| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Diopside |
| Formula: | CaMgSi2O6 |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | subhedral crystals associated with tremolite |
| Habit: | prismatic |
| Colour: | light brown |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Tremolite | ⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Tremolite at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ1 photo of Diopside associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Diopside data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Pfizer Company Marble Quarry (New England Lime Co. quarry; NELCO quarry; Specialty Minerals Inc.; Minerals Technologies Inc.; Canaan Limestone Quarry; Connecticut Lime Company; Canaan Lime Company; Lewis Quarry), Canaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1496221 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1496221:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 64d1579d-0c68-42df-ad43-495e92a55734 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Diopside |
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| 1.9km (1.2 miles) | ⓘCanaan, North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.2km (2.6 miles) | ⓘConklin Limestone Company quarry (Falls Village Quarry), Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 4.6km (2.9 miles) | ⓘRedwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 18.9km (11.8 miles) | ⓘCornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.7km (12.2 miles) | ⓘMine Mountain, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 19.9km (12.4 miles) | ⓘMine Mountain graphite prospect, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 23.1km (14.4 miles) | ⓘColebrook Dam and Colebrook River Lake, Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 26.6km (16.5 miles) | ⓘMountain Top Trucking quarry, Torrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘTorrington (Wolcottville), Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 33.4km (20.8 miles) | ⓘPegmatite quarry and ultramafic rock, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA |
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