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Connecticut, USA

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References:
- Shepard, C.U. (1837) Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut. New Haven.
- Schairer, J.F. (1931) “The Minerals of Connecticut,” Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 51, 121 pp., Hartford.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Nephrite
'Adularia'
Aegirine-augite
'Aeschynite'
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alleghanyite
Allophane
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Amblygonite
'Amphibole Group'
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Topazolite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
var: Labradorite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic ?
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
var: Danaite
'Asbestos'
Augelite
Augite
var: Fassaite
Aurichalcite
Autunite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Bavenite
Becquerelite
Bementite
Beraunite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Goshenite
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
β-Uranophane
Beyerite
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutoferrite
'Bitumen
var: Elaterite'
Bityite
Bornite
Brazilianite
Breithauptite
'Brewsterite' ?
Brochantite
Brookite
'Calamine'
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerite-(Ce)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Bloodstone'
'var: Carnelian'
'var: Petrified Wood'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
var: Blister Copper
'Chlorite Group'
Chlorophyllite
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Claudetite
Clinochlore
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Cookeite
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
var: Sapphire
Covellite
Crandallite
Cronstedtite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuprobismutite
'Cymatolite'
Danburite (TL)
Datolite
Davidite-(La)
Devilline
Diadochite
'Diallage'
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) (TL)
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dravite
 Elbaite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite (TL)
Epidote
var: Tawmawite
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erythrite
Euclase
Eucryptite (TL)
Euxenite-(Y)
'Fahlunite'
Fairfieldite (TL)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferricopiapite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferritungstite
Ferrohornblende
Fillowite (TL)
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Forsterite
Fourmarierite
Gahnite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite ?
'Garnet Group'
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
'Gmelinite'
Goethite
Gold
Gonnardite
Goslarite
Graftonite
Graphite
Grayite
Greenockite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
'Gummite'
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halloysite
Harmotome
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Herderite
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Hureaulite
Hydrotungstite ?
Hydroxylherderite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Ilmenite
Ishikawaite
Ixiolite
Jacobsite
Jarosite
Johannite ?
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Lacroixite
Landesite ?
'Lanthanite' ?
Laueite
Laumontite
Lazulite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Liandratite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Lithiophilite (TL)
Lithiophorite
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Maghemite
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Marcasite
Margarite
'Margarodite'
Massicot
Melanterite
Mesolite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metaswitzerite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
Mimetite
Minium
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
'Moonstone'
Moraesite
Mordenite
Morinite ?
'Mountain Leather'
Muscovite
var: Damourite
var: Fuchsite
Nacrite
Natrolite
Natromontebrasite
Natrophilite (TL)
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite ?
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Siliceous sinter
Orthoclase
Oxy-Dravite
Palermoite
Palygorskite
 Pargasite
'Parisite'
Parsonsite
Parvowinchite
Pectolite
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petalite
Petscheckite ?
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Pigeonite
'Pinite'
Pitticite
Planerite ?
Pollucite
Powellite
Prehnite
'Prochlorite'
Pseudomalachite ?
Pucherite
'Pumpellyite'
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
var: Rhodolite
Pyrophanite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Flint
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rose Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rammelsbergite
Reddingite (TL)
Rhabdophane-(La) (TL)
Rhabdophane-(Nd) (TL)
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rockbridgeite
Roscherite
Rozenite
Rutherfordine ?
Rutile
var: Strüverite
Safflorite
Samarskite-(Y)
Saponite
Sarcolite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
'Schernikite' (TL)
Schorl
Scorodite
Scorzalite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Sicklerite
Siderite
Sillimanite (TL)
Silver
Skutterudite
var: Smaltite
Smithsonite ?
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
var: Kunzite
Staurolite
Stewartite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Strengite
Strunzite
Sulphur
Switzerite
Sylvanite ?
Talc
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tellurium
Tenorite
Tephroite
Thaumasite
Thorite
Thorogummite
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Achroite'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite (TL)
Tungstenite
Tungstite (TL)
Turgite
Tyuyamunite
Uraninite
Uranmicrolite
Uranophane
Uranpyrochlore
Vandendriesscheite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
'Voltzite' ?
Wardite ?
Whitmoreite
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoxenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yttrocolumbite-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Calyptolite
var: Cyrtolite
Zoisite
var: Thulite


2610 entries listed. 303 valid minerals. 14 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 5 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Connecticut
        • Diamond Hill
        • North Hatterstown
      • Bridgeport
        • Beaver Brook District
      • Danbury area
      • Easton
        • Redding Glen
      • Shelton
        • Tariffville Gorge
      • Bristol
        • Whigville
        • Collinsville
        • Rattlesnake Mt
        • East Glastonbury
      • Rocky Hill
        • Falls Village
      • Cornwall
      • Harwinton
      • Morris
        • Boardman's Bridge
        • Upper Merryall
        • East Canaan
        • Mine Hill
        • Ore Hill
        • West Torrington
        • Rt. 7
        • Hog Hill
      • Beacon Falls
        • Stony Creek
        • Jinny Hill
      • Hamden
      • Madison
        • Southford
        • Westchester
          • Salmon River State Forest
            • Dickinson Creek
      • North Stonington
      • Waterford
      • Mansfield
      • Willington
        • West Willington
      • Thompson
        • West Thompson
        • Winsted

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