SO₄] · 2H₂O
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Field of view ~ 4 mm
© Scott Whittemore	Photo ID: 33415 View Count: 318
Gypsum : Ca[SO₄] · 2H₂O
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA A specimen of Gypsum 'Flowers' formed post-mining by weathering of pyrite. This specimen is really quite beautiful in person and it is very difficult to photograph. I collected this specimen (very carefully) in the early summer of 2006. It is about 8cm in width by 6cm tall.
© 2006 Jeremy Zolan	Photo ID: 82793 View Count: 191
Margarite : CaAl₂[(OH)₂\|Al₂Si₂O₁₀]
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Sample with 7x5x3cm - August of 2008
© Martins da Pedra	Photo ID: 183258 View Count: 154
Margarodite, Margarite : CaAl₂[(OH)₂\|Al₂Si₂O₁₀]
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Polished specimen of margarodite pseudomorph after a large topaz crystal from one of the greisen-like (pseudogreisens, as I fondly call them) hydrothermal veins in Old Mine Park, Trumbull, Connecticut. The topaz crystal has been completely altered to a porcellaneous mixture of micas. It is interesting to note that XRF analyses of this material ...
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Quartz : SiO₂
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA This 8.4cm quartz crystal cluster was found at a site I blasted on the eastern border of Old Mine Park in 1988.
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Quartz : SiO₂
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA Quartz crystals and unidentified black mineral crystals. The specimen is @ 7.6cm in height.
© Michael Otto	Photo ID: 222608 View Count: 36
Quartz : SiO₂
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA This 3.4cm crystal was found at a site I blasted in 1988 which bordered Old Mine Park's eastern side.
© Michael Otto	Photo ID: 222605 View Count: 35
Quartz : SiO₂, Rutile : TiO₂
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA This 2.5cm quartz crystal has a black needle like inclusion right down the center of the crystal. The inclusion is apparantly rutile. I collected it at a site I blasted bordering Old Mine Park in the late 1980's.
© Michael Otto	Photo ID: 228647 View Count: 23
Quartz : SiO₂
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA I found this 12cm. x 13cm. specimen in the early 1980's on the eastern border of Old Mine Park.
© Michael Otto	Photo ID: 257074 View Count: 12
Quartz : SiO₂
	Hubbard Tungsten Mine (Long Hill Mine; Old Tungsten Mine; Old Mine Park), Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA This 3.5cm.x2cm. quartz crystal was collected on the eastern border of the park in the late 1980's.
© Michael Otto	Photo ID: 268859 View Count: 3