Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Coventry | - not defined - |
| Tolland County | County |
| Connecticut | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 46' 12'' North , 72° 18' 18'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| South Coventry | 1,483 (2017) | 0.0km |
| Coventry Lake | 2,990 (2017) | 2.3km |
| Mansfield City | 26,439 (2017) | 5.9km |
| Storrs | 15,344 (2017) | 6.3km |
| Mansfield Center | 947 (2017) | 8.9km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Valley Mineral Club | Springfield, Massachusetts | 44km |
| Lapidary and Mineral Society of Central Connecticut | Meriden, Connecticut | 49km |
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Detailed Mineral List:
| β Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Colour: white to pink Description: As rock forming matrix and as microscopic crystal overgrowths lining fractures. Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
| β 'Amphibole Supergroup' Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
β 'Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite' Formula: AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: capillary Colour: white Description: Scattered capillary crystals in fracture voids. Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
| β Annite Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: massive Colour: white Description: Massive material filling fracture voids. Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
β 'Chabazite' Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: rhombohedral Colour: white Description: drusy crystals on epidote in fractures in gneiss Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β Clinochlore Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: massive Colour: dark green Description: In matrix near hydrothermally altered fractures. Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
βͺ Epidote Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: prismatic Colour: yellow-green to dark green to black Description: drusy crystals in fractures in gneiss, crystallized in two generations, an initial one with elongated, larger and darker crystals and a second one of much finer-grained, short and lighter colored crystals. The second generation coats the first and some other minerals like quartz. Reference: Harvard Mineralogical Museum No. 119199; Former Ed Force collection. |
| β Goethite Formula: Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: cubic (pseudomorph) Colour: brown Description: Pseudomorphs of microscopic pyrite crystals in fractures. Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
β 'Heulandite' Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Colour: colorless to white Description: micro drusy crystals with epidote and zeolites in fractures in gneiss Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β 'Hornblende' Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β Microcline Formula: K(AlSi3O8) Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: massive Colour: white Fluorescence: deep red Description: in pegmatites cross-cutting the gneiss within the road cuts Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
β Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: tabular, subhedral Colour: silvery gray Description: crystal 23 mm collected by Fred Schuster during construction Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
β Prehnite Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: platy aggregates Colour: pale green Description: drusy crystal aggregates with zeolites and epidote in fractures in gneiss Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: cubic Description: Microscopic crystals in fractures altered to goethite. Reference: Former Ed Force collection |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: elongated prismatic Colour: colorless to white Description: drusy crystals with epidote and zeolites in fractures in gneiss Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
βͺ Sillimanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: elongated prisms Colour: brown Description: Crystals to 7 cm in subparallel alignment in quartz-rich segregations, just like at Chester, Norwich and Willimantic - all from exposures of the Tatnic Hill Formation. Reference: Wesleyan University collection |
β 'Stilbite Subgroup' Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Habit: platy Description: drusy crystals with epidote and zeolites in fractures in gneiss Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
| β Titanite Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O Locality: US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Reference: Harold Moritz collection |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Goethite | 4.00. | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| β | Annite | 9.EC.20 | KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | Clinochlore | 9.EC.55 | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| β | Microcline | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
| β | Prehnite | 9.DP.20 | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| β | Sillimanite | 9.AF.05 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| β | Titanite | 9.AG.15 | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Amphibole Supergroup' | - | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| β | 'var. Byssolite' | - | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| β | 'Chabazite' | - | |
| β | 'Heulandite' | - | |
| β | 'Hornblende' | - | |
| β | 'Stilbite Subgroup' | - | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] Β· nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| H | β Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| H | β Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| H | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| H | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| H | β Annite | KFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | β Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| O | β Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | β Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| O | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| O | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| O | β Annite | KFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| O | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | β Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| F | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Al | β Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | β Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Al | β Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Al | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Al | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Al | β Annite | KFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | β Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Si | β Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | β Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Stilbite Subgroup | M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O |
| Si | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Si | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Si | β Annite | KFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Si | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | β Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Cl | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Annite | KFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | β Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Ca | β Prehnite | Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Ca | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | β Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite | AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Ti | β Amphibole Supergroup | AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
| Ti | β Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Epidote | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Fe | β Annite | KFe32+(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | β Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
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US Route 6 Willimantic Bypass expressway road cuts, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA