| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | 'Serpentine Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Comments: | massive, variegated |
| Colour: | white, yellow, green |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Serpentine Subgroup data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Silliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 944536 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:944536:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 08a42854-034e-4b35-a4e1-969177b55e6d |
| Nearest other occurrences of Serpentine Subgroup |
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| 5.5km (3.4 miles) | ⓘOrange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 6.1km (3.8 miles) | ⓘLambert Road serpentinite, Orange, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 9.6km (6.0 miles) | ⓘEast Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 21.2km (13.2 miles) | ⓘCopper Valley Mine (Bellamy's Mine; Munson's Mine), Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| 38.0km (23.6 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.3km (25.7 miles) | ⓘU. S. Route 7 Expressway (Brookfield Bypass), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 41.4km (25.7 miles) | ⓘNorth Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 42.8km (26.6 miles) | ⓘUltramafic rock bodies, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 43.6km (27.1 miles) | ⓘRidgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA |
| 56.5km (35.1 miles) | ⓘTilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA |
| References |
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Deasy, Ryan, Robert P. Wintsch, Bryan Wathen, Ryan McAlteer, David Bish and Romain Meyer. (2015), Tectonic Slivers of Oceanic Terranes(s)?: Sheeted Dikes and Sheared Gabbros in south-central Connecticut: Field Trip A1 in Guidebook for Field Trips in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 107th Meeting of the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, Martha S. Gilmore and Phillip G. Resor editors. |
Silliman's Verd Antique Quarry, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA