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Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA

Shepard (1939) gives the type locality of danburite as a loose boulder "near the manufactory of Col. White". The actual site has been destroyed by development. A high-rise building sits on the site. It is possible that the original boulder may even not have been in situ, and might have been a glacial erratic.

Ref.:
- Shepard, C.U. (1839) Amer J of Sci.

- Shepard, C.U. (1840): Der Danburit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 126 (2/050), p.182

- The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull., Vol. 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 70.

- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.85





Map Reference: 41°23'41"N , 73°27'16"W

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


Mineral List:
Actinolite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Allanite'
Almandine
Amphibole Group
var: Uralite

Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Augite
Baryte
Biotite
'Brewsterite' ?
Calcite
Celestine
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Clinochlore
Danburite (TL)
Datolite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Forsterite
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Graphite
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hematite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Ilmenite
Laumontite
Limonite
Magnetite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Moonstone'
'Mountain Leather'
Muscovite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orthoclase
Palygorskite
Phlogopite
Prehnite
Pyrite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutherfordine ?
Rutile
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
'Serpentine Group'
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Talc
Thorite
Thorogummite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Zircon


80 entries listed. 44 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Connecticut
    • Fairfield Co.
      • Danbury
        • Beaver Brook District

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